Interviews

  This interview originally appeared in the DISCOP/June 2011 issue of TV Kids.   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 …

The Zodiak Media Group was formed last year when the Italian De Agostini Group acquired the RDF Media Group. The combination formed a company that consists of 45 production outfits with a presence in 17 countries, including the U.S., the …

Best known for such hits as Wife Swap, The Secret Millionaire and, more recently, Undercover Boss, Stephen Lambert has been in the business of successfully formatting shows for some time now. With his latest venture, Studio Lambert, set up with …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   Turner Broadcasting was one of the pioneers of multichannel television in the U.S. and internationally, with the first all-news network, CNN, and the first animation-only service, …

  This interview originally appeared in the May/L.A. Screenings edition of World Screen.   In April 1923, four brothers from Youngstown, Ohio, officially incorporated their motion-picture company. Never mind that at the time their only bankable movie star was a …

Company Pictures, part of the ALL3MEDIA Group, is one of the U.K.’s largest and most prestigious independent film and television drama production companies. Their work includes hit series such as the family drama Wild At Heart and leading youth drama …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Kids.   Last October, The Hub, a joint venture of Hasbro and Discovery Communications, took the place of Discovery Kids. Tapping into well-known properties from Hasbro’s stable of …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   CTV is Canada’s largest private broadcaster. The wide range of programming it offers—everything from news and sports to dramas, comedies, talk and entertainment shows—has made CTV the …

Discovery Channel was born of John Hendricks’s desire back in 1985 to make television better and to satisfy viewers’ curiosity. More than 25 years later, Discovery Communications has become a leading nonfiction media company that reaches more than 1.5 billion …

For seven out of the last eight TV seasons, CBS has been the most-watched broadcast network in the U.S. With a string of lucrative hits, including NCIS and the hit comedy The Big Bang Theory, CBS’s programming team, led by …