Video Age International October 2015

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 October 2015 - VOL. 35 NO. 6 - $9.75 T he future is coming like a German Panzer, but for some strange reason, few seem ready for it or ready to evolve with it. Indeed, no one can prevent it, and we never know when it will come. That said, the future can come in handy even before it arrives. When there’s uncertainty about what to do, thinking about the future could bring an immediate solution. Withthe10forthcomingpredictions, VideoAge analyzes every level of a 10- step staircase leading to the future of television: Free broadcast and cable TV, advertising, Internet and broadband, content, international content sales, regulations, technology, audience, branding and finally, the predictions themselves. History is full of miscalculated predictions made by experts and visionaries: “Man will never reach the moon, regardless of all future scientific advances,” Lee DeForest, one of the inventors of television, said The Future of Television Revealed In Ten Steps (Continued on Page 38) At MIPCOM, guilt-free party hangovers due to good program sales 4K TV: A good angle is needed for viewers and broadcasters Bruce Gordon WINs Int’l TV Distribution Hall of Fame recognition Book Review: Hollywood’s WWII propaganda machine Page 30 Page 28 Page 18 Page 12 T urkish Airlines now has chefs onboard and Turkish airwaves are basking in newfound ratings gold. While many international TV territories cry poverty, Turkey is showing its Turkey: A TV Market Cooking Up A Storm (Continued on Page 22) (Continued on Page 34) A s usual, the major U.S. studios will be staging L.A. Screenings encores at MIPCOM, following their 10-day run in Los Angeles last May and their recently concluded on-the- road international screening tours. Fortunately for buyers, the encores will be held inside temperate MIPCOM stands, instead of impressive but freezing Hollywood studio theaters. For the major U.S. studios, MIPCOM represents a year-end hurrah before gearing up for their midseason and back-up series to be Cool Screenings, Hot Series, WarmBlankets