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Interviews

Q&A: Michael Carrington

September 12, 2011

Following its British success, the preschool service Cartoonito begins its expansion across Europe, the Middle East and Africa this month. Michael Carrington, the chief content officer for Turner Broadcasting EMEA, tells TV Kids Weekly about the new service. TV KIDS: …

Q&A: AMC Networks’ Harold Gronenthal

September 5, 2011

Already well established brands in the U.S., Sundance Channel and WE tv, operated by AMC Networks, have been steadily making their way across the globe over the last few years. Under the guidance of Harold Gronenthal, the senior VP and …

Q&A: Jonathan Wolf

August 29, 2011

On the heels of last year’s attendance boost, the American Film Market (AFM) has expanded its lineup for this year’s event, slated for November 2 to 9 in Santa Monica. The market, organized by the Independent Film & Television Alliance …

Q&A: Tatiana Rodríguez

August 1, 2011

Tatiana Rodríguez, the senior VP of programming and creative strategy for Nickelodeon Latin America, says the kids’ audience is one of the most demanding because “they’re constantly looking for immediate satisfaction, they’re not very patient and they want to see …

Q&A: Michael Prupas

August 1, 2011

When The Kennedys received ten Emmy nominations perhaps no one was more surprised than Michael Prupas, the president and CEO of Muse Entertainment, and executive producer on the eight-part mini-series about America’s most legendary family. Muse, in association with Asylum …

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm

July 26, 2011

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   It’s slick, it’s sexy, it’s stylish and oh so well written and acted. It’s Mad Men, the first basic-cable drama to win a Primetime Emmy for …

Q&A: Alexander Coridass

July 25, 2011

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster ZDF, is one of the main distributors in Europe. With a catalogue that ranges from drama series and TV movies to documentaries, factual and children’s shows, ZDF Enterprises sells content …

Simon Schama

July 18, 2011

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Real. Professor Schama (he is on the faculty at Columbia University) has an in-depth knowledge of history, art and culture, surpassed only by his exquisite and elegant command of …

Barry Meyer

July 18, 2011

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   For decades, Warner Bros. has been producing some of television’s biggest hits, from Cheyenne in the ’50s to the more recent The Mentalist, The Closer and …

Q&A: Elie Dekel

July 11, 2011

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 1993 and quickly became a hit in the U.S. and internationally. At the time, Elie Dekel was president of Saban Consumer Products/Fox Family Worldwide and he oversaw the marketing and branding of the show. …