The Power of USA’s Growing “Characters Welcome” Brand
It’s upfront season again. The broadcast networks have put their schedules out there and the selling has begun. Cable is right behind them. Series, specials, events, renewals as far as the eye can see. For television junkies it’s one of our favorite times of the year. A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to [...]
Factual Entertainment Forum Day #2 – “It’s A Great Day to Be At ….”
Well. Things must be very very very good in the cable television industry. On panels today at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum, no less than three network executives declared that “It’s a great time to be” at their network. Network PR spin? Maybe. A thirst for programming, meaning opportunities for new producers? Definitely. As I mentioned [...]
NATPE 2010 Report
We work the booth all day, with an hour for our annual panel, and a couple of great industry events. Wow! How lucky am I?! Despite all the cliches about where the economy is, how consolidation has changed the business — we’re in a pretty good place right now. Then you pick up the paper [...]
Hungry for Something New? Notes on the Asia Television Forum
Around since 2000, the Asia TV Forum (ATF) in Singapore is a place where the main players in the Asian TV programming industry come together and meet once a year. While just about all companies with international interests are in Cannes for MIPTV and MIPCOM, part of ATF’s mandate is to provide a venue for [...]
MIPCOM News Summary
It’s one of the most important events of the year for the TV biz so we thought we’d take a moment to summarize and list some of the top stories coming out of this year’s MIPCOM. CableU had many eyes and ears “On the Convention Floor” and is updating its network needs accordingly. MTV Int’l [...]
Notes From DISCOP 2009
News about recent TV markets report that attendance has been down, an indication of the TV sales industry suffering because of the unstable worldwide economy. Indeed, the official numbers released yesterday confirm that attendance at DISCOP, the major market for Central and Eastern European television, was down more than 10% from last year. Still, whether [...]
Making Money With Video Online (C21 Social Media Report II)
It was clear that the most pressing question David Jenkinson, C21 Media’s Editor-in-chief and managing director, had for forum attendees was, “is there money to be made in developing video content for the Web?” The attendees were each pressed to give their perspective on this and share the business models they’ve setup to protect their [...]
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MIPCOM 2010 – Impressions of a First Time CABLEready Team Member
MIPCOM 2010 has come and gone, this year with the unusual excitement of a powerful storm that washed out exhibitor stands, party venues and beach restaurants. However what was unusual and exciting for me was my coming to the market as the newest team member of CABLEready team. There were many “firsts” to this market [...]