Interviews

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. One of the first television executives to set up international co-productions, Jan Mojto, the managing director of Beta Film, has more than 20 years’ experience bringing together partners and bridging cultures, viewers’ tastes and broadcasters’ needs. In the …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of TV Europe. In 2012, ITV Studios’ Come Dine with Me accounted for more than 5,000 broadcast hours around the world, making it the year’s most-screened format. Since originating on Channel 4, the dinner-party format has been adapted in 30-plus markets, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. When the Turkish drama Gümüs first aired in 2005 on Kanal D, the channel’s management had no idea they had unleashed a cultural phenomenon and launched a hugely popular and profitable genre. Irfan Sahin, the CEO of Kanal …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. The BBC is a treasure trove of high-end programming, from cult classic Doctor Who to entertainment format Dancing with the Stars and major natural-history series Planet Earth. BBC Worldwide sells these and countless more hours of programming and …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. When Herbert Kloiber acquired Tele München Gruppe (TMG) in 1977, his goal was to produce and distribute quality programming for German-speaking countries and beyond. Today, as chairman, he has kept true to his vision. TMG produces feature films, …

Power is co-producing a brand-new lavish period drama, New Worlds, along with Company Pictures for Channel 4 in the U.K. The four-hour mini-series, set in the 1680s in England and America, charts a story of love, loss and the fight for the freedoms and liberties we enjoy today. Along with …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issues of TV Europe and World Screen. Modern Times Group (MTG) operates 60 branded channels in 37 countries and has the largest broadcasting footprint in Europe. Present in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Russia, MTG has been gaining market …

As head of entertainment at the U.K.'s Channel 4, Justin Gorman is constantly on the lookout for programs that create buzz and attract viewers. WS: The U.K. market is crowded, but Channel 4 has carved a niche for itself. What do you want to offer viewers? GORMAN: The key for …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of TV Europe. ProSiebenSat.1 Media is one of the leading media groups in Europe and reaches some 41 million households in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Today it comprises a bouquet of free-TV and pay-TV channels, digital assets and a production-and-international-distribution unit. …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of TV Europe. Last year, ITV, the leading commercial broadcaster in the U.K., increased its audience share for the first time since 1990. In fact, of the country’s five terrestrial broadcasters, ITV was the only one to improve its share—and this …