Contents
Beatrice Springborn: The Vanguard
Andy Kaplan: The Nimble Pragmatist
Rick Haskins: The Marketing Guru
Jennie Morris: The Social Advocate
Evan Shapiro: The Strategic Humorist
Sidebar—YouTube: Broadcast Yourself
Sam Toles: The Streaming Curator
Sidebar—Vice TV: Everything “News” is New Again
2 New Business Models and Platforms
Sidebar—What’s in an Algorithm?
Peter Tortorici vs The Glossary of Anachronisms
Sidebar—Aggregating Viewers and the New Cultural Influencers
Finding Talent with a Built-in Fan Base
Varied Perspectives on New Business Models
Caryn Mandabach on the New Bi-Continental Co-Production Model
The WGAW’s Charles B. Slocum on the New Syndication
(subject to change at any minute)
Current Mandates (and Demographics) at the Top Digital Networks
(subject to change any minute)
Amazon Studios: A Peek into Special Worlds
Crackle (aka Sony Crackle): Premium Cable Style, Globally Minded
Hulu: Young and Fresh Provocative Programming
Netflix: Exclusivity and Variety
Vimeo: A Curated, Self-Uploading Storefront for Creators
Part II Trailblazing Content Creators
Specialized Worlds and Different Kinds of Families
House of Cards on Netflix—Beau Willimon: Executive Producer/Showrunner
Orange Is the New Black on Netflix—Jenji Kohan: Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer
Transparent on Amazon—Andrea Sperling: Executive Producer
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix—Robert Carlock: Executive Producer/Co-Creator/Showrunner
Orphan Black on BBC America and Amazon Prime Instant Video—Web interview
Musical Chairs and Artful Dodgers
Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon—John J. Strauss: Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner, Season 1
The Art of More on Crackle—Chuck Rose: Creator/Executive Producer
Warring Families and Wrestling Demons
Peaky Blinders on Netflix—Steven Knight: Creator/Writer/Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Kingdom on Amazon Prime and DirecTV—Web interview
The New Diversity in the Digital Television Revolution
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Authenticity, Unfiltered: Transcending Stereotypes
East Los High on Hulu—Carlos Portugal: Co-Creator/Head Writer/Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Sidebar—A View From Katie Elmore Mota: Co-President Wise Entertainment
Getting On: Exploring the Lives of Senior Citizens
Derek on Netflix—Ricky Gervais: Creator/Head Writer/Director/Showrunner/Executive Producer/Star
Grace and Frankie on Netflix—Marta Kauffman: Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Sidebar—Last Tango in Halifax on BBC 1, PBS and Netflix
Transcending Language Barriers
Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin—Web interview
6 A New Spin on Established Genres
True Detective, Luther, Broadchurch, The Fall and the Razor’s Edge
Eric Overmyer: Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Broadchurch and The Fall on Netflix and Amazon—Web interviews
Sally Wainwright: Creator/Writer/Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner
The New Anthology: The Twilight Zone on Digital Crack
Alternative and Extraordinary Histories
The Man in the High Castle on Amazon—Frank Spotnitz: Executive Producer/Showrunner/Creator/Developer
11/22/63 on Hulu—Bridget Carpenter: Executive Producer/Showrunner
Marco Polo on Netflix—Web interview
Borgia on Netflix—Web interview
Trouble in Paradise: Sunshine Can Be Murder
Shawn Ryan: Showrunner/Executive Producer
7 The Next Iteration of Adult Animation
BoJack Horseman on Netflix—Raphael Bob-Waksberg: Creator/Head Writer/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Community on Yahoo!—Dan Harmon: Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer
Evolution Is Integral to Revolution
Are We Living in a “Content Bubble”?
Aim High on Crackle—Heath Corson and Richie Keen: Writers/Creators
Aim High with Heath Corson and Richie Keen—Web interview
A Moveable Talkfest: The Time-Shifting Late Night Talk Show
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on Crackle
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi on AOL Originals
11 Beyond MTV, Food as Art, Digital Magazines
HitRecord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Pivot
Conde Nast Magazines Go Streaming
Digital Vogue, Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair
Michael L. Klein: Conde Nast Entertainment Group (CNEG)
12 The Impact of Digital Television on Cinema
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Netflix and the Marvel Universe
Steven S. DeKnight: Executive Producer/Showrunner
The De-stigmatization of Digital Television
Never Underestimate the Emotional Tug of Nostalgia
13 Emerging Voices in the Digital Realm (and beyond)
Amazon Studios’ Open Submissions Policy
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street on Amazon—David Anaxagoras: Creator/Co-Executive Producer
Casual on Hulu—Zander Lehmann: Creator/Executive Producer
Writers on the Rise in the Streaming Stratosphere
Side Effects and the Challenges Ahead