Video Age International April 2016

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 EDITORIAL TEAM SHERIF AWAD (MIDDLE EAST) ISME BENNIE (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) LUCY COHEN BLATTER ILANA ENGELBERG 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 BRUNO MARRACINO 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 10. Book Review: A Lynchian director From Another Place. Could it be Twin Peaks ? 12. Mart Preview: At MIP-TV business talk wins over floor business. “Light” studio presence good for indies 30. Company Profile: Breakthrough Entertainment in an evolving Canadian media scene 36. Calendar of events, dates to remember and travel news News 4. World: Italy, U.S., U.K., Australia, India 16. DISCOP Istanbul: The Turkish backlash could undermine the market 20. Int’l TV Distribution Hall of Fame. Reiner Moritz: Arts & music have been his beat from Germany and U.K. 24. Some U.S. TV pilots are out of the hangars earlier than usual for the 2016-2017 season 28. Italian TV love affairs: Television before and after Netflix. • The Italian “traditional” TV universe in figures Pity program buyers who have split personalities as a job requirement. Critics have to deal with audience tastes and appreciate the production values of shows. Page 38 Features Cover Stories Fiction outside drama is becoming an American drama Formats: Unloved by the law, loved by viewers worldwide Sports in all TV forms is going through a change: $50 billion worth of change