Interviews

April 2008 Her father, Hugh Hefner, created Playboy magazine and made adult entertainment mainstream. Christie, the company’s chairman and CEO, took the globally recognized rabbit-head brand and gave it new life on TV and home entertainment, the Internet, mobile and …

April 2008 Anke Schäferkordt is responsible for all the German businesses of the RTL Group and is president of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (Media Group RTL Germany). This includes a bouquet of services: RTL Television, VOX, RTL II, Super RTL, n-tv, …

April 2008 With production facilities in more than 20 countries on five continents, Endemol has become a leading producer of entertainment formats that can cross borders and captivate audiences. In fact, Big Brother, Fear Factor, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and …

April 2008 Under Bonnie Hammer’s leadership, USA Network has become the number one cable channel in the U.S. with hits such as Monk and Psych. SCI FI entered cable’s top ten thanks to the Stargate franchise and Battlestar Galactica. And …

April 2008 Anne Sweeney is responsible for a media group that caters to all viewers, from the youngest, with Playhouse Disney and Disney Channel, up to fans of ABC Family and the ABC Network. Her priority is to find the …

April 2008 ProSiebenSat.1 Media was already a powerhouse in Germany with its four stations, Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins and N24, even before it bought the SBS Broadcasting Group last year. With this acquisition, however, it has become a leading pan-European …

April 2008 Jeff Zucker, today the president and CEO of NBC Universal, has spent more than 20 years at NBC. Since he joined NBC Sports in 1986 as a researcher for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Zucker …

October 2007 Southern Star International (SSI) has made a name for itself internationally as a producer and distributor of high quality programming across a variety of genres: thriller TV movies such as Wire in the Blood, the long-running series Home …

October 2007 As president of Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), Michael Grindon oversees three complementary businesses: the distribution of feature films and television programming; local production in key international markets; and some 40 channels in more than 130 countries reaching …

October 2007 AXN is 10 years old this year. But the content for which it is known is timeless. The universal appeal of its action-adventure programming has made AXN a leading international cable and satellite destination among young adults aged …