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Televisionation

Tracy Swedlowwww.spreaker.com
Welcome to our Televisionation podcast show, which showcases executives, innovators, creatives, and invited analysts, in dialog with ITVT founder and editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow. These podcasts also offer audio of sessions from our TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) conferences (produced twice a year in San Francisco and New York); video interviews, as well as other types of updates and content.

Our readership is mostly made up of thousands of listeners in over 150 countries.

Founded in 1998 by Tracy Swedlow, InteractiveTV Today ITVT is the most widely read and trusted news source online on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform, networked, broadband interactive television. We provide concise, original coverage of industry developments, technologies, content projects, and the people building the business through our Web site (itvt.com).

Contact tracyswedlow@gmail.com to find out more or to pitch yourself to be interviewed!
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Episodes

Televisionation: Friday Fireside: Yvette Kanouff in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week’s Friday Fireside features Yvette Kanouff, winner of the Television Academy's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Emmy for her work in television technology at Time Warner's Full Service Network, SeaChange, Cablevision and Cisco! Yvette is currently a partner at John Chambers’ Venture Capital Company, JC2 Ventures, where she and the team help and mentor...

Jun 21, 202016 min

Televisionation: How Movio’s Curtis Barone Is Helping the Fight against Covid-19

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features long-time TVOT attendee and TV-industry veteran, Curtis Barone, VP of Advanced TV at Movio, recounting his experience of being the first person in Oklahoma to test positive for Covid-19, as well as the travails he and his family endured as a result. He has since been able to help in the struggle aga...

Jun 21, 202030 min

JUN Televisionation: Parrot Analytics’ Steve Langdon on Emerging Viewing Habits, Demand Data and More

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Steve Langdon, Director of Partnerships, EMEA, at Parrot Analytics, discussing what people are watching in the US and around the world during the Coronavirus pandemic; describing how Parrot Analytics measures viewer demand for content; and explaining how and why content owners ...

Jun 21, 202036 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside: Steve Reynolds of Imagine Communications in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week, the Friday Fireside welcomes Steve Reynolds, President of Imagine Communications. Steve goes into detail about how Imagine Communications is handing the massive amount of video being consumed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how the company is planning for the anticipated Q3 onslaught of television advertisi...

Jun 21, 202018 min

Televisionation: Patrick Donoghue’s Life Hutch VR

http://tvotshow.com/televisionation - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Patrick Donoghue, Founder and President of immersive entertainment company, Next Stop Willoughby (note: the company’s name is taken from an episode of “The Twilight Zone”). Donoghue, who has won two Emmys, as well as one of the inaugural Awards for Leadership in...

Jun 21, 202039 min

Televisionation: Realeyes’ Max Kalehoff on Using Facial Coding to Understand Video Viewing

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Max Kalehoff, VP of Marketing and Growth at Realeyes, a company that uses emotion AI and facial coding to measure consumers’ response to and engagement with video content. Among other things, he defines emotion AI and facial coding and explains how they work, describes the kind...

Jun 21, 202047 min

Televisionation: Rob Gabel, CEO of Tubular Labs

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Rob Gabel, Co-Founder and CEO of social-video measurement and analytics company, Tubular Labs. Among other things, he discusses new trends the company has been seeing in the consumption of social video during the ongoing pandemic; describes how content providers and other industry players are using ...

Jun 21, 202047 min

Televisionation: MNI Targeted Media’s Matt Fanelli

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Matt Fanelli, SVP of Digital Sales and Operations at MNI Targeted Media, Meredith Corp.’s targeted advertising strategy, planning and buying division, discussing ongoing changes in viewing behavior and how best to use data to ensure that advertising reaches the “right eyeballs.” (Note: If you would like ...

Jun 21, 202040 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside - Innovid’s Tal Chalozin in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. In this episode, Rick is joined by Tal Chalozin, Founder and CTO of Innovid. Right off the bat, Tal shares the secret of making his hair stand up like that! Rick has an alternative explanation at the end of this 13-minute video. Tal reviews Innovid's success as one of the largest (if not THE largest) video ad-serving te...

Jun 21, 202014 min

Televisionation: VIZIO’s Mike O’Donnell

TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Mike O’Donnell, SVP of Platform Business at television manufacturer, VIZIO. Among other things, O’Donnell discusses VIZIO’s new advertising business unit, VIZIO Ads, and the strategy behind its launch; describes viewing trends the company is seeing on its devices, including emerging shifts in consum...

Jun 21, 202027 min

Televisionation: Vimond’s Stein Erik Sorhaug

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Stein Erik Sorhaug, VP of Channels and Alliances at Norway-based Vimond Media Solutions, discussing, among other things, how the Covid-19 pandemic is resulting in rapid adoption of remote, cloud-based video-editing workflows and giving rise to new production efficiencies. (Note: If you would like to shar...

Jun 21, 202033 min

Televisionation: Magid’s Bill Hague

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Bill Hague, EVP at prominent research company, Magid. Among other things, he discusses how local broadcasters are addressing the challenges—and taking advantage of the opportunities—posed by the pandemic; shares findings from Magid’s weekly tracking research that cast light on how consumers are interacti...

Jun 21, 202025 min

Televisionation: Adam Helfgott, CEO of MadHive

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Adam Helfgott, CEO of MadHive, a company that offers an end-to-end digital-video advertising solution which it describes as leveraging blockchain, cryptology and AI to optimize business outcomes and provide evidence-based accountability. Among other things, Helfgott describes t...

Jun 21, 202030 min

Televisionation: Locast Founder, David Goodfriend

Recorded May 13, 2020 TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features David Goodfriend, Founder of Locast, a controversial, non-profit service that allows consumers to stream local broadcast TV. In the interview, which was recorded May 13th, Goodfriend discusses Locast’s rapid growth (it’s now available in 19 markets, including Puerto Rico, and c...

Jun 21, 202042 min

Televisionation: Inscape’s Jodie McAfee on ACR and Audience Data

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Jodie McAfee, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Inscape Data Services, a subsidiary of TV manufacturer, VIZIO, that specializes in using automatic content recognition (ACR) technology to generate audience data. Among other things, he explains how Inscape’s data is being used to ena...

Jun 20, 202026 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside: Centriply’s Scott Stansfield in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry Today’s episode features Friday Fireside sponsor, Scott Stansfield, Co-Founder and President of Centriply. We continue the conversation started on May 1st with Sinclair Broadcast Group's Rob Weisbord, and on May 8th with National Media's Evan Tracey. The television advertising industry is going to be flooded with "buy orders" in Q3, from retail, CPG, aut...

Jun 20, 202017 min

Televisionation: Halsey Minor’s New Video Platform

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Halsey Minor, founder/co-founder/investor (CNET, Salesforce, Google Voice, OpenDNS, Vignette...), who is now CEO of next-generation media and telecom infrastructure company, Live Planet: the latter’s new service platform, VideoCoin Network, launched today. According to the comp...

Jun 20, 202049 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside: Evan Tracey of NMRPP in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

http://tvotshow.com - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Today the Friday Fireside, brought to you by Centriply, welcomes Evan Tracey, SVP for the GOP’s political ad agency, National Media Research, Planning & Placement (NMRPP). Evan provides, in a 14-minute chat, critical guidance for Q3 and Q4 2020 advertising. The compressed political ad spend is going to come to market exactly wh...

Jun 20, 202016 min

Televisionation: DigiCAP’s Joonyoung Park on ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Joonyoung Park, Vice President and Fellow at Seoul-based DigiCAP, discussing that company’s work in ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV. Among other things, he provides an overview of ATSC 3.0 in South Korea and of the new services and forms of monetization it is enabling in that country (note: the standard was adopted ...

Jun 20, 202036 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside Special Edition: Clayton Banks, Co-Founder and CEO, Silicon Harlem

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week we have a Special Edition of The Friday Fireside, sponsored by Centriply. Our guest is Clayton Banks, Co-Founder and CEO of Silicon Harlem. Clayton talks in detail about Silicon Harlem's mission: Community as a Platform, Infrastructure for Equity, and Humanizing Technology. That will be a key focus at Silicon Harlem's 2020 Advancing Humanity C...

Jun 20, 202014 min

Televisionation: Jukin Media Founder and CEO, Jonathan Skogmo

http://tvotshow.com - TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Jonathan Skogmo, Founder and CEO of Jukin Media, a company that works with entertainment companies, brands, agencies and other players to develop shows and campaigns that utilize user-generated content (UGC). Among other things, he explains Jukin’s business model; describes how...

Jun 20, 202028 min

Televisionation: Carter Pilcher, Founder and CEO of ShortsTV

TVOT/ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Carter Pilcher, Founder and CEO of short-film entertainment company, Shorts International, best known for its flagship 24/7 HD channel (100 million homes), ShortsTV (note: the company, which claims to have the world’s largest catalog of short films, also offers content for download online; produces ...

Jun 20, 202029 min

Televisionation: Stringr Co-Founder and CEO, Lindsay Stewart

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Lindsay Stewart, Co-Founder and CEO of Stringr, a company that operates a video-news marketplace that connects media companies with a network of over 100,000 freelance videographers. Among other things, she explains how Stringr’s platform works; discusses how the company works with news organizations and...

Jun 20, 202026 min

Televisionation: Dave Morgan, Founder and CEO, Simulmedia

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Dave Morgan, who in addition to his role as founder and CEO of data-driven TV advertising provider, Simulmedia, authors an influential weekly column in the advertising trade publication, MediaPost. Among other things, Morgan shares his thoughts on how the Coronavirus/Covid-19 epidemic will impact the adv...

May 08, 202041 min

Televisionation: Alphonso’s Raghu Kodige and Ashish Baldua

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Raghu Kodige, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, and Ashish Baldua, Chief Growth Officer, of TV measurement and data specialist, Alphonso, who provide an overview of the company’s AI/ML-powered technology, and explain the changes they are finding in viewing behavior and in the ways that consumers are ...

May 08, 202053 min

Televisionation: Larry Thaler, CEO, The Video Call Center (VCC)

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Larry Thaler, CEO of The Video Call Center (VCC), a company that specializes in handling large numbers of IP video remotes-by-smartphone and putting them on the air via caller-acquisition technology, workflow and assistive automation. Among other things, Thaler discusses The VCC’s technologies and busine...

May 08, 202034 min

Televisionation: Kate Dimbleby and Rupert Howe Unveil Interactive TV Creation App, Stornaway

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Kate Dimbleby and Rupert Howe, Co-Founders of Stornaway, a UK-based company which, earlier this week, emerged from stealth mode to unveil its eponymous flagship product: an application that is designed to enable writers and producers to plan, produce and publish interactive programming easily and inexpen...

May 08, 202045 min

Televisionation: Scott Ehrlich, SVP of Growth Networks and Content, Sinclair Broadcast Group

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Scott Ehrlich, SVP of Growth Networks and Content at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Among other things, Ehrlich explains how Sinclair is continuing to produce content for its many broadcast stations, OTT networks and other outlets during the Coronavirus/Covid-19 lockdown; discusses the company’s work to imple...

May 08, 202043 min

Televisionation: Larry Namer, President, Metan Global Entertainment Group

ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Larry Namer, who co-founded E! Entertainment Television and is now President of Metan Global Entertainment Group, a company that specializes in producing and distributing content for Chinese-speaking audiences in China and internationally. “Metan is a very modern take on how media companies must structur...

May 08, 202037 min

Televisionation: Friday Fireside - Innovid’s Tal Chalozin in Conversation with The iTV Doctor

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry In this episode, Rick is joined by Tal Chalozin, Founder and CTO of Innovid. Right off the bat, Tal shares the secret of making his hair stand up like that! Rick has an alternative explanation at the end of this 13-minute video. Tal reviews Innovid's success as one of the largest (if not THE largest) video ad-serving technologies in the United States and...

May 08, 202014 min
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