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And Now To Hollywood: L.A. 2028

The surprising stunt performed by Tom Cruise in the otherwise boring closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, reminiscent of his Mission: Impossible movies, was meant to highlight the passing of (…)

By |August 15th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Paris Olympics’ World TV Coverage

At first, the French Parisians in particular — were unhappy about their government spending 9 billion euro (U.S.$9.82 billion) to stage the 2024 Paris Olympics. They also objected to (…)

By |August 12th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Africa: A Content Market for a Continent

The call to Cape Town, South Africa is getting louder. An early July official list of MIP Africa participants indicates some 70 buyers and 60 distribution companies. Including all other (…)

By |August 8th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Wild Side of Sports TV Rights

By Dom Serafini

ESPN stopped carrying soccer (football), and most would agree that this should be viewed as a loss. Indeed, it is incomprehensible how the world’s most popular sport is (…)

By |August 5th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

TV Spots With Creative Appeal

Today, in order to see some creativity in TV spots, we have to wait for the Super Bowl, the annual final extravaganza for American football. And, indeed, many viewers tune (…)

By |August 1st, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

French Food: The Olympics’ Loser

By Dom Serafini

We all watched the spectacular opening ceremony of the XXXIII Summer Olympiad in Paris on Friday, July 26, 2024, which was rendered even more cinematic by the pouring (…)

By |July 29th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Airline Tickets, Hotel Rates, TV Market Fees

The most recent L.A. Screenings saw a reduced number of domestic and international buyers due to the increased costs of traveling and hotel accommodations. Even though the L.A. Screenings is (…)

By |July 25th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Citizen Journalism Verified by Newsflare

By Ru Roberts*

User-generated videos videos recorded by the public, commonly via smartphones, but inclusive of anything with a camera have become increasingly common in the digital age for (…)

By |July 22nd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Book About Expats & Hollywood

Out of the limelight, hidden in the central region of Italy, VideoAge‘s editor Dom Serafini has spent two years collecting stories about people from Abruzzo who took jobs overseas (the (…)

By |July 18th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

(MIP) London Calling: Logistics and Logic Explained

Underground stations in London warn riders to: “Mind the gap.” In the case of MIP London and London-based content distribution companies, the “gap” that they’re looking at is between what (…)

By |July 11th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments