Interviews

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 business for Magid over the past eight years...

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,...

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe , The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. Can TV entertain without sound? Can TV ads sell without sound? Find out on this week’s Friday Fireside with Leo Resig, CEO and Co-Founder of Atmosphere , described as “audio-optional TV programming for business.” Atmosphere has a business model that combines traditional advertising, point-of-sale retail promotion, e-commerce and more, all in venues where viewers can’t easily...

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 Tim Spengler, General Manager of Advanced TV Solutions at Amobee , the advertising solution that integrates TV, CTV, Digital and Social Media into a unified strategy to optimize performance. In anticipation of the upcoming TVOT LIVE! panel, "Is Broadcast The TV of Tomorrow?," Tim offers suggestions on how linear...

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 Kevin McGurn, President of Sales and Distribution at Vevo. Among other things, he discusses Vevo’s distribution strategy, including its fast-growing distribution on connected-TV platforms; the growth of co-viewing on its service; its moves to develop and distribute original content; its preparations for the Upfronts; its recent launch of MOODS,...