Interviews

Co-chairman & CEO Lionsgate   Any conversation with Jon Feltheimer, the co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, about his company will quickly come to the word “entrepreneurial.” He uses it often, with pride and satisfaction, to describe the approach that his …

October 2008 Brown Johnson has been credited with changing the preschool television landscape in the U.S. She was the driving force behind Nick Jr.’s “play to learn” philosophy and oversaw the development of Blue’s Clues, Dora the Explorer and a …

October 2008 Rich Ross joined Disney Channel in 1996 and has been the president of Disney Channels Worldwide since 2004. He built the successful Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, which includes the international smash hit High School Musical (HSM) and …

Twentieth Century Fox produces a constant flow of hit movies and TV series: The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, Prison Break, Ice Age and Aliens, just to name a few. Elie Dekel recognizes that fans young and old form a strong …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2008 issue of World Screen. Desperate Housewives premiered on ABC in October 2004. Several weeks later, Newsweek put the main characters on its cover and the show was officially a runaway hit with …

December 2008 Over the last few years, Malaysia’s Media Prima Berhad has made an ambitious play to reach the nation’s more than 27 million residents on as many platforms as possible. Malaysia’s largest integrated media company operates four of the …

October 2008 They go by the names Ray Mysterio, Santino Marella and Michelle McCool. They are some of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars, and a huge business has been built around them. WWE’s television programming can be seen in …

When FOX launched in Latin America 15 years ago, it introduced viewers in the region to U.S series and other programming not offered elsewhere. The success of FOX led to the development of a bouquet of 140 channels across 18 …

The thousands of Heroes fans who were in attendance at Comic-Con this year received an unexpected treat when Tim Kring announced that they were about to see the entire first episode of the new season, months before its TV launch. …

2008 was an exceptional year for the Comcast Entertainment Group (CEG) and its channels E!, The Style Network and G4. All three experienced record-breaking ratings, and that is very good news for Ted Harbert, the company’s president and CEO, especially …