Interviews

It was just about two years ago when Discovery Communications decided to take its female-skewed lifestyle channel TLC out to the global market. The company set an ambitious goal of entering more than 75 markets, reaching more than 100 million households, for TLC International by the end of 2011. With ...

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Chronicling the worlds of high-end docs, lifestyle shows, reality series, and more, TV Real Weekly reported on the broad range of unscripted and factual content this year. Here’s a recap of our top video interviews of 2011.      Werner Herzog The internationally acclaimed German director discusses his latest documentary, ...

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Beyond Distribution has been dramatically expanding its catalogue of comedy for the international market, aligning with a host of big-name comics, including Margaret Cho. The Asian-American comedienne, known for tackling taboo topics like race, gender and sexuality, recently wrapped her new special, Cho Dependent. Broadcast on Showtime in the U.S. ...

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  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of TV Real.   The company may have a new a name and logo—A+E Networks replaced A&E Television Networks—but the mission remains the same: reinventing storytelling, taking history out of the history books, developing new genres and creating new networks. ...

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