Saturday, December 21, 2024

Interviews

Richard Plepler

March 10, 2014

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. Home Box Office has set the gold standard for premium pay-TV services with its mix of feature films, sports, documentaries and groundbreaking award-winning original productions. This for­mula has been successfully exported to Latin America, Central Europe and Asia. …

Chris Albrecht

March 19, 2014

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issues of World Screen and TV Drama. For the past several years, the U.S. premium service Starz has been boosting its roster of original productions. Spartacus and Magic City were followed by The White Queen, Da Vinci’s Demons and Black Sails. Starz …

Josh Sapan

March 21, 2014

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. Josh Sapan, the president and CEO of AMC Networks, has built a very successful business by offering viewers of AMC, SundanceTV, IFC and WE tv shows that are unexpected and unlike anything they have seen before. He also …

Jon Feltheimer

April 21, 2014

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. Lionsgate has built a successful business by identifying underserved audience niches and reaching them in movie theaters, on television and on digital platforms. For horror fans there is the Saw franchise. Urban viewers have enjoyed a steady diet …

Nancy Dubuc

May 5, 2014

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. Bringing human stories to life has always been A+E Networks’ mission. For years its channels, which include HISTORY, A&E and Lifetime, featured out-of-the-ordinary individuals in unscripted shows like Pawn Stars, Dance Moms and the megahit Duck Dynasty. The …