Interviews

April 2008 With a catalogue of more than 1,500 hours of content, including classics such as Tintin, Mediatoon has become home to one of the largest animation libraries in Europe. The company is a division of the French media powerhouse …

April 2008 Who would have thought that the simple idea of a showing a group of middle-school kids walking in the halls between classes, talking about all sorts of tween triumphs, trials and tribulations, would lead to a format that …

April 2008 Since its acquisition by the private-equity firm 3i in 2006, Chorion has been gaining ground as an independent rights owner in the crowded kids’ landscape. In addition to owning the literary estates of the likes of Raymond Chandler …

June 2008 Linda Jensen was in Moscow working on her university dissertation during the perestroika years. She got involved in television there, was fascinated by the politics and the culture and has remained in the region ever since. She worked …

April 2008 Christian Davin founded Alphanim in 1997 and guided it into becoming one of the leading production and distribution companies in France. Its slate of shows for children includes Robotboy, Potatoes & Dragons, Hairy Scary and Galactik Football, as …

April 2008 The great challenge for public broadcasters in the multichannel world has been providing a public service while at the same time attracting large enough audiences to justify the license fee viewers must pay. ZDF, under the leadership of …

April 2008 Starting out as a teen model and actress in Argentina, Cris Morena went on to become a full-time creator, and in 2002 became the first woman to establish a TV production company in Argentina. She is the creator, …

April 2008 This month, Disney Channel in the U.S. celebrates its 25th birthday. Since its launch in 1983, the channel has gone through various incarnations, from a premium service to a basic-cable channel, spinning off the preschool service Playhouse Disney …

April 2008 Tramm Wigzell has spent his entire career in the entertainment industry, starting as a production assistant on James Cameron’s Titanic, then becoming a production supervisor at Stan Lee Media. Today he is the director of development for original …

April 2008 Earlier this year, regulators in Turkey announced plans to raise the cap on foreign ownership in media outlets. This means more competition for the public broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), which operates four national TV channels—TRT1, …