Televisionation

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Today’s Friday Fireside guest is Gabriel Berger, CEO of ThinkAnalytics. Gabe is an industry veteran who has literally found his calling, helping all of us find the shows we will enjoy most in this INSANE television content mess we (including Gabe and the good doctor) have all created. This fast-moving episode of The Friday Fireside will have you reaching for your remote to see if YOUR streaming services have that capability, and then you will be picking up the phone to call Gabe.

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.

This episode features Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom, a company that offers a platform for fan wikis and that was co-founded in 2004 by Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales. He discusses the company’s origins, offerings and partnerships; outlines the benefits and challenges he sees of working with connected platforms; and casts light on the company’s current and future business strategies.

This episode features Lillian Diaz-Przybyl and Steve Calcote, Producer and Director respectively at Butcher Bird Studios, a full-service creative and production studio specializing in interactive and immersive video experiences. They discuss their work—including producing content in the “liquid” environment of an “open-world show,” where plots change in response to audience choices; outline best practices for creating interactive narratives (including the question, “What is the right amount of interactivity?”); cast light on new tools that are emerging to facilitate the creation of interactive content; explain the business case for interactivity; and more.

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ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry. This is "The Swedlow Show," which features Tracy Swedlow, editor-in-chief of ITVT, who moderates the discussion.

This week’s guest on The Friday Fireside is Jonathan Boltax Co-Founder and CEO of PlayWorks Digital Limited. After a long career stateside at NBC and Cablevision, Jonathan took his “game” to Israel, and has been building a well-distributed and popular television games platform. He beat Netflix and Amazon to the punch, and unlike virtually everybody else in the interactive television space, PlayWorks is making money! Games is the secret!

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

This week’s edition of The Friday Fireside gets under the hood with Jim Long’s Didja, Inc; and explores whether his LocalBTV system will survive where Locast failed. The expressed permission of the local station is the key, and local broadcasters are finding that “eyeballs is eyeballs” when it comes to local advertising. To crack the major station groups, Jim is willing to pay the retransmission fees and pass them directly (without markup) to the consumer. That just might work!

https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.

This episode features Linda Abrams, Head of Business Development for North America at video-streaming infrastructure company, 24i. Among other things, she provides an overview of the company’s end-to-end technology offerings for pay-TV operators, OTT content providers and other industry players (customers include Game Show Network, BroadwayHD, Flow Sports and others), highlighting features that enable subscription flow, personalization, multiplatform support, social integration and more.

ITVT is pleased to present the latest episode of Televisionation: Screen Culture, our new video series exploring the symbiotic relationship between culture and filmed content—television, streaming, and cinema. Hosted by fandom expert Lisa Crawford, Screen Culture was created for thoughtful discussions about the impact of premium filmed content on today’s society.


In this episode, Lisa is joined by David Craig, a media scholar, producer, and former network executive. He is Clinical Professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Visiting Professor in the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. With Stuart Cunningham, he is the co-author or co-editor of multiple books, journal articles, and chapters about the social media entertainment and wanghong industries, including Creator Culture, Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China, and Social Media Entertainment. Prior to academia, in addition to LGBTQ media activism, David was a Hollywood producer and network programming executive responsible for over 30 projects that garnered over 70 Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody nominations.

David and Lisa discuss the goal of his first career in Hollywood—to become a “teacher” and create social impact through filmed content. He outlines cultural activism applied through the TV movie format over decades. He notes the responsibility taken up by many producers, network executives, and talent (including Ava DuVernay, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt through their respective producing work) to advocate for social change and representation.

They expand on David’s published works with collaborator Stuart Cunningham, particularly the recent anthology Creator Culture and their first book, Social Media Entertainment, a comprehensive history and analysis of social media creators and their role in culture and media.

Finally, David and Lisa cover his inclination to be positive about the impact of social media entertainment and:

The similarities, differences, and “tension” between the approaches of social media platforms and traditional media companies
The rise of wanghong (“Internet famous”) or the social media entertainment industry in China, the technological advancement and growing global presence of China-based platforms
The cultural impact of creators in amplifying social and political issues, including the experience of underrepresented groups
The politics of platforms

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Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Approaching their Q4 SPAC, Innovid CTO and Co-Founder, Tal Chalozin, joins us for this week’s Friday Fireside. We discuss the upcoming SPAC, with a Pro Forma Valuation of $1.3 Billion; why Tal won’t replace his online interview sign (even with that valuation); whether we can live WITHOUT Nielsen, given the current troubles; Innovid’s success at “poaching” customers from Google Campaign Manager; and Wild Turkey (of all things). A highly entertaining Friday Fireside.

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Find out what’s happening at Cinedigm with this week’s Friday Fireside guest, Cinedigm President, Erick Opeka. Cinedigm yesterday reported net income of $5.0 million: total revenues of $15 million, up 149% year-over-year; streaming revenues up 181% year-over-year; ad-supported streaming channel revenues up 301% year-over-year; subscription streaming channel revenues up 88% year-over-year. Erick gives us a detailed look at how Cinedigm generated net income of $5.0 million, versus net loss of $19.9 million in the prior-year quarter.

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.

This episode features Adi Dhandhania, SVP of Strategy and Interactive at Bally’s, the casino and betting giant that recently purchased pioneering second-screen interactive-TV company, Telescope, as part of a build-out of its sports-betting offerings. Among other things, he explains the strategy behind the acquisition and why interactivity is so important to Bally’s; outlines how Telescope’s technology and expertise will be integrated into Bally’s regional sports networks; discusses the outlook for sports betting in general; shares his thoughts on ATSC 3.0, connected TV, data-generation and other areas of advanced TV; and casts light on how Bally’s plans to innovate going forward.