World Screen: Top Video Interviews of 2011

December 23, 2011 World Screen

NEW YORK: With our extensive slate of interviews this year, World Screen touched on every area of the media business, from the stars in front of the camera to the creatives behind the scenes to the executives in charge of exploiting shows on every platform possible. Catch up here on some of our best offerings this year.

Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? A video excerpt from MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session, which featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen‘s Anna Carugati.
	Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis & Adriano Giannini Stars of the new ABC Studios drama Missing discuss the show and its international appeal.
Ben Miller & Sara Martins Stars of the Caribbean-set crime drama Death in Paradise talk about how the show differs from a traditional detective drama and what it was like filming in paradise.
	Anson Mount, Colm Meaney & Dominique McElligott Stars of the Western epic Hell on Wheels talk about their characters, the show and what it’s like working in the creative environment found at AMC.
John Barrowman, Bill Pullman & Julie Gardner Stars of Torchwood, the sci-fi franchise created by Russell T Davies, together with Julie Gardner, the executive producer of the show and senior VP of scripted at BBC Worldwide Productions, share what viewers can expect from the new season.
	Shawn Doyle & Avrum Jacobson Endgame star Shawn Doyle, whose credits include spots on 24, Desperate Housewives and Big Love, and creator Avrum Jacobson discuss the show and how it offers a new spin on the crime procedural.
Video Report: Perspectives on Asia World Screen caught up with three leading channel operators: Zee TV’s Subhash Chandra, FOX International Channels’ Ward Platt and BBC Worldwide’s Jana Bennett.
	Anne Sweeney A video of the Q&A session featuring the co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney/ABC Television Group with World Screen‘s Anna Carugati that took place at MIPCOM following Sweeney’s keynote speech.
Gerhard Zeiler RTL Group’s CEO talks about his family of channels, how advertisers can be utilizing multiple platforms and what makes for good television.
	Adriana Cisneros The vice chairman and director of strategy poised to become CEO of the Cisneros Group discusses the company’s plans for the U.S. Hispanic market and adapting novelas and other content to today’s multiplatform world.
David Ellender The global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises talks about attracting top-name talent and the importance of delivering buzz-generating, high-quality programming.
	Aubeck Kam The CEO of the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) discusses the growth in the MDA’s co-production strategy and his broad goals for the regulator.
César Conde The president of Univision Networks shares his programming strategy and his ambitions for the broadcaster to be the number one network in the U.S., regardless of language, in five years’ time.