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(01/30) USA’s Successful Original, Good…

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NATPE Lico Summary: Tales from the Desert

My take on why NATPE, "where the people are," is still the place to be!

Used to be that the #1 subject coming out of a NATPE, was something like, “What’s hot?”  Maybe it was the next talk show, magazine show or some little gem from a corner of the floor.  This year, the first question out of people’s mouths was something like, “Whataya think?”  As in, “What do you [...]

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Congratulations to Andy and Maria Awes of Committee Films for their winning entry, THE SECRET HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA! All 3 entries – ROAD CHEF, THE SECRET HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA, and RALLY! were excellent choices and each production team really did a great job on their 2-minute demo tapes and pitch.    It was a [...]

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(01/29) Spike Sustains, Despite Scarcity of…

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(01/28) MTV Looking Towards New…

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A day at NATPE is definitely not an average day at the office.  What happens in a NATPE day can change a course of a business deal, bring in a new perspective, create new networks of potential friends, business partners, and clients.  But what’s it really like to spend a full day on the NATPE [...]

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(01/27) Comedy Central’s Winning “Formula”

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I was fortunate enough to catch a major show here in Las Vegas last night: “Love” — a Beatles revival from Cirque du Soleil.  It was hands-down the best performance I have ever seen in this town.  After all the chatter about “what happened to NATPE” and “what’s going to happen,” I can’t help but [...]

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Why NATPE Still Matters

From Vegas, NATPE Board Member and CableU / CABLEready CEO

It’s damned near become a sport in the last few years for  many in our business to shake their head and say, “What’s happening to NATPE?”  As if the fate of the industry’s singularly inclusive organization is in the hands of some unknown forces or hierarchy. NATPE is really the only group in the biz [...]

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(01/26) A&E Comes Back Strong to Close…

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