2CMedia‘s Chris Sloan spoke to CABLEU.tv on a break from shooting the company’s new show Swamp Wars premiering on Animal Planet on June 12th. Chris describes his production company as boutique but they have done work for many big networks including CMT, Animal Planet, Planet Green, We-TV, and Travel Channel. In addition to television content [...]
RLTV’s Elliot Jacobson
CABLEU.tv is honored to publish this exclusive interview with Elliot Jacobson, Senior Vice President of Programming and Production for RLTV. At RLTV Jacobson is responsible for the design and execution of the network’s programming strategy and he oversees the development and production of all original programming, as well as the network’s acquisition, scheduling and digital [...]
Andy Singer, GM at DIY
What are you working on at DIY right now that’s coming up and you’re excited about? We had a big year in 2010. Going from 2010 to 2011, we have a few shows that we are really excited about. We’re really the only ones who own landscaping. There’s nobody that’s doing what we do 24/7 [...]
Diane Robina, Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing for TV Guide Network
CABLEU.tv is honored to be able to talk to Diane Robina, Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing for TV Guide Network. In this role, Robina is the lead executive charged with transforming the network into an entertainment destination with premier programming. She oversees TV Guide Network’s internal and external productions, development and acquisitions, talent relations, [...]
Zoning Out, Tuning In: Pitch Writing Lessons From a Marathon Runner
Last year, on a whim, I signed up to take part in the NYC marathon. Not only was it to be my first marathon, I hadn’t done ANY running for thirty-odd years. As I started training, from the first painful, gasping steps to being able to run comfortably for two, then four, six and12 miles, [...]
My Favorite Time of Year
To quote the Bing Crosby classic, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”. Yep, there are toys in every store. Not to mention mail order catalogs, websites, and 70% of the mass emails in my inbox right now. There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, although now it’s a Hilton or Marriott. As for [...]
A New Year’s Prediction
When I am dealing with producers on developing their projects, it usually come down to a final question: How is this going to be funded? The answer is on this order: Cable networks, cable networks, cable networks, PBS or maybe a benefactor with little expectation of a quick return. The long-tail theory says that in [...]
My Thoughts on Recent Discovery Exec Moves
Did you hear some people were laid off/had their jobs eliminated at Discovery nets? We heard last week, but out of respect for the afflicted and those remaining, we sat on it. C21 actually just picked up the story this morning. Nothing official and details are sketchy as to how many might be leaving, but [...]
Charismatic leadership and why no one is a “natural seller”
Work is more fun when the skills you hone on the job are transferable. That is, you develop skills on the job that can help you with another job or even, another non-professional part of your life. Over the past few years I’ve learned that the skill of “sales” is one of the most important, [...]
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Discovery Channel’s Ratings vs. Disc. Communication’s Stock Price
Click on graph to see a larger version in a new window. Read analysis and chronology of events below graph. I love the way Google Finance can output a chronology of a company’s major press stories against its stock price over time. Examining some of the major conglomerate television / media stocks I became curious [...]