Interviews

April 2007 The BBC Natural History Unit celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Since 1957 it has been thrilling audiences young and old with the marvels of the world around us. Neil Nightingale has worked in the unit for more …

May 2007 ITV in the U.K. has been providing American TV audiences with quality programming for decades. From Brideshead Revisited, The Avengers and Prime Suspect to Hell’s Kitchen and Nanny 911, British shows have reached American TV outlets thanks to …

April 2007 By Anna Carugati As the president of FremantleMedia Creative Networks and chief creative officer of FremantleMedia New Platforms (FMX), Gary Carter oversees a wide palette of development and production—from drama and entertainment to new media such as mobile, …

June 2007 A significant hit for FOX in the key 18-to-49 demographic, Prison Break will return for its third season this September, stacked with plenty of new plot twists and turns. Among the inmates, Robert Knepper has generated a surprising …

April 2007 BSkyB is one of the leading pay-TV services in the world and has always been at the forefront of innovation. Besides offering various packages of linear channels, BSkyB has pursued a multi-product strategy delivering such added-value ser­vices as …

August 2007 Tokyo-born Masi Oka is recognized by millions for his role as the time-traveling comics enthusiast Hiro Nakamura on the hit NBC drama Heroes. As such, it may be a surprise to some that prior to his Emmy-nominated role …

April 2007 By Mansha Daswani MTV Networks International has been undergoing a fair bit of restructuring over the past few months, including redirecting resources to markets with strong growth potential. Among those is Japan, where Viacom recently took 100-percent control …

April 2007 By Anna Carugati What started as two adolescents dabbling in animation as a hobby has turned into the Academy-Award-winning studio Aardman Animations. Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their partnership in high school, when they sold an animated …

April 2007 By Anna Carugati From his very first film, Brooklyn Bridge, in 1981, Ken Burns established himself as one of the world’s foremost documentary filmmakers. He fostered his signature style using original prints and photographs, and produced an impressive …

April 2007 Back in 2004, Blake and Jason Krikorian, two brothers with years of experience in convergence technologies, founded Sling Media, with the aim of empowering consumers in the digital world. Sling Media’s first product, the Slingbox, has literally transformed …