Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Today’s Friday Fireside guest is Gabriel Berger, CEO of ThinkAnalytics. Gabe is an industry veteran who has literally found his calling, helping all of us find the shows we will enjoy most in this INSANE television content mess we (including Gabe and the good doctor) have all created. This fast-moving episode of The Friday Fireside will have you reachin...
Oct 22, 2021•24 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom, a company that offers a platform for fan wikis and that was co-founded in 2004 by Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales. He discusses the company’s origins, offerings and partnerships; outlines the benefits and challenges he sees of working with connected platforms; and casts light on the company’s current and fu...
Oct 21, 2021•29 min
This episode features Lillian Diaz-Przybyl and Steve Calcote, Producer and Director respectively at Butcher Bird Studios, a full-service creative and production studio specializing in interactive and immersive video experiences. They discuss their work—including producing content in the “liquid” environment of an “open-world show,” where plots change in response to audience choices; outline best practices for creating interactive narratives (including the question, “What is the right amount of i...
Oct 21, 2021•41 min
This week’s guest on The Friday Fireside is Jonathan Boltax Co-Founder and CEO of PlayWorks Digital Limited. After a long career stateside at NBC and Cablevision, Jonathan took his “game” to Israel, and has been building a well-distributed and popular television games platform. He beat Netflix and Amazon to the punch, and unlike virtually everybody else in the interactive television space, PlayWorks is making money! Games is the secret!
Oct 21, 2021•28 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week’s edition of The Friday Fireside gets under the hood with Jim Long’s Didja, Inc; and explores whether his LocalBTV system will survive where Locast failed. The expressed permission of the local station is the key, and local broadcasters are finding that “eyeballs is eyeballs” when it comes to local advertising. To crack the major station group...
Oct 11, 2021•23 min
https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features Linda Abrams, Head of Business Development for North America at video-streaming infrastructure company, 24i. Among other things, she provides an overview of the company’s end-to-end technology offerings for pay-TV operators, OTT content providers and other industry players (customers include Game S...
Oct 07, 2021•35 min
ITVT is pleased to present the latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society. In this episode, Lisa is joined by David Craig, a media scholar, producer, and former network executive. He is Clinical Professor at t...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Approaching their Q4 SPAC, Innovid CTO and Co-Founder, Tal Chalozin, joins us for this week’s Friday Fireside. We discuss the upcoming SPAC, with a Pro Forma Valuation of $1.3 Billion; why Tal won’t replace his online interview sign (even with that valuation); whether we can live WITHOUT Nielsen, given the current troubles; Innovid’s success at “poachin...
Oct 07, 2021•20 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Find out what’s happening at Cinedigm with this week’s Friday Fireside guest, Cinedigm President, Erick Opeka. Cinedigm yesterday reported net income of $5.0 million: total revenues of $15 million, up 149% year-over-year; streaming revenues up 181% year-over-year; ad-supported streaming channel revenues up 301% year-over-year; subscription streaming cha...
Oct 07, 2021•25 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features Adi Dhandhania, SVP of Strategy and Interactive at Bally’s, the casino and betting giant that recently purchased pioneering second-screen interactive-TV company, Telescope, as part of a build-out of its sports-betting offerings. Among other things, he explains the strategy behind the acquisition and why interactivity is so important to ...
Oct 07, 2021•24 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features interviews with three senior executives from measurement company, Comscore: Chief Research Officer, Michael Vinson; CEO and Executive Chairman, Bill Livek; and Chief Commercial Officer, Chris Wilson. Among other things, Vinson discusses the difficulties inherent to audience measurement even with today’s digital technologies, explains ho...
Oct 07, 2021•14 min
This episode Julie Saltman, Lead Producer and Costume Designer of “Taking Wing,” a new VR/AR experience, loosely based on Shel Silverstein’s famous children’s story, “The Giving Tree.” Among other things, she provides an overview of the project and of the team of creators and technologists that have made it possible, and outlines future plans, which include creating a “VRoadway show." URL: https://www.takingwingofficial.com/
Oct 07, 2021•31 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features Erik Langner, Co-Founder and CEO of the Information Equity Initiative (IEI), which describes itself as “a non-profit organization that believes everyone, regardless of geography or income, needs access to high quality digital learning resources if they are to compete and thrive.” Langner, who was previously president of the public benef...
Oct 07, 2021•33 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Some people always get the best gigs! Today’s Friday Fireside welcomes industry visionary, Jim Riley, President of US Operations for Stingray. Moving from his background at TVN, VUBIQUITY, Whip Media and BITMAX, Jim has taken a clue from his Wall of Guitars (he still plays in a band!) and is officially in the Music Business: Audio, Video and everything ...
Oct 07, 2021•19 min
ITVT is pleased to present the latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society. Matt Brennan is Senior Editor for Television and Pop Culture at the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the Times as television editor, ...
Oct 07, 2021•58 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Today’s episode of the Friday Fireside is a fascinating discussion with Teresa Phillips, Co-Founder and CEO of Spherex. Teresa has a unique product that informs content owners and distributors about international cultural norms that impact the marketability of their products. If you sell internationally, you need to watch this! Just remember that it was...
Oct 07, 2021•23 min
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 topic: “Whither Goest Thou, Nielsen?” Answers provided by former Magnite/Telaria/Sling TV/DISH Network exec, Adam Lowy: the future belongs to the Programmatic and Automated advertising pipe for all television advertising, with a vastly diminished fraction coming from the traditional “Hand-to-Hand Combat” sales process. Can Ni...
Oct 07, 2021•28 min
ITVT is pleased to present the latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society. In this episode (PART 2) Lisa is joined by Bernie Su, a pioneer of digital and interactive content. Bernie is the founder of 96Next an...
Aug 19, 2021•31 min
ITVT is pleased to present the (PART 2) latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society. In this episode Lisa is joined by Bernie Su, a pioneer of digital and interactive content. Bernie is the founder of 96Next an...
Aug 19, 2021•32 min
ITVT is pleased to present the latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society. In this episode, Lisa is joined by Jordana Mollick. Jordana is President of Development and Production at Semi-Formal Productions and ...
Aug 19, 2021•39 min
ITVT is pleased to present Televisionation: Screen Culture, a new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Each episode features an interview with a leader in content creation (showrunners, directors, and more) discussing a unique aspect of their work and how it has reflected or even altered the culture around us. Screen Culture is hosted by Lisa Crawford (see more below). In this episode, Lisa is joined by Chris Wagn...
Aug 19, 2021•37 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features interviews with three senior executives from measurement company, Comscore: Chief Research Officer, Michael Vinson; CEO and Executive Chairman, Bill Livek; and Chief Commercial Officer, Chris Wilson. Among other things, Vinson discusses the difficulties inherent to audience measurement even with today’s digital technologies, explains ho...
Aug 19, 2021•14 min
PART 2 - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features interviews with three senior executives from measurement company, Comscore: Chief Research Officer, Michael Vinson; CEO and Executive Chairman, Bill Livek; and Chief Commercial Officer, Chris Wilson. Among other things, Vinson discusses the difficulties inherent to audience measurement even with today’s digital technologies, ex...
Aug 19, 2021•31 min
PART 1 - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features interviews with three senior executives from measurement company, Comscore: Chief Research Officer, Michael Vinson; CEO and Executive Chairman, Bill Livek; and Chief Commercial Officer, Chris Wilson. Among other things, Vinson discusses the difficulties inherent to audience measurement even with today’s digital technologies, ex...
Aug 19, 2021•39 min
https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features augmented reality (AR) artist, Camila Magrane*, who is best known for AR collages in which she combines traditional darkroom techniques and digital tools to create surreal imagery and narratives. She discusses her background and influences, the technologies and tools she uses to create her work, ho...
Aug 19, 2021•31 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond. This episode features industry veteran, Sherry Brennan (she was previously SVP of Distribution at Fox Networks Group), who earlier this year was named EVP and GM of the Whip Media Exchange at content-licensing company, Whip Media. Among other things, Brennan gives us an overview of the Whip Media Exchange, an online...
Jun 09, 2021•46 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week’s guest on The Friday Fireside is Tom Weiss, Chief Data Scientist for MarketCast. We have a lot of fun diving into the dynamics of “Fandom,” and how fans’ emotional connection to products, services, and television can be a powerful tool for marketing and advertising impact. Along the way we dissect the upcoming “Fast & Furious 9” from Comc...
Jun 09, 2021•28 min
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 guest is Marco Frazier, SVP of Insight TV Studios US. Our session was recorded immediately after the announcement of the AT&T/Discovery/WarnerMedia deal, which gives a LOT of perspective for independent streaming services like Insight TV. And we might even have forecast the name for the new company! Tune in to learn how I...
Jun 09, 2021•24 min
Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week's episode of Centriply's Friday Fireside features Patrick Donoghue—TV industry vet and visionary—talking about his move from Cablevision and Time Warner Cable to Virtual Reality games (some would say the legacy cable TV business WAS a virtual game…). Along the way we discuss the Epic Games- Apple lawsuit, Netflix's move into games, and the rat...
Jun 09, 2021•28 min
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This episode features industry insights from Mike Bloxham and Debby Ruth of prominent analyst/business-strategy company, Magid. Bloxham and Ruth—who, along with their colleagues, have organized and moderated numerous sessions at TVOT—were both recently promoted to EVP & GM of Global Media and Entertainment, having made significant contributions to that b...
Jun 09, 2021•37 min
