Interviews

April 2008 Grey’s Anatomy premiered in March 2005 and took the medical-drama genre to a whole different level, not with splashier special effects or more gruesome cases, but with honest portrayals of people: interns, doctors and patients, and the relationships …

April 2008 With its slate of award-winning, buzz-generating original content, HBO has become one of the most distinctive channel brands in the U.S. As president of programming distribution and international at the premium network, Simon Sutton is looking to make …

June 2008 Sesame Workshop was founded in 1968 as the Children’s Television Workshop by a group of educators, researchers and psychologists who shared a common goal: to use television as a tool to help children learn, and prepare them—especially those …

June 2008 What parent hasn’t heard of Care Bears or Strawberry Shortcake? Their lasting popularity is a testament to the ability of AG Intellectual Property Group, a division of American Greetings, to create enduring characters that children love and moms …

April 2008 In 2003, when Showtime stepped up its efforts to take on HBO as the destination for original entertainment in the premium-channel space, it lured the successful producer Robert Greenblatt to become its president of entertainment. While at The …

April 2008 BBC Worldwide is a leading European distributor of TV programs and accounts for nearly half of the U.K.’s total television exports. With some 40,000 hours of programming sold in the last year, the company’s diverse catalogue includes drama, …

April 2008 Brightcove is positioning itself as the go-to guide for media companies navigating the complexities of making content available online. The Internet TV platform was founded in 2004 by Jeremy Allaire, who played a key role in the development …

April 2008 Earlier this year, Discovery Channel launched its first print initiative, teaming with Readers Digest Asia to launch Discovery Channel Magazine in markets across the Asia-Pacific region. The magazine adds to Discovery Networks Asia’s portfolio of seven networks, reaching …

April 2008 After holding the position of managing director of Sky Networks, Elisabeth Murdoch set up her own production company, Shine Group, in 2001. She sought out the best talent the British market could offer. She acquired the drama producer …

October 2007 It doesn’t happen often that a person reaches his 50s and feels the excitement of a new beginning. But that is exactly the position John de Mol is in. After building an extremely successful career as a co-founder …