Interviews

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry. This week’s HIGHLY enjoyable Friday Fireside features Adriana Waterston, SVP of Insights and Strategy for Green Horizons Insights, a division of Horowitz Research. Adriana will share highlights from their study, “Cultivating the Cannabis Market,” which reveals that 39% of US adults--82 million people—are regular cannabis users! And, as promised in the interview, following is Alice B. Toklas’...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Todd Achilles, President and CEO of Edge Networks , a company that will be launching an ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)-powered pay-TV service, called Evoca, in Boise, Idaho, later this summer. The service is slated to offer over 80 live channels for less than $50 per month, and to feature HD and...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Himesh Bhise, CEO of Synacor, a cloud-based software and services company that serves video, Internet and communications providers, discussing among other things the company’s software offerings and how they can be used to drive awareness of and engagement with video content, as well as help monetize that content. (Note: If you...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Sean Cunningham, President and CEO of VAB, an organization that describes itself as “marketers’ foremost industry source for insights-driven video research, intelligence and thought leadership in the US.” Among other things, Cunningham discusses how VAB is helping marketers navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn; describes two new research...

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present another episode of “Televisionation,” our new video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era. This episode features Randa Minkarah, Co-Founder and COO of Resonance AI, a company that offers an AI-powered platform which is designed to provide insights into why video content (including, for example, TV series, network news broadcasts and films) works or doesn’t. Among other things, she discusses the company’s recent rebranding (it was formerly known...