Thursday, December 5, 2024

Interviews

24’s Joel Surnow & Robert Cochran

October 23, 2006

October 2006 By Mansha Daswani When 24 launched on FOX in 2001, few thought the high-concept show—where the entire season plays out over the course of just one day—would last its entire run, let alone return for a second season. …

PBS’s Paula Kerger

October 23, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Having worked in public television for many years, Paula Kerger is intimately familiar with the challenges of financing quality programming. After heading up the very successful public station Thirteen/WNET in New York, Kerger was appointed …

Steven Spielberg

October 17, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Steven Spielberg is arguably Hollywood’s best-known director and producer and certainly its most commercially successful filmmaker. Who hasn’t been touched or thrilled by any one of his movies? The list is endless: Jaws, Close Encounters …

The BBC’s Mark Thompson

October 16, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Every day there seems to be a new way to access entertainment, sports and news content—on our computers, iPods, mobile phones—and who knows how many more devices and platforms there will be in one year, …

Time Warner’s Richard Parsons

October 16, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Interviewing Richard Parsons has been a particular pleasure for us. His office is located in the Time Warner building, one of the most celebrated structures recently built in Manhattan, overlooking Central Park. In our two …

CME’s Garin

October 6, 2006

June 2006 By Anna Carugati When Ronald Lauder founded Central European Media Enterprises (CME) in 1994, he believed that people living in former Soviet block countries, who had known nothing but state-run television, were ready for TV stations that offered …

DIC’s Heyward

October 6, 2006

May 2006 By Anna Carugati One of the big stories in the children’s television business this year is the three-hour Saturday morning block that DIC Entertainment will be programming on CBS starting in September. CBS’s Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party …

High School Musical’s Bill Borden

October 1, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati There is hardly a child between the ages of 6 and 14 in the U.S. who hasn’t heard of High School Musical (HSM). And as this Disney Channel original movie airs around the world, it …

SPTI’s Michael Grindon

October 1, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati 2006 has been a good year so far for Sony. The corporation posted its first profit in a long time, thanks to brisk sales of its Bravia LCD TV set, and to the box-office success …

ZDF Enterprises’ Alexander Coridass

October 1, 2006

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Alexander Coridass first joined ZDF in 1985, working in the legal and business- affairs departments. In 1993, he moved to ZDF Enterprises, the newly formed commercial arm of the German public broadcaster. Since then he …