Interviews

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Writer and creator Tim Kring has often tackled innovative and ambitious TV concepts: the Emmy Award–winning Heroes featured people discovering they had superpowers; Touch blends science, suspense, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   After founding BBC America and making ABC Family a prime destination for Millennials, Paul Lee was appointed president of the ABC Entertainment Group where, among other responsibilities, …

Founded in 1990, SPI International has evolved from being a feature-film distributor to an international content supplier with some 35 channels in 41 countries, a vast on-demand library and cutting-edge apps. President Loni Farhi has guided the company’s growth and …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   A+E Networks operates a portfolio of channels centered on bringing human stories to life. Whether depicting well-known characters and events from history or the struggles and …

This interview first appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   When Discovery launched in the U.S., in 1982, it created a destination for factual programming that didn’t already exist in television. Today, Discovery Communications operates more than …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Among its numerous critically acclaimed series, Lionsgate produces the multi-Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, the show that ushered in a new standard for stylish, sexy and provocative drama …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Since the 1980s, Tom Fontana has been changing television. The medical drama St. Elsewhere, one of the first ensemble series, destroyed the concept that doctors are infallible. …

The interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.  Fernando Szew is the first to admit that the ten years since 2003, when MarVista Entertainment was founded, have gone by very, very quickly. What has contributed to …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   Entertainment One (eOne) is a leading independent content company with a focus on acquiring and releasing theatrical films as well as producing and distributing television series, …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   The world fell in love with her as Phoebe Buffay on Friends. Now Lisa Kudrow is playing Fiona Wallice, the self-absorbed psychiatrist on Web Therapy, who …