Tom Freston

Tom Freston
Thomas E. Frestonis an American entertainment industry executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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I am here to discuss with various stakeholders. I expect to finish the talks within few days from now. By the next 10-12 months, we would begin production here.
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Everyone wants to know how you're going to monetize it. You're asking people to advertise between conversations between two people.
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Paramount is going through a whole series of changes and these changes will not happen overnight, but this is the rebirth of Paramount.
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As per a part of the deal the director (Steven Spielberg) would produce...not necessarily direct four-five films for us.
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(Advertisers) judge very harshly the kind of content they're advertising on. On television and radio, there are standards.
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As a global media platform company, we are looking at various projects in many parts of the world.
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Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue. Despite our nation's progress on civil rights and the growing visibility of gay people in business, society and even in television programming -- what has been missing is a full-time home for this important and influential audience on television. We have big plans and hopes for LOGO and I'm thrilled to finally announce its arrival.
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I would expect within this year you'll see some good social networking capabilities in our company.
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We want to have our content on as many platforms as possible, be it cable, video-on-demand, in video games, or online, over broadband and wireless. We want to be able to (reach) our users in many places.
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We want to produce films here, we don't want to just distribute. We want to work with Indian producers.
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The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.
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Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.
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Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.
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Authenticity is really important, and sometimes thats really hard to get.