Televisionation: Steve Oh and Malcolm Fleshner of The Young Turks Network (TYT)
April 8, 2020
ITVT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus Era. This episode features Steve Oh, Chief Business Officer, and Malcolm Fleshner, Executive Producer, of The Young Turks Network, an independent, progressive-left news and opinion service distributed via YouTube and multiple other channels. Among other things, Oh and Fleshner discuss how and why TYT was formed; update us on how the service is covering the Coronavirus/Covid-19 crisis and its social and political implications; cast light on how it succeeds in producing programming with surprisingly high production values even while its staff shelters in place; explain why they believe Joe Biden and other politicians could be employing livestreaming far more effectively; and share their thoughts on the future of progressive-left streaming video and on the many new voices and talents emerging in that space. (Note: If you would like to share your thoughts on how the Covid-19 crisis will change the TV and advertising industries, and tell us what your company—or you yourself—are doing to prepare for this new reality, please contact us at tracyswedlow@gmail.com.)