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Interviews

FlashForward’s Jessika Borsiczky

October 26, 2009

ABC’s new hit drama FlashForward was recently picked up for a full season. In the ABC Studios production, executive produced by Jessika Borsiczky, David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga, the world’s population is given a glimpse of their future and …

NBCU’s Global Channel Plans

October 19, 2009

NBC Universal last week unveiled five refreshed global channel brands under the renamed Universal Networks International division, following a multi-million-dollar investment in repositioning the services for worldwide audiences. The company has revitalized the branding on each with newly designed logos …

Fernando Szew

September 28, 2009

CEO, MarVista Entertainment Founded in 2003, MarVista Entertainment has focused on quality made-for-television movies as well as family and children’s programming that has sold throughout the world thanks to the company’s worldwide distribution organization. CEO Fernando Szew talks about the …

Jamie Oliver

September 28, 2009

He started helping out in the kitchen of his father’s restaurant when he was just a schoolboy and by the age of 16, Jamie Oliver knew he wanted to be a chef. He found his way to television completely by …

Matt Groening

September 27, 2009

October 2009 Matt Groening is the creator and executive producer of The Simpsons. If you haven’t heard of Homer, Bart or the rest of the gang from Springfield, clearly you have been living under a rock for the last two …

Ron Howard

September 27, 2009

He grew up in front of the camera, most memorably as Opie in the television series The Andy Griffith Show and then as Richie Cunningham on Happy Days. After getting favorable reviews for his performances in the movies American Graffiti …

James Murdoch

September 27, 2009

October 2009 James Murdoch joined the family business, News Corporation, at a very young age, and his ascent through the ranks has been rapid. As the heir apparent to the company founded by his father, Rupert Murdoch, the younger Murdoch has …

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Fernando Szew

September 24, 2009

CEO, MarVista Entertainment  Founded in 2003, MarVista Entertainment has focused on quality made-for-television movies as well as family and children’s programming that has sold throughout the world thanks to the company’s worldwide distribution organization. CEO Fernando Szew talks about the …

EQAL’s Miles Beckett

September 14, 2009

When the series lonelygirl15 premiered on the web it quickly became a sensation. As the first online interactive drama it provided a community that allowed members to connect with the characters and each other and create their own videos and …

From the Archives: Don Hewitt

August 31, 2009

The legendary newsman passed away last week at the age of 86. Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen, interviewed him several years ago. In 2005, I had the privilege of interviewing Don Hewitt. It was not without …