The BBC Under Attack: An Analysis
By Dom Serafini
The BBC, the U.K.’s public broadcast system, has two components: a bureaucratic and inadequate management and a respected and objective news staff. Now the news staff is under (…)
Remembering All Our Former Friends & Colleagues
Those we loved don’t go away
They walk beside us every day
Unseen, unheard but always near
Still loved, still missed & very dear
(Poem by Richard Milnes)
The 17th annual Veterans Luncheon, like last year’s 16th edition, was celebrated (…)
What the U.S. Studios Are Up To
Leafing through the May/June 2021 Issue of VideoAge, readers will notice that TV sales executive rosters have been reduced at some of the Hollywood studios. They will also notice the (…)
My Take on the Warner and AT&T Sagas
By Dom Serafini
The news is still reverberating around the world as a sort of Shakespearean Comedy of Errors seems to be coming to life. Discovery is paying AT&T $43 billion (…)
Albert Whitman Media: A New Old Kid On The Block
By Attila Gazdag*
It was a logical move for the Park Ridge, Illinois-based Albert Whitman & Company to expand into all media platforms with the establishment of Albert Whitman Media. The (…)
NAB Switches From a Republican to a Democratic CEO
Gordon Smith, a 69-year-old former Republican Senator from Oregon, is set to step down as CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), a major lobbying arm of the U.S. (…)
Post-Brexit Rules In a Nutshell
The Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory has published a detailed report on post-Brexit rules. Below is a partial summary.
Both the E.U. and the U.K. provide for visa-free travel for short-term visits. (…)
Confessions of a Closet AOL User
By Dom Serafini
Do you remember the expression, “Would the last one to leave, please turn out the lights?” Well, it might possibly refer to me… as well as former Disney (…)
U.S. Studios’ Value Went from Millions to Billions, Aided By Political Actions
By Dom Serafini
The U.S. entertainment industry, like many other sectors, went from being valued in the millions to evaluations in the billions in just over 34 or so years. In (…)
Italian Film Fest Organizers Gear Up For In-Person Events
The 69th annual edition of the Trento Film Festival began in person on April 30. Coincidentally, that was around the same time that results of a survey about the future (…)
