Videoage International October 2019

I N T E R N A T I O N A L www.V i deoAge.or g THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF FILM, BROADCASTING, BROADBAND, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION October 2019 - VOL. 39 NO. 5 - $9.75 By Dom Serafini S treaming is all the rage these days, so much so that it has the potential to overturn a business model that has worked well — and has been profitable — for 70 years. And there’s no guarantee that it will even succeed! As such, it is important to know the past and (possible) future of this evolution that’s turning into a revolution. The first lesson learned thus far is that “streaming” is an Internet technology that comes in at least four different forms: SVoD, TVoD, AVoD, and online pay-TV. As ex- plained by Brett L. Sappington, senior research director and prin- cipal analyst at research company Parks Associates in Addison, Texas, “Though they are [all] OTT video services, we do find distinct diffe- rences in business model, use case, position in the consumer portfolio, direct competition, viewing habits, and other factors.” The second lesson is that tradi- tional television is only “dying” in the minds of the investors on Wall Street — not in the heads of those on “Main Street.” Indeed, traditio- nal television is more vibrant now How to Find a Rewarding Streaming Money Flow (Continued on Page 46) My 2¢: The FANGs are trashing politics, society, and business Int’l TV Distrib. Hall of Fame: Movies in Greece were Kouroglou’s life Casting for dubbing: Six ways to avoid the unknown factors L.A. Screenings’ future is thorny, but don’t count it out yet Page 54 Page 48 Page 42 Page 16 T he talk at this year’s MIPCOM is likely to be all about... MIP-TV 2020. That’s because there’s little to say about MIPCOM 2019, other than that it’s going to be a good market. Some changes are expected at MIPCOM 2020, after the U.S. studios’ digital strategies This TimeMIPCOM IsAll AboutMIP-TV, The L.A. Screenings (Continued on Page 26) (Continued on Page 20) By Leah Hochbaum Rosner T he good news is that, after years of reboots, revamps, remakes, and rehashes, this year’s crop of new series for the 2019-2020 U.S. broadcast television season finally feel (mostly) original. The bad news is that, according to London-based media research company Ampere Analysis, the production of pilot episodes has declined by 32 percent over the past four years as the five major broadcasters in the U.S. — ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and The CW — Original U.S. Series TrumpReboots as PilotsDecline