That was the question that rocked the industry during the last Television Critics Association tour when it seems everyone with some connection to the small screen questioned its future. The man who pulled the pin from this tropical hand grenade was FX Networks Chief, John Landgraf who said, there will be up to 400 original scripted series on U.S. television this year and he sees it rising over the next couple of years before this content bubble eventually bursts. Interested in : … [Read more...] about Are you watching television?
Editor's Note
Upfront
If there’s one word that sums up the biggest trend in the TV industry of the past year it would be consolidation. It’s been on the front burner for a while but really stepped up the gas in the past 12 months, in the TV production and distribution sectors as well as in broadcast. It has driven the headlines, obsessed the bean counters, distracted the creatives and formed the basis of every business plan, every indie prodco launch and every exit strategy ever dreamed … [Read more...] about Upfront
Factual Encounter
From blue-chip specials to long-running series, programming about nature and animals remains popular with viewers and broadcasters. The makers of wildlife documentaries always face challenges – mainly how to come up with new stories and new ways to tell old stories. Sometimes that means years of camping in the bush in faraway land or sending cameras in the deepest parts of the oceans; sometimes it means looking right under their noses. This year, at Asian Side of the Doc 2016 in … [Read more...] about Factual Encounter
MIP goes local to support industry around the world
REED MIDEM’s the organiser of MIPTV, MIPDoc, MIPFormats, MIPCOM and MIPJunior is expanding its global television footprint. The first stage of this global strategy saw the launch of MIPCancun, the inaugural Latin American Buyers’ Summit which took place in Mexico from November 19 -21, 2014. The high- level event benefited from a global partnership with Mexican media powerhouse TV Azteca and a knowledge partnership with market analysis expert Eurodata. REED MIDEM is also strengthening its … [Read more...] about MIP goes local to support industry around the world
Will sports rights bubble burst?
Over the past decade, television broadcasters have bet that DVR-proof live sports will remain highly profitable, and shelled out tens of billions of dollars to acquire broadcast rights to the NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, Olympics, World Cup, college football and basketball, and all other sports imaginable. Fox, CBS, and NBC all created sports-only cable channels, and the Longhorn Network, SEC Network, Big 10 Network, and Pac-12 Network were all launched. To a large degree, paying rights fees is an … [Read more...] about Will sports rights bubble burst?
Spotlight on Asia-Pacific
Recent research says millennials are twice as likely to be focused on video they watch on their mobile devices as they are on video consumed on a TV. Read More … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Asia-Pacific