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As a self-proclaimed TV junkie and foodie, I think my heart skipped a beat when, last week, I attempted to tune into Paula Deen and, instead, was confronted with a chipper voice reading aloud Cablevision’s statement against Scripps network for choosing to pull Food Network and HGTV from its lineup. After self-medicating in a half-gallon [...]
Note: Ed Hersh is currently the SVP of Strategic Planning at Investigation Discovery. Formerly, he was the founder and Chief Creative Officer of StoryCentric, a programming/production consultancy providing insights to both networks and content creators. His experience as an executive and producer includes Court TV, A&E, and ABC News. In my consultancy, StoryCentric, I worked [...]
You’ve just retired a series which has been successful for your network. You could take your chances on a completely new, original series or hey, you could reduce your risk by leveraging the the success you’ve had with the series you just retired with a clever spin-off? It happens often, and has been going on [...]
One of the fringe benefits about working in our industry is the opportunity to meet and work with celebrities of all kinds. Rubbing elbows with the famous and almost famous from the worlds of music, science, sports, politics, history, pop culture, news, and of course, Hollywood. But, if you’re really lucky, you get to cross [...]
If you were anywhere in the world near a radio, TV or computer last week, then you might have thought it impossible to avoid the media spectacle surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. From nonstop coverage on all news nets to a tribute at the BET Awards three days after his passing, to documentaries on networks including [...]
It was clear that the most pressing question David Jenkinson, C21 Media’s Editor-in-chief and managing director, had for forum attendees was, “is there money to be made in developing video content for the Web?” The attendees were each pressed to give their perspective on this and share the business models they’ve setup to protect their [...]
C21 did a deft job of bringing together some very accomplished, influential and interesting speakers to their first ever Social Media Forum. I left with my interest in this space being affirmed and further stirred. So what is social media? Opening keynote speaker Ann Longley, digital strategy director at Mediaedge:cia, defined social media as those [...]
It’s damned near become a sport in the last few years for many in our business to shake their head and say, “What’s happening to NATPE?” As if the fate of the industry’s singularly inclusive organization is in the hands of some unknown forces or hierarchy. NATPE is really the only group in the biz [...]
December 7, 2008
More news and notes from Florence and "The Battle of the Brands"
Back in the USA after a week in Tuscany, mostly for the World Science Congress (for the other days, see here). The main impetus for attending was the so-called BATTLE OF THE BRANDS, starring Steve Burns and John Ford, both of whom have worked in various positions at various times at National Geographic and Discovery [...]
November 24, 2008
Why I turned to, and now enjoy, CNBC's coverage of TV's most gripping serial drama
Greatest television story of the year was, of course, the seemingly endless Presidential election. Hillary or Barack? Barack or Hillary? McCain comes back. Iowa, New Hampshire Michigan, Florida. The conventions, the balloons, more speeches, the debates, and polls. Tons of polls. Battleground states, Chuck Todd, Allen County, Indiana. It was the best serial television out [...]
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