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The Pre-Markets Edition: Know What to Expect

Here we are reviewing VideoAge‘s traditional September pre-markets Issue. This time, the edition’s front cover cannot help but highlight the fall’s four main markets: MIPCOM, NAB New York Show, the (…)

By |September 8th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

News is in the Eyes of the Beholder

There is clearly a different standard when judging the performance of news channels and news programs when viewed by left-leaning audiences vs. right-leaning ones. Each camp loves to demonize the (…)

By |September 1st, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Know How Flights Fly the Friendly Skies While Flying

Soon the international film/television content sales/acquisition sector will begin planning trips to attend markets in Cannes (MIPCOM), Santa Monica (AFM), Cancun (MIP Cancun), and Singapore (ATF). In between, some of (…)

By |August 29th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

“Longtermism”: A Philosophy For Streaming Media?

Since streaming media is widely understood to represent the future of entertainment, some might ask how “longtermism” could influence, shape, or change the direction of this relatively new technology?

The term (…)

By |August 25th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Arthur Cohn’s Films Acquired and Restored by Multicom

Two years ago, Beverly Hills, California-based Multicom acquired some of the Arthur Cohn library, which consists of seven films, six of which have now been fully restored in (…)

By |August 22nd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Entertainment on the Air is a Mystery in the Air

Entertainment is a big topic in the air travel industry, so much so that it even has its own private summit. The next one is set for September 29, 2022 (…)

By |August 18th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Future of French Public TV: Questions and a Few Answers

Questions: France Télévisions will soon lose its license fee, so how will it then be financed? Will it become a fully commercial TV network? And if becomes fully commercial, will (…)

By |August 15th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

MIPCOM is Coming, And So is VideoAge with its Monthly and Daily

MIPCOM is undoubtedly the most important international TV market of the year, and it precedes other important regional markets such as MIP Cancun and Asia TV Forum.

MIPCOM organizers RX France (…)

By |August 11th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Who Is/What Is a Journalist?

Not too long ago, during a book presentation in Italy, one of the reviewers, a media observer who was also a journalist, asked that she not be introduced as a (…)

By |August 8th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

TCA Cancels Its Press Tour, Nets Cancel TCA

While the city of Los Angeles has lifted its indoor mask mandate due to a reduced number of COVID cases, the Television Critics Association (TCA) has decided to once again (…)

By |August 4th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment