4 World V I D E O A G E December 2022 Travel Channel all Ghosted Up People who travel a lot don’t have the time to watch television. And those who only travel occasionally just want to be entertained by TV, so watching programming about something that they rarely do could be boring. This realization is something that the executives behind the creation of The Travel Channel discovered much too late — after the launch of the cable TV network in 1987. Actually, the discovery didn’t take place until the year 2000, when an executive at the channel told reporters that the network didn’t need to cater to travelers, but rather TV watchers. This “peculiarity” of TV viewers was highlighted recently in a Washington Post article that also briefly recalled the history of the Travel Channel and its “transient” ownerships. Here’s the full story. The Travel channel was created by the U.S. airline TWA (which folded in 2001). In 1997, the channel was sold to Landmark Communications, and a few months later it was acquired by Paxson Communications. Discovery took control of the channel in 1999, but in 2007, sold it to Scripps Networks. Discovery (now Warner Bros. Discovery) once again owned the channel in 2018 after acquiring Scripps. However, the main gist of the Post article was to decry the channel’s switch from travel-related shows to ones that focus on “ghosts.” Indeed, the channel, rebranded in 2018 as TRVL Channel, mostly features shows about paranormal activities, ghost hunters, UFOs, and possessed pets. Headquartered in New York City, the channel is available to 91 million TV households. But travel has not completely disappeared from the channel’s programming lineup, as the show Ghost Adventures can attest. However, the Post didn’t just stop at what it now calls, the “Ghost Channel.” In subsequent pages the daily listed “11 of the scariest destinations.” The issue also included an article about “sleeping in a haunted prison,” and even one about “tombstone tourists” (i.e., cemetery enthusiasts). The first in-person Jornadas Internacionales of Argentina since the pandemic began on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The 32nd edition of the event (which ran for two days, November 9-10) brought together LatAm linear pay-TV operators and streaming platforms at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires. Its return to normal featured conferences and an exhibition, as well as face-to-face meetings (pictured below). In terms of figures, 32 companies participated in the expo and around 200 executives registered to attend the conferences. It’s a far cry from the traditional 1,500 attendees, but this is the post-pandemic reality for many trade events. Participation at the various conferences was lower during the morning hours, but the afternoon hours showed a significant flow of representatives from the pay-TV and IT markets. Most of the subjects discussed during the sessions had to do with critical aspects of the business, such as the impact of the migration from linear to online platforms and the challenges faced by traditional TV operators who have been forced to restructure and experiment with mixed business models. LatAm Took the Jornadas Challenge (Continued on Page 6) THE INTERROGATION ROOM SECRETS OF THE INTERROGATION ROOM 10x60’ 10x60’ 1 x 60’ / 1 x 90’ PRODUCED BY DRIVE AND WINGMAN www.bomanbridge.tv sales@bomanbridge.tv MEET US AT ATF! Singapore Pavilion (H08, F06) 63 x 30’ FORMAT Hosted by Vivica A. Fox Welcome to Football Leaks
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