Interviews

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of World Screen and TV Real.  Fox International Channels (FIC), owned by News Corporation, operates 183 wholly and majority-owned pay-TV channels, and their related online, nonlinear and mobile extensions, across Latin …

This interview originally appeared in the October (MIPCOM) 2010 issue of World Screen. He’s a brilliant diagnostician, armed with a keen intellect, Machiavellian instincts, brutal honesty and oh, yes, an addiction to Vicodin. He’s Dr. Gregory House, the complex protagonist …

The National Geographic bouquet, including the flagship National Geographic Channel (NGC), NGC HD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure and Nat Geo Music, has been rolling out worldwide for many years. The company has recently increased its focus on providing …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of World Screen.   STROKE OF GENIUS: Bruckheimer threw his support behind a forensics procedural from an unknown writer—CSI is today TV’s most successful franchise.   Film and television producer Jerry …

Last year, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced it was setting up a Children and Family Entertainment division, headed by Sander Schwartz. This year at MIPCOM, Schwartz revealed the unit’s first slate of programs, one that targets a wide range of demographics, …

This interview originally appeared in the AFM 2010 issue of World Screen. As co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, Jon Feltheimer has pursued the successful strategy of targeting audience niches that were not served by the major Hollywood studios. As a …

The creator of The 99, Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, talks to TV Kids Weekly about the property’s move to television. The world’s first superheroes based on Islamic culture and society, The 99, are headed to the TV screen, courtesy of Endemol …

Starting on October 10, 2010, children and families in the U.S. will have a new channel to watch. The Hub is a multiplatform joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro that will offer original animated and live-action series as well …

With the rollout of TLC in Asia this month in place of Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific bolstered its lifestyle portfolio in the region and set up what executive VP and managing director Tom Keaveny sees as a …

Between the new dramas and comedies produced for NBC’s re-vamped prime-time schedule, classic shows and some of the hottest hits in the U.S. cable market, Belinda Menendez, the president of NBC Universal International Television Distribution, has a wide variety of …