Dom Serafini's My2¢: Recent Episodes
Dom Serafini
Who would have thought that in 2022 the film-TV industry's most frequently heard whine would be: "I wanna go to an in-person market?" Just three years ago the cry was: "Who needs so many markets?"
We live in a world in which shades of gray no longer exist. These days,everything is black or white. And television is not exempt from this.Actually, television personifies and amplifies this polarization.
The entertainment industry is going through an unprecedented era of transition, with new-schoolexecutives who find it hard to deal with the daily innovations. But exceptions are starting to emerge in the form of executives who are embracing the past.
Elevating digital technology to a philosophy is a stretch, but European intellectuals are eager to jump into it just to prove that they are intellectuals, after all.
To make new U.S. broadcast TV series valuable to streaming services, it would be wise for the studios to fully license them internationally first, instead of immediately folding them into their international subscription services.
Who would have thought that in 2022 the film-TV industry's most frequently heard whine would be:"I wanna go to an in-person market?" Just three years ago the cry was:"Who needs so many markets?"
Reading books doesn’t boost some people’s egos. And it’s better to have a kitchen as thebackdropthan a bookshelf during Zoom calls. These and other lessons learned during lockdown.
The Internet has brought people that live apart, closer, while detaching people who are close by. But it's the same story since Guglielmo Marconi invented radio!
The Norman Horowitz Syndrome: a social-business condition that is beneficial to all concerned, but like good bacteria, its value is not yet fully appreciated.
With regard to globalization, I’d argue that international TV content sales are a good thing, while international TV set sales are a bad thing. Television content is different from manufacturing. Even economists tend to agree on this matter.
Our love of the industry is comparable to the high level of anxiety it generates. It’sentertainment, so we should probably be having fun. But in our case, having fun is a serious business.
Streamers could take advantage of studios’ experience, while studios try to replicate streamers' experiences, but neglect their own.