Televisionation Tracy Swedlow
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Welcome to our Televisionation podcast show, which showcases executives, innovators, creatives, and invited analysts, in dialog with ITVT founder and editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow. These podcasts also offer audio of sessions from our TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) conferences (produced twice a year in San Francisco and New York); video interviews, as well as other types of updates and content.
Our readership is mostly made up of thousands of listeners in over 150 countries.
Founded in 1998 by Tracy Swedlow, InteractiveTV Today ITVT is the most widely read and trusted news source online on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform, networked, broadband interactive television. We provide concise, original coverage of industry developments, technologies, content projects, and the people building the business through our Web site (itvt.com).
Contact tracyswedlow@gmail.com to find out more or to pitch yourself to be interviewed!
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Talk Back to Television: Cognizant’s Gabriel Berger on What’s Wrong in Media and Entertainment
December 15, 2022
Talk Back to Television welcomes our friend Gabriel Berger, Head of Media and Entertainment Industry Solutions for Cognizant. As we all know, Cognizant helps companies modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world. In five minutes, Gabe tells us what’s gone wrong in the media and entertainment industry, and what we need to do to fix it going into 2023. -
Televisionation: Director and Writer, Sheldon Epps, on His New Book and His New Project for BET+
November 29, 2022
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.This episode features writer and director, Sheldon Epps (directing credits include episodes of Netflix’s “The Upshaws,” “Frasier,” “Friends,” “The George Lopez Show,” “Everyone Loves Raymond” and many others), who for two decades was also artistic director of the Pasadena Playhouse. Among other things, he discusses “Christmas Party Crashers,” his new film for BET+, and his new book, “My Own Directions: A Black Man’s Journey in the American Theater.” -
Talk Back to Television: Next Media Partners’ Gerard Kunkel on the Metaverse
December 1, 2022
Talk Back To Television welcomes Gerard Kunkel, Founder and Managing Partner of Next Media Partners, LLC. Gerard appears IRL (In Real Life) to continue the conversation we started with Chris Falkner (also of Next Media Partners) to replace the Mystery of the Metaverse with the Reality of the Opportunity. -
Talk Back to Television: Next Media Partners’ Patrick Donoghue on the Reality of the Metaverse
December 8, 2022
Sometimes you just can’t take yourself too seriously. And that’s why we welcome Patrick Donoghue from Next Media Partners to this week’s episode of Talk Back to Television. It’s all about the Reality of the Metaverse (which is an oxymoron if we’ve ever heard one), getting “a Ph.D in **** I don’t understand” to be able to design content for the Metaverse, and of course those *** **** Goggles! -
Televisionation Friday Fireside: Jamie Parker, Chief Product Officer at Gamestar+
December 9, 2022
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.
Like many of you, I have an old WebTV box somewhere in the attic. 25 years ago, it felt like the concept of playing hit games shows like “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” on TV would usher in the Era of Interactive Television. And for the most part, we’re all still waiting for the ushers to find our seats. But this week’s Friday Fireside guest Jamie Parker, Chief Product Officer at Gamestar+, might finally have cracked the code. It’s not about the device or the platform: It’s about THE GAME! Watch, and learn. -
Televisionation: Television and Video Artist, Josh Ellingson
July 5, 2022
ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.This episode features Josh Ellingson, a San Francisco-based artist whose work employs and explores television and video in multiple ways. Among other things, he discusses why he is passionate about experimenting with analog television sets and archival video in his art; explains how he creates “floating” video objects using an old technique called “Pepper’s Ghost”; shows us multiple examples of his artwork; outlines some of the projects he’ll be working on in the future; and more.
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Industry insiders discuss next gen TV
This is a great podcast for those interested in learning more about Interactive TV and convergence. Tracy knows everyone in the industry and, while not particularly polished at time, the podcasts offer great insight into this emerging filed with interviews with pros from throughout the industry. Definitely worth a listen if you believe in the potential of the boob tube!!!