Digital Dishtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://552009-05-21T19:30:34ZDigital Dish covers the ins and outs of an Internet executive moving into the television arena. Disher Patricia Handschiegel is the founder of Stylediary.net, which she sold to Stylehive.com in November 2007. She has a background in Internet infrastructure and technology business, was an advisor to Kaboodle.com (sold to Hearst in 2007), and has contributed as an entertainment/media business writer for Venturebeat.com. She’s also been an early visionary of professional Internet TV content since 2005 and is currently an advisor on several entertainment/Internet projects. Always an entrepreneur, she had a highly profitable babysitting monopoly at 11, lent her writing skill to students at 17 and landed her first published national article at 23.
She has also worked as a ghost writer for a national TV correspondent. At 22, she was recognized nationally for promoting the growth of women’s hockey and advised companies on creating hockey products for women. She’s been quoted and profiled in dozens of media outlets since and is currently developing two book concepts. A serial entrepreneur, she plans to continue to build Internet, entertainment and media companies, with the goal of promoting social change and charities. She is currently involved in the use of technology to help find missing and abused children, and has contributed financially to TheJoyfulChild.org and other organizations. She is the founder of Look|Shop|List.com (in development).Movable Type 3.33How Creatives and Suits Can Play Nicetag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.537642009-05-21T19:29:47Z2009-05-21T19:30:34ZLike every industry I’ve seen so far, Hollywood is a combination of two sides: On one, the creatives. On the other, the suits. In the Internet world, it’s the suits versus the geeks. In media business, it’s the suits versus...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Like every industry I’ve seen so far, Hollywood is a combination of two sides: On one, the creatives. On the other, the suits. In the Internet world, it’s the suits versus the geeks. In media business, it’s the suits versus...
Good Stuff for Online and Offtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.534902009-05-14T19:33:38Z2009-05-14T19:37:38ZNot long ago I spoke at the Writers Guild on a new-media panel, where we talked about how to launch various projects and how people can succeed in the multiplatform (Internet, media and entertainment) world. Afterwards, nearly 30 people were...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Not long ago I spoke at the Writers Guild on a new-media panel, where we talked about how to launch various projects and how people can succeed in the multiplatform (Internet, media and entertainment) world. Afterwards, nearly 30 people were...
Networks Strike Backtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.530062009-04-30T20:15:40Z2009-04-30T20:16:39ZThe Internet hasn’t just disrupted the media and entertainment businesses, but countless other industries as well, such as travel, manufacturing, retail and advertising. As this has happened, every single one of these categories has had to adapt and adjust. It’s...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
The Internet hasn’t just disrupted the media and entertainment businesses, but countless other industries as well, such as travel, manufacturing, retail and advertising. As this has happened, every single one of these categories has had to adapt and adjust. It’s...
TV and Me: Adjusting to the Barriertag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.525352009-04-17T19:10:58Z2009-04-17T19:11:20ZA few weeks ago, I was laughing about some of my early efforts to create TV and Web TV projects, and the long, crazy course that followed in the few years I explored the business. I thought it’d be kind...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
A few weeks ago, I was laughing about some of my early efforts to create TV and Web TV projects, and the long, crazy course that followed in the few years I explored the business. I thought it’d be kind...
TV and Me: The Early Daystag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.522032009-04-09T21:35:36Z2009-04-09T21:36:32ZA few weeks ago, I was laughing about some of my early efforts to create TV and web TV projects, and just the long, crazy course that followed in the few years I explored the business. I thought it’d be...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
A few weeks ago, I was laughing about some of my early efforts to create TV and web TV projects, and just the long, crazy course that followed in the few years I explored the business. I thought it’d be...
I Like It Better!tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.518672009-04-01T23:47:09Z2009-04-01T23:47:33ZLet me just say this: TV business is very difficult! It’s not like Internet business, where a Word Press pro blog can be turned into a red-hot digital property or shooting a Web show can take nothing more than you...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Let me just say this: TV business is very difficult! It’s not like Internet business, where a Word Press pro blog can be turned into a red-hot digital property or shooting a Web show can take nothing more than you...
Conversations With Really Smart People in Web TVtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.515972009-03-26T18:47:34Z2009-03-26T18:48:43ZI’ve been all over the brands, entertainment/TV, media, Internet and retail business these past few months for my new startup. I’ve been from the halls of major networks and studios to hybrid startups to iconic Internet companies and, more important,...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
I’ve been all over the brands, entertainment/TV, media, Internet and retail business these past few months for my new startup. I’ve been from the halls of major networks and studios to hybrid startups to iconic Internet companies and, more important,...
Happy First Anniversary!tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.512882009-03-18T22:32:44Z2009-03-18T22:33:17ZI can’t believe it’s been a year since I first expanded my work into television business. It seems like it was 100 years ago (and that I’m 100 years older!) since I made the move. It’s a lot harder to...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first expanded my work into television business. It seems like it was 100 years ago (and that I’m 100 years older!) since I made the move. It’s a lot harder to...
Funding, Old Dogs and New Trickstag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.506612009-03-03T18:49:26Z2009-03-03T19:50:30ZIt’s been a bit since I blogged about the work I’ve been doing in the entertainment business. It’s in part because there were still a lot of things moving along and developing that were too early to share, and in...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
It’s been a bit since I blogged about the work I’ve been doing in the entertainment business. It’s in part because there were still a lot of things moving along and developing that were too early to share, and in...
Misinformation, Egos and Inexperience Making Adjustment to Web Hardertag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.503132009-02-24T18:10:19Z2009-02-24T18:11:27ZWould you take business advice from somebody who has no real business background or experience? Probably not. But that’s exactly what hundreds of thousands of industries, companies and executives across the country are doing with relation to business and the...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Would you take business advice from somebody who has no real business background or experience? Probably not. But that’s exactly what hundreds of thousands of industries, companies and executives across the country are doing with relation to business and the...
Is It (Not So) Hard to Get Something Made?tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.499832009-02-17T19:57:35Z2009-02-17T19:57:52ZNow that we have created the right formula for packaging our projects, things have been really great. There are a lot of ways to go about creating something in the entertainment business, all depending on who you are and what...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Now that we have created the right formula for packaging our projects, things have been really great. There are a lot of ways to go about creating something in the entertainment business, all depending on who you are and what...
Wal-Mart Has the First Look at the Future of TVtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.497232009-02-09T19:45:11Z2009-02-12T23:51:18ZA lot of people talk about the future of television as if it’s a new forecast, but the convergence of the Internet and broadband has been baked into the Web’s plan since long before the first video appeared on the...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
A lot of people talk about the future of television as if it’s a new forecast, but the convergence of the Internet and broadband has been baked into the Web’s plan since long before the first video appeared on the...
Gaining Understanding and Feeling Encouragedtag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.495662009-02-04T18:51:45Z2009-02-04T18:53:16ZI’ve definitely taken a crash course in the school of hard knocks with my move into entertainment this past year, but things are getting better. The industry is without question one of the most challenging I’ve worked in. Just as...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
I’ve definitely taken a crash course in the school of hard knocks with my move into entertainment this past year, but things are getting better. The industry is without question one of the most challenging I’ve worked in. Just as...
Young Hollywood Is So Last Seasontag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.491402009-01-26T18:01:17Z2009-01-26T18:03:18ZIf there’s one thing I’ve realized these past seven months of being in the entertainment business, it’s how different the perception and the reality are in terms of what the world sees and what is in the business. This was...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
If there’s one thing I’ve realized these past seven months of being in the entertainment business, it’s how different the perception and the reality are in terms of what the world sees and what is in the business. This was...
2009 Predictionstag:www.tvweek.com,2009://55.489262009-01-20T19:04:37Z2009-01-20T19:05:13ZDespite all the madness in our country, things strangely seem hopeful. There’s a new year, a new administration, a landmark president, a feeling that everybody’s back in the game again. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are profound all of a...TVWeek/Patricia Handschiegelhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/digital-dish/
Despite all the madness in our country, things strangely seem hopeful. There’s a new year, a new administration, a landmark president, a feeling that everybody’s back in the game again. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are profound all of a...