Interviews

October 2007 Greg Ricca joined Discovery Communications earlier this year when the company’s new president and CEO, David Zaslav, was undertaking a broad restructuring of the group’s operations. Ricca, who spent 20 years at Viacom building the global MTV franchise, …

October 2007 By Mansha Daswani Indian feature films have been increasingly popping up in the top-20 lists of box-office releases in the U.K. and the U.S. The Hindi-language movie business, dubbed Bollywood, has expanded well beyond the subcontinent, with a …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Power is a leading European independent producer and distri­butor of high-quality, high-budget mini-series and TV movies. It is renowned for lavish productions with international casts, such as Henry VIII, which won an International Emmy award; …

October 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani As the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for FremantleMedia’s worldwide entertainment division, Rob Clark oversees the international rollout of all of the company’s developed or acquired unscripted formats. …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Granada International (GI) is the commercial arm of ITV, the leading commercial broadcaster in the U.K., and is one of the largest television distributors in Europe. Its drama, entertainment, kids, factual, wildlife and formatted programming …

October 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani Jimmy Smits has starred in some of television’s most acclaimed series from L.A. Law to NYPD Blue to The West Wing. Previously to be found in supporting-actor roles, Smits takes …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati If anyone has proven the value of staying in touch with your inner child, it’s Dan Schneider—in his case, the funny inner child. He began his career in television as an actor playing Dennis on …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Mark Burnett left his native England and his assignment in the British military as a paratrooper years ago and came to the U.S. in search of the American Dream. At first he was a nanny, …

November 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani In the run-up to this year’s fall season, one of the most buzzed about shows was NBC’s new Bionic Woman. The casting of British actress Michelle Ryan in the lead …

November 2007 United Artists (UA) was founded in 1919 by Hollywood legends Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. Their aim was to encourage and support directors, writers, actors and producers and allow them to pursue their …