WaterCooler

Time flies when you’re having fun, but was 2022 fun? Yes, we returned to a “new” normal life after the pandemic, but we also saw the destruction that “Mad Vlad” (…)

By Dom Serafini

During the 20th Century — specifically from 1934 to 1964 — Jewish artists created more than an estimated 50 percent of America’s classic Christmas songs and tunes.

Dreaming of (…)

Here are some suggestions for film-TV trade shows that have gone green (i.e., environmentally savvy), in order to keep participants from turning green with frustration or aggravation — especially if (…)

By Dom Serafini

There was a fascinating story published in the Business section of the November 20, 2022 edition of The New York Times. It took five full pages (out of (…)

By Allan Grafman*

Creatives want to know that they — and their projects — will be in the hands of astute, savvy, contemporary-minded, experienced development executives with track records. That the (…)

Back to an in-person market after a two-year COVID-related hiatus, the 2022 Asia TV Forum went “green,” and in the process, for some participants at least, became “grim.” Out went (…)

December. The month of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve. But also the World Cup finals in Qatar, and summer/winter vacations (depending on the latitude). It’s also the month (…)

Water Cooler: What is the mood of the SE Asian TV community?

Yeow Hui Leng: The mood is upbeat, especially with the progressive opening of the various Asian markets starting Q2 (…)

Recently, the E.U’s Audiovisual Observatory came out with a 30-page downloadable document to review the “Sanctions law against Russian and Belarusian audiovisual media.” It is a questionable document because, when (…)

By Dom Serafini

The BBC is an organization — better yet, an institution — that I love to hate. In this respect, I’m like roughly 95 percent (my estimate) of the (…)