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Q&A With MIP Africa’s New President Sisanda Henna

MIP Africa’s debut is set for August 24-26, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa, thanks to RX Africa, part of the RX Group, which organizes, among other TV markets, MIPCOM (…)

By |June 9th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Book to Explain VideoAge’s New Front Cover Story

While reading the recent review of a new book in the New York Times Book Review, we at VideoAge‘s Water Cooler started relating it to the status of the current (…)

By |June 6th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Task of Replacing Old Media

In the past, new media could not replace or displace old media. Audiocassettes didn’t replace vinyl records. Even mp3 and streaming sound failed to fully replace vinyl discs, which are (…)

By |June 2nd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

L.A. Screenings 2022 PhotoReport

The 15 photos in the carousel below don’t do justice to the hectic activities of the most recent L.A. Screenings, which started with the Upfronts in New York City on (…)

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

L.A. Screenings 2022: Into Streaming’s Den

The indies’ portion of the L.A. Screenings at the Century Plaza has concluded, and the content-buying contingent moved to the studios’ lots, starting with Paramount and NBCUni on Saturday, May (…)

By |May 23rd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The L.A. Screenings 2022: An Assessment

And they’re off! Well, technically, the indie portion of the L.A. Screenings 2022 actually started yesterday (Wednesday, May 18). It will continue until tomorrow, before being taken over by the (…)

By |May 19th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Sabbatical Ent.’s Production Slate, New Partnership

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the founding of Miami, Florida-based Sabbatical Entertainment, a producer of tailor-made content, with the range and capacity, both in production and distribution, to (…)

By |May 16th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

What to Watch on Streaming Takes Stamina

Add another to the ever-growing list of problems afflicting streaming services (which include the proliferation of platforms, high churn rates, too many shared accesses, high costs, garbled sound, and unsustainable (…)

By |May 12th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Preview of VideoAge’s Studio-LATAM L.A. Screenings Issue

The list of new pilots to be distributed by the studios, what to expect at the first in-person L.A. Screenings since the pandemic, the exhibiting companies at the Century Plaza, (…)

By |May 9th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Africa to Replicate MIP Cancun

A new TV market is coming — thanks to RX Africa, part of the RX Group that includes RX France, which organizes, MIPTV, MIP China, MIPCOM, and MIP Cancun.

MIP Africa’s (…)

By |May 5th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments