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Interviews

David Zaslav

February 26, 2014

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, explains how the company’s continued investment in content is fueling growth in the U.S. and internationally. WS: There was speculation in the press that Discovery might acquire Scripps Networks. Would Discovery be …

Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh

January 9, 2014

Last year, Forbes dubbed Ryan Kavanaugh the most-watched man in Hollywood. In just a few years, Kavanaugh has made Relativity Media, which he leads as CEO, a major force in Tinseltown with his "risk-mitigated" approach to moviemaking. The studio, which …

Guillaume de Posch

November 25, 2013

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. With 53 TV channels and 28 radio stations in ten countries, as well as the production and distribution powerhouse FremantleMedia, the RTL Group is Europe’s leading broadcast and …

Just Spee

November 25, 2013

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issues of TV Formats and World Screen. In its quest to come up with hit shows that can travel around the globe, Endemol operates some 90 companies in more than 30 countries. …

Yeo Chun Cheng

November 14, 2013

Ahead of the Asia TV Forum, Yeo Chun Cheng, assistant chief executive (industry) at the Media Development Authority (MDA), tells World Screen about how the organization is encouraging local producers as well as enticing international media companies to Singapore. Through …

Alec Baldwin

October 25, 2013

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. Alec Baldwin is so much more than an award-winning actor. Highlights of his prolific career include his work on stage (A Streetcar Named Desire, Macbeth); the films The …

Power’s Susan Waddell on Company Rebrand

October 10, 2013

Power is co-producing a brand-new lavish period drama, New Worlds, along with Company Pictures for Channel 4 in the U.K. The four-hour mini-series, set in the 1680s in England and America, charts a story of love, loss and the fight …

John de Mol

September 23, 2013

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issues of TV Formats and World Screen. On the heels of the success of The Voice, which has been produced in more than 50 countries (and with finished-program sales to some 160 …

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Christophe Riandée

September 13, 2013

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. Founded in 1895, France’s Gaumont is the world’s oldest movie studio. The company’s vice-CEO, Christophe Riandée, is relaunching its television division and leveraging the legacy, industry connections and …

Paul Dempsey

September 12, 2013

Paul Dempsey, who as president of global markets at BBC Worldwide has responsibility for operations in all non-English-language territories, shares his outlook on the company’s businesses across Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. WS: Why was the …