Video Age International January 2015

MAIN OFFICES 216 EAST 75TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 288-3424 www.videoage.org www.videoagelatino.com www.videoage.it P.O. BOX 25282 LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 VIALE ABRUZZI 30 20123 MILAN, ITALY YUKARI MEDIA YMI BLDG. 3-3-4, UCHIHIRANOMACHI CHUO-KU, OSAKA JAPAN TEL: (816) 4790-2222 EDITOR DOM SERAFINI ASSISTANT EDITOR SARA ALESSI EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS sherif awad (middle east) Isme bennie (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) lucy cohen blatter CARLOS GUROVICH LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER susan hornik (L.A.) BOB JENKINS (U.K.) AKIKO KOBAYACHI (JAPAN) DAVID SHORT (AFRICA) MARIA ZUPPELLO (BRAZIL) PUBLISHER MONICA GORGHETTO BUSINESS OFFICE LEN FINKEL LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN WEB MANAGER MIKE FAIVRE DESIGN/LAYOUT CARMINE RASPAOLO ILLUSTRATIONS BOB SHOCHET VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUBLISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, MARCH/APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV TRADE MEDIA, INC. © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2015. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S., U.K., AND ALL COUNTRIES SIGNATORY TO THE BERNE CONVENTIO AND THE PAN-AMERICAN CONVENTION. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL, 216 EAST 75TH STREET, SUITE PW, NEW YORK, NY 10021, U.S.A. PURSUANT TO THE U.S. COPYRIGHTS ACT OF 1976, THE RIGHTS OF ALL CONTENT DONE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL VIDEOAGE PUBLICATIONS ARE HELD BY THE PUBLISHER OF VIDEOAGE, WHICH COMMISSIONED THEM 4. Report tracks illegally screened online content. U.S. studios’ T&E could reach $1 billion a year 22. Closing the gender gap in Canada: From starring roles on TV, women move to top roles in television 24. Selling (or buying) programs that sellers (or buyers) don’t personally like is an “issue,” not a problem News 6. Book Review: The (nice) life and (hard) times of Bill Cosby. What happened before the storm 8. Market Preview: NATPE adds seminars to an already busy conference. More European buyers and sellers expected 10. Asia Report: A good ATF market, still in search of an elusive success 13. Sección en Español Producción local vs. Adquisiciones La gran pelea por la audiencia de deportes en la TV El contenido es el Rey, pero la marca es la Reina 32. Event planner, travel news and calendar dates Miami: From Latin American film and TV capital to world’s stage Telemundo Network & Telemundo Internacional: The synergy brings Hispanic programs to the world Televisa USA’s Michael Garcia aims to conquer Anglo television screens In the U.S. the metric system has been found to be subversive, so at 30 degrees the U.S. is not scorching hot like the rest of the world, but freezing. Page 34 Features Cover Stories

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