Video Age International January 2026

MAIN OFFICES 216 EAST 75TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 TEL: (212) 288-3933 WWW.VIDEOAGEINTERNATIONAL.COM WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG VIALE ABRUZZI 30 20131 MILAN, ITALY EDITOR-in-CHIEF DOM SERAFINI EDITORIAL TEAM SARA ALESSI (NY) BILL BRIOUX (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER (NY) SUSAN HORNIK (L.A.) CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA (FRANCE) OMAR MENDEZ (ARGENTINA) LUIS POLANCO (NY) MIKE REYNOLDS (L.A.) MARIA ZUPPELLO (BRAZIL) PUBLISHER MONICA GORGHETTO BUSINESS OFFICE LEN FINKEL LEGAL OFFICE STEVE SCHIFFMAN WEB MANAGER BRUNO MARRACINO DESIGN/LAYOUT CLAUDIO MATTIONI, CARMINE RASPAOLO VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUBLISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR,. PLUS DAILIES, BY TV TRADE MEDIA, INC. © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2026. 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 1W, 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 How will history describe the television age that began in 2018 with streaming media? We know about the “golden age of U.S. television” that ended in 1960, but what about the current TV era? Page 30 Cover Stories News The Italian Telefe connection: Simoncini-Scaglione-Daminato Miami shared by Content Americas, NATPE Global, and Realscreen The economy of scarcity caused by abundance: Everyone can produce, but few manage to be seen. 6. Asia TV Forum at 26 shows endof-the-year vitality. A must-attend market for the East 14. MIP London: A good pond for “fishing” European content buyers 8. Book Review: A master class from the cable cowboy. John Malone tells his life story 10. MIP Cancun report: Mex mart full of dramas. Micro-dramas get a vertical makeover 18. The Sports Page: TV’s role in the demise of indoor soccer (football) and the success of the outdoor variant 20. Lifestyle: The liberating feeling of leaving the television industry 28. Airlines surveyed and rated by sector trade publication. Plus, Calendar of industry events Features

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