Televisionation

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 Eddie Muller, one of the five hosts of TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Muller discusses “Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror,” a series of movies from the 1920’s to the 1960’s, currently airing on TCM, that feature controversial depictions of ethnic minorities, transgender people and other historically oppressed groups. The movies, while shown in their entirety, are prefaced with introductions, in which TCM hosts discuss those depictions and put them in the context of their time.

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 Tony Mugavero, Co-Founder and CEO of Rad (formerly Littlstar), a company that has developed an eponymous streaming app that offers free TV, premium esports, gaming, music, comedy, sports, live events, VR and more. The app, which is available on PlayStation 4 and 5, PSVR, Android TV, mobile and the Web, supports co-viewing and live chat, and allows users to curate their own playlists. Among other things, Mugavero discusses the business case for Rad, outlines the company’s plans for its future, and shares his thoughts on the streaming space in general.

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 television can best take advantage of its powerful storytelling capabilities. That TVOT LIVE! panel, which will take place on April 30th, includes Rob Weisbord from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Ed Busby from TEGNA, Adam Wiener from CBS and Kerry Oslund from Scripps.

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 Philippe Guelton, President of Crackle Plus—a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company (Nasdaq: CSSE). Philippe talks in detail about the creation of the Crackle Plus service, its role in the overall CSSE ecosystem, ad insertion technology, content creation and management for a mid-size streaming service, getting a “Crackle” button on the Vizio TV Remote Control, 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 in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This episode features Mike Molnar, Managing Partner at social-media agency, GLOW. Among other things, he discusses the company’s work on campaigns for Panera and other brands; explains how it is using augmented reality (AR) for marketing campaigns; and outlines some of the opportunities he sees going forward.

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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 asks, “When will Comcast acquire Roku?” That, along with the more existential “What's Next for Television?,” are two of the key questions answered by Gerard Kunkel, Chris Falkner and Patrick Donoghue from Next Media Partners, a business, product and technology consultancy led by executives with vast operating experience in creating products and services for media, entertainment and communications.

This week’s episode of The Friday Fireside welcomes television industry veteran Marty Lafferty, Chief Content Officer of StreamSearch LIVE—designed to bring order to the massive amount of user-generated content (UGC) and expand the content pool for platforms and distributors.

StreamSearch LIVE’s proprietary technology includes search functionality optimized for live video streams (“Stream Engine”), quality improvement tools for live-streaming content creators (“Streamers”), and linear feed integration systems (used by “Stream Directors”)—each area enhanced by machine intelligence.

StreamSearch LIVE’s business development initiatives are based on supplying traditional media distributors and new over-the-top (OTT) platform operators with live-stream acquisition dashboards and unique unduplicated content to enhance their television programming and video offerings or add video to their content repertoire.

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

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 Courtney Miller, Creative Executive for the newly formed production venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP, the purpose of which is to develop and produce scripted, unscripted and documentary content for linear television networks and streaming platforms. The partnership will focus on producing premium content that expands the number of diverse voices contributing to an ever-evolving society, and by telling inclusive stories that increase the visibility and impact of Black artists in a growing media landscape.

Courtney gives an inspiring description of her career (to date!) in the television industry, and provides some very personal guidance on the future of television. Friday Fireside host Rick Howe first met Courtney in 2014, when he coached a team of NYU Stern School of Business MBA candidates for Craig Leddy’s Interactive Launch Competition. As we say in the interview, watch out: pretty soon Courtney Miller is “going to be running the joint!”

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

This week’s episode of The Friday Fireside features Claire McHugh, CEO of Axonista, the Dublin, Ireland-based video-commerce company which powers interactive video shopping experiences for global enterprises. Claire explains that while the traditional commercial television model currently depends on a dual-revenue stream of license fees from distributors along with advertising, Video Commerce from Axonista is developing the SCALE necessary to replace a very large portion of the distributor license fees which are lost with direct-to-consumer streaming. Video Commerce is truly a game-changer!

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 in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This episode features Alice Sylvester and Jim Spaeth of metrics and analytics company, Sequent Partners, discussing the current state and the likely future development of TV attribution.