Interviews

In the spring of 2008, Dawn Airey surprised the British media industry by quitting her job as managing director of global content at ITV and returning to Five, the channel she had helped launch in 1997, as chair and chief …

President & COO Young Adults & Kids Media Group Turner Broadcasting In today’s crowded multichannel landscape, Cartoon Network is a beacon for boys, with a schedule known for fun, often irreverent, action-packed animation. As Stuart Snyder, the president and COO …

Over the last decade and a half, Solid Entertainment has grown to represent more than 300 broadcast documentary titles. Its slate includes programs created for the likes of Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, HBO and TLC. The company’s portfolio spans …

In the tech-savvy, mature media market of Singapore, MediaCorp remains a dominant force. With its wide portfolio of channels, the broadcaster has been catering to the island nation’s diverse Malay, Chinese, Indian and expat communities with a mix of locally …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   For decades, Nielsen has been synonymous with ratings and research about television and advertising. It continues to track audience and consumer trends even as technology offers new ways of …

Four years in the making, David Attenborough’s ten-part natural-history series Life features footage of how different animals and plants struggle to stay alive. Many of the same groundbreaking photographic and technological advances that were used in the worldwide phenomenon Planet …

It’s been a busy few months for Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific, with a host of deals signed with broadcasters and platforms across the region. FOXTEL’s Fox 8 and W channels in Australia picked up ABC Family’s Make It …

In the tech-savvy, mature media market of Singapore, MediaCorp remains a dominant force. With its wide portfolio of channels, the broadcaster has been catering to the island nation’s diverse Malay, Chinese, Indian and expat communities with a mix of locally …

A firm fixture in the kids’ market with international hits like Life with Derek, Canada’s Shaftesbury Films has been rapidly raising its profile as a producer of prime-time series for the global market. Its recent productions include Murdoch Mysteries—renewed for …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   Since launching in 1996 with just over 20 channels, Malaysia’s Astro has become one of Asia’s leading pay-TV platforms. With an exclusive 20-year license for satellite DTH transmission, Astro’s …