Thursday, March 28, 2024

Interviews

Jung Yun-Joo

February 11, 2008

October 2007 Programmers across Asia are well acquainted with the so-called Korean Wave—the trend has found Korean dramas popping up in prime time on broadcasters across the region. Many of these have come from the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which …

Gary Marenzi

February 11, 2008

January 2008 Almost two years after being acquired by a consortium that included Sony Corporation of America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios re-established its worldwide distribution efforts in house. Ramping up its sales activities in 2007, the studio appointed distribution veteran Gary Marenzi …

Andy Heyward

February 11, 2008

January 2008 As Andy Heyward, DIC Entertainment’s chairman and CEO, likes to point out, he’s only had two jobs his entire life, both in the children’s business. The first was with Hanna-Barbera and the second with DIC, a company that …

Nina Hahn

February 4, 2008

October 2007 Now in its 28th year, Nickelodeon has given the world extremely successful children’s brands like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. Reaching some 470 million homes worldwide via channels, programming blocks, broadband services and international program sales, Nickelodeon …

Garth Ancier

February 4, 2008

January 2008 When BBC Worldwide was looking for someone to develop the BBC brand in the U.S. and build on the relationships and partnerships it had already established there, it sought an executive with extensive experience in the highly complex …

Gustavo Cisneros

February 4, 2008

January 2008 As chairman and CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies (CGC), Gustavo Cisneros sits atop a conglomerate whose businesses encompass media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products, reaching some 550 million Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking consumers in the Americas and …

Don Browne

January 28, 2008

January 2008 Throughout his career in television, Don Browne has always held a strong belief in the business potential of serving the U.S. Hispanic market. This dedication to the fastest-growing portion of the U.S. population reached its culmination in April …

Joe Uva

January 28, 2008

January 2008 Joe Uva spent the majority of his career in the advertising business, either on the agency side or on the channel side. This gave him the requisite experience to head up Univision Communications, the leading Spanish-language media company …

Craig Plestis

January 28, 2008

October 2007 It has been a good year for NBC on the unscripted programming front. Deal or No Deal emerged as the game-show hit of the season, while America’s Got Talent was the highest-rated network series of the summer. Alternative …

Gerhard Zeiler

January 18, 2008

October 2007 As CEO of the RTL Group, Gerhard Zeiler oversees 38 TV channels and 29 radio stations in ten countries, as well as FremantleMedia, which every year produces more than 10,000 hours of award-winning prime-time programming in 22 countries. …