Emmys, Netflix, Verizon, YouTube + TV’s Future with Seth Shapiro

Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner

Episode 164

Episode Synopsis

The Emmy awards, new media like Netflix, YouTube, and the techno traffic battles with Verizon and other internet service providers is discussed with Emmy Award winner Seth Shapiro. Net Neutrality, the future of viewing platforms, piracy and the trends to watch for in how we view programing is all explored with the astute TV insider in this uncensored Media Mayhem interview, hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.

Guest Bio

Two-time Emmy Award winner Seth Shapiro is a leading voice in digital media. His work includes major projects in TV, online, multiplatform, games and music with Disney, Comcast, DIRECTV, Intel, IPG, Showtime, Verizon, Universal Pictures, Goldman Sachs and a wide range of innovative new ventures.

Shapiro is President of Village Green Network, Principal of New Amsterdam Media and Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He was previously Partner at Media Valuation Partners and Co-Founder of ARC (VOD service in 15 million cable homes).

As Head of Production at DIRECTV Advanced Services, Shapiro launched over 25 services on four platforms, including NFL Sunday Ticket Digital , Microsoft’s UltimateTV and TiVo by DIRECTV, the world’s first major DVR platform.

Shapiro is a Governor at the Academy of Television of Arts & Sciences, the home of the Primetime Emmys. He sits on the Annenberg Research Council, the TV Academy’s Digital Committee, the Producer Guild’s New Media Council and Advisory Boards including the Mobile Excellence Awards and OVP Venture Partners. A frequent keynote speaker, he is a Magna cum Laude graduate of New York University and was Adelbert Alumni Scholar at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.