Interviews

CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz talks about the high demand for drama, trends in the formats business and the company’s growing children’s programming slate.

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of World Screen. FOX International Channels (FIC) recently consolidated all of its 126 FOX channels outside of the U.S. under a single unified brand positioning and network package. The move underscores …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of World Screen. What do American Idol, Fifty Shades of Grey, Good Times, Bad Times, The Cat in the Hat, Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, Scènes de Ménages, The …

Cathy Payne is no stranger to big company mergers. Back in 2009, when Endemol acquired the Southern Star Group, Payne was chief executive of Southern Star International and she was tasked with combining the catalogues and sales teams of the …

Discovery Communications reaches some 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories through more than 190 worldwide networks. Leading the pack of channels are Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and the joint-venture network OWN: …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. What started a few years ago as a slow trickle of feature-film talent to television has become a seemingly endless flow. And it’s no longer just the premium …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Anyone jittery about the future of broadcast networks—given the fragmentation of the audience, viewers creating their own on-demand schedules and sluggish advertising markets—need only look to Seven Network …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issues of World Screen and TV Formats. When the crime drama Broadchurch premiered on ITV in the spring of 2013, it quickly became a sensation. In an age of sophisticated special effects, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Law & Order, which aired from 1990 to 2010, introduced audiences to a “ripped from the headlines” concept, spun off a number of other series, including Law & …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Mention Leslie Moonves to just about any international television executive and not only will his name be recognized, but words like “gifted,” “brilliant” or “programming genius” will quickly …