Televisionation

Talk Back to Television welcomes Jesse Redniss, Co-Founder and CEO of Qonsent. Jesse answers a question from Bob in Buffalo about streaming services: “They know what I watch. What else do they know, and what do they DO with that information?”

Televisionation: Friday Fireside, the #1 television industry Webcast, features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

The Friday Fireside is pleased to welcome Marc DeBevoise, CEO and Board Director for Brightcove. In a broad-reaching conversation, Marc talks about starting one of the industry’s earliest streaming services—CBS All Access—and the pure enjoyment of working with the team that brought “Star Trek” back to television with “Star Trek Discovery.” Marc also gives his forecast on the future (and need for) bundling of the wide spectrum of streaming services. A great Friday Fireside with one of the pioneers of the streaming industry!

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

ITVTs episode features producer/writer/actress and Hollywood royalty, Hope Juber. She discusses “Created By,” a new series she’s producing about the life and career of her father, Sherwood Schwartz, creator of “The Brady Bunch” and “Gilligan’s Island”; shares memories of her father and insights into his career (he had originally wanted to study medicine at Harvard, but was rejected as a result of that university’s Jewish quota); recalls what it was like to grow up surrounded by figures from the golden age of television; and offers her thoughts on the current state of television as a medium and as an industry.

Televisionation: Friday Fireside, the #1 television industry Webcast, features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

The Friday Fireside welcomes Tony Goncalves, former Chief Revenue Officer of WarnerMedia and lead executive behind HBO Max. We are pleased that Tony chose The Friday Fireside as his first post-Warner Bros. Discovery interview. Our opening topic tells you everything you need to know about this timely and controversial interview: “Leadership when companies have lost their connection to their own people.”

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

This episode features Pip Brignall, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Round, a company that describes itself as “the world’s first Web 3.0 platform for live entertainment in Augmented Reality (AR), with unique virtual venues for broadcasting live intimate and multiplayer holographic performances and collecting exclusive NFTs and Meta-merch from your favorite creators.”

Among other things, Brignall describes his origins in the world of theatre, where he experimented with immersion and interactivity; explains how The Round’s platform enables live, immersive performances and storytelling using “risk/reward” mechanisms and how it is employing Web3 concepts to develop new funding methods for content experiences and ownership; discusses the company’s recent project with Liam Payne of One Direction; and more.

Chris Falkner, Partner at Next Media Partners, LLC, joins Talk Back to Television to answer a question that is on everybody’s lips: “What the F&*K is the Metaverse?”

Televisionation: Friday Fireside, the #1 television industry Webcast, features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

The Friday Fireside is pleased to welcome Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer for the UK-based System1 Group. Orlando shares his perspective on the nature of human attention; how different advertising styles achieve different types of business effect; and how styles have changed and why this now undermines advertising’s effectiveness. It’s a fascinating discussion that has immediate applicability as streamers like Netflix look to not only introduce advertising, but to essentially re-invent the way advertising communicates with consumers.

Tim Hanlon, Founder and CEO of The Vertere Group, joins Talk Back to Television to address a question that we hear for EVERY CONSUMER: “How can I manage my streaming services to get what I want without paying a fortune?”

Televisionation: Friday Fireside, the #1 television industry Webcast, features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Today’s Friday Fireside welcomes Tim Mulligan, EVP and Research Director for UK-based MIDiA Research. Tim tells us what are the real hot buttons that streamers need to pay attention to, to get their arms around and not lose their shirts with everybody buying for a month and then going to the competition!!

Adam Gaynor, newly named interim President of Gamut, joins Talk Back to Television to answer one of the MOST ANNOYING questions about advertising on streaming services. Megan from Memphis says, “When I’m streaming, I keep seeing the same ads OVER and OVER!!”