Generation duel of the television makers
Ganze 56 Jahre liegen zwischen den beiden Fernsehmachern Helmut Thoma und Philipp Riederle. Am TV 2.0 Summit am 17. November 2011 diskutieren die Deutschen Fernsehschwergewichte in Zürich über die Zukunft des Fernsehens.
They couldn't be more different and yet they have a few things in common: RTL founder Helmut Thoma and podcaster Philipp Riederle. Both are successful TV producers of their generation. Thoma succeeded in attracting millions of people to the screen every day by launching the daily soap "Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten" and the tabloid magazine "Exclusiv" on German TV. Riederle's video podcast "Mein iPhone und ich" has been attracting 50,000 people to their computer screens every week since he was 13 years old.
The meeting promises discussions. While Helmut Thoma is banking on the fusion of TV and the web and believes that traditional TV stations will continue to play a key role in the future, Riederle sees the future in on-demand offerings on the internet, which are largely produced by users for users. The 16-year-old "digital native" believes that traditional TV broadcasters are ignoring the Internet and the TV usage behavior of his generation far too much.
A video journalist visited the two Summit speakers beforehand. The two Portraits can be found on TV 2.0 Summit's own WebTV channel.
