Interviews

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 …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   One on One with Viacom’s Philippe Dauman   Perhaps no other major media company has as strong a connection with children, tweens, teens and young adults as …

Professor Guido Knopp began his journalism career working for some of Germany’s most respected newspapers. He then joined the public broadcaster ZDF, and for years has overseen its history department. He has produced a host of films about World War …

As CEO of Entertainment One (eOne) Television, a unit of Entertainment One, John Morayniss oversees one of the leading creators, producers and distributors of television product across a number of genres. eOne has already provided series to major U.S. and …

Cartoon Network has long been a leading destination for young boys thanks to its schedule of part quirky, part irreverent, often silly, always fun animated series. A couple of years ago it ventured into live action and today it has …

The first Hollywood studio to embrace the model of producing content outside of the U.S., Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has built up a broad network of wholly owned and joint-venture production partners across the globe. Historically a leader in scripted …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Kids.   After securing a foothold in the preschool market, Cyber Group Studios has begun to diversify its portfolio. It not only wants to target a slightly older audience, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   It’s no secret that Japan’s economy took a battering during the global downturn, with media outlets experiencing heavy losses in ad revenues. For the territory’s leading …

Power Rangers: Samurai, a new series of the iconic ’90s franchise, premiered on Nickelodeon this month. Saban Brands has revamped the show, bringing it up to date for today’s media savvy children, but has maintained the core elements of the …