Interviews

April 2008 Since 2004, Rede Record has been working overtime to take on TV Globo’s dominance in Brazilian media, particularly with its slate of drama productions. Its efforts have paid off, with Record gaining ground in the ratings and recently …

April 2008 A&E Television Networks (AETN) has created a number of brands that have resonated with viewers and consumers around the world, like The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Crime & Investigation Network. It also has the type of …

June 2008 With stations in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia and Ukraine, Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is the leading television broadcaster in Central and Eastern Europe. The company was set up in 1994 by Ronald …

June 2008 The leading Brazilian broadcaster, TV Globo, keeps building on its success, not only in its domestic market but also internationally, through its content-distribution arm and a channel seen in five continents. Ricardo Scalamandré, the general director of Globo TV …

June 2008 The Israeli-based Dori Media Group has made huge strides in the telenovela market in the last few years. The company’s TV series, like Lalola, have made their way onto TV broadcasters around the world. Dori Media has also …

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 …