Billion Dollar Game: How Three Men Risked It All and Changed the Face of Television
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316729159 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The businessman in Bazalgette clearly admires de Mol, the entertainer in him leavens the plot with laugh-out-loud anecdotes while the scholar gets down the fruit of his 160 interviews in details. His account is big and brainy, a hugely impressive appreciation of the technological, social and economic factors shaping our times. The book is always readable; it accounts of the shock and outrage that have accompanied Big Brother's various manifestations are particularly enjoyable' INDEPENDENT 'This is a rattling good business story as well as a tale from medialand' GUARDIAN . He is authoritative on social change, the democratisation of content and the opportunity created by change on this scale the book is a fine account of an ex
Five Stars Old Soul Excellent customer service. Would use again.. Jeremy Jones said Two books in one or half a book?. Billion Dollar Game is a difficult book to pitch. On one hand it's the story of how Two books in one or half a book? Billion Dollar Game is a difficult book to pitch. On one hand it's the story of how 3 of today's most popular TV formats came into being. On the other it's a business study of the company Endemol and how John DeMol became a rich man. For this reason it's difficult to imagine who this book would ap. of today's most popular TV formats came into being. On the other it's a business study of the company Endemol and how John DeMol became a rich man. For this reason it's difficult to imagine who this book would ap. MythBuster DownUnder said Educative, interesting, highly recommended. I've learned a lot from this book, not just about the TV show business but about human nature, even about myself. I agree with the other reviewer, I was also less interested in the detailed accounts of merger meetings, IPO details and stock fluctuations, but without them the book would be incomple
In the mid-1990s, three men had three unique and revolutionary ideas for television shows entitled Cash Mountain, Survive, and Project X. Rather than give up on their dreams, Paul Smith, Charlie Parsons, and John de Mol instead pushed ahead and went on to produce shows which quickly became the biggest and most successful programs on Earth: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Survivor, and Big Brother. Time and time again, they were each rejected by major th
Peter Bazalgette is a television executive.