Tag: Newsmaker Luncheon

Sex, Boundaries and Emmys – The Hitmakers Luncheon Recap

What defines a hit? Critical acclaim? Financial success? Ratings? Buzz? On April 16th 2014, HRTS president Bela Bajaria posed these most fundamental questions, thus kicking off the annual Hitmakers luncheon …

The Programmer’s Summit, HRTS Luncheon Recap

On February 6, 2014 a packed house gathered inside the Beverly Hilton for the kickoff event of the Spring 2014 Newsmaker Luncheon series, The Programmer’s Summit. It’s an oft-repeated truth …

Sports on TV: The Drive for Live. HRTS luncheon recap

Must-See TV. The Super Bowl is the most-watched telecast of the year. The NFL, the NBA, the UFC and others post strong ratings week-over-week. The Olympics are a global event, …

State of the Industry 2013 luncheon recap

Picture if you will a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind, a place where content meets advertising through a door which may be locked by time-shifting …

Comedy on TV – A Conversation with Lorne Michaels, luncheon recap

1968. Lorne Michaels leaves his native Toronto and moves to Los Angeles to become a writer on ROWAN & MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN. A few years later in 1975 he moves to …