Interviews

The company may have a new a name and logo—A+E Networks replaced A&E Television Networks—but the mission remains the same: reinventing storytelling, taking history out of the history books, developing new genres and creating new networks. A+E Networks’ channels and …

Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, Global Agency is keen to put Turkey on the global content map. The company made its foray into the format business when it picked up the local hit Perfect Bride, which has been adapted …

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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …