Videoage International November 2020

I N T E R N A T I O N A L www.V i deoAge.org THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF FILM, BROADCASTING, BROADBAND, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION November 2020 - VOL. 40 NO. 6 - $9.75 ???? (Continued on Page 16) T o analyze the deluge of virtual trade shows that hit the entertainment industry this year, VideoAge contacted 12 executives from eight countries to comment on seven recent live events that were canceled due to COVID-19. The virtual markets that were scrutinized for this November edition were: MIP-TV, the Cannes Film Festival, MIP China, NATPE Budapest, DISCOPAfrica, Le Rendez- Vous, and MIPCOM. Dermot Horan , director of Acquisitions for Ireland’s public TV network RTE, said that he “didn’t use MIP-TV very much,” and generally found MIPCOM to be a more fruitful market. That said, he was sad not ElMundoAVoD es FAST, la TVmás vista enEE.UU My 2¢: Kitchens for Zoom backdrops instead of books Ted Turner and CNN as portrayed in a book at night Jornadas mirrors Argentina’s and LATAM’s plights Remembering un personaje: Pedro Font, 1938-2020 Page 3 Page 10 Page 6 Page 4 E l mundo del VoD continúa expandiéndose por todo el planeta. Además de TVoD, SVoD y AVoD, ya está en la lidia un nuevo recién llegado que se está ganando rápidamente al público: FAST(FreeAd-SupportedStreaming TV Services o servicio streaming de televisión lineal gratuita con publicidad). Pero mientras el universo VoD es “a pedido”, FAST es un servicio streaming lineal, gestado originalmente en Los Ángeles en 2014, como Pluto. Fue adquirido por ViacomCBS en 2019. Aunque algunos analistas con- sideran que FAST es la última ventana en la cuadrícula de explotación de derechos (después de MIP Cancun Boss Frankly Talks 2020 Challenges (Continued on Page 14) Score Card Report For Seven Virtual Markets T ime flies, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, and now it’s time for the seventh annual MIP Cancun… even though Cancun and its tropical climate can only be enjoyed on the computer screen this time around. Indeed, this year, the Latin America-focused TV market had to replace its on-site event with (Continued on Page 12) to attend this year as he liked “the exclusive screenings and some of the panels.” But, he added, “I don’t need a market to arrange online appointments for me. I can do that myself using Teams and Zoom. Plus, the screenings could be more comprehensive. However, at the end of the day the reason we go