Interviews

October 2006 The New York Times reporter Bill Carter has been writing about the television industry for nearly 30 years. In his latest book, Desperate Networks, he provides an inside look at the Darwinian world of American network television, where …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati As head of the television division of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Jonathan Littman and his group of producers and writers came up with the idea of taking feature-film production values and special effects and applying them …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Last season, the series House on FOX quickly became the fastest-growing prime-time drama in the U.S. It features the irreverent and cantankerous Dr. Gregory House, an infectious-diseases specialist who, together with a team of doctors, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati After gaining extensive experience managing channels for ESPN, BSkyB and Nickelodeon, Ross Hair joined Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) in 2001. Today, as the senior VP of international networks in Europe, Hair’s main responsibility is …

October 2006 By Mansha Daswani The Taiwanese government is looking to radically transform the local media sector, which remains one of the most fragmented television markets in the region. Earlier this year, the government initiated the merger of two public-broadcasting …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Cosgrove Hall Films is the Manchester-based animation studio that brought to life such beloved children’s shows as Postman Pat, Fifi and the Flowertots and Little Robots. While the studio specialized in high-quality animation, it mainly …

October 2006 By Mansha Daswani Last year, a little independent movie about race relations in Los Angeles became a sleeper box-office success and then went on to win the Academy Award for best picture. Crash was a labor of love …