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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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C21 did a deft job of bringing together some very accomplished, influential and interesting speakers to their first ever Social Media Forum. I left with my interest in this space being affirmed and further stirred. So what is social media? Opening keynote speaker Ann Longley, digital strategy director at Mediaedge:cia, defined social media as those [...]

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(04/24) Food Network Continues Growth …

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(04/23) Despite Economy, Continued …

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