Farrell Meisel International Media Consultancy, Inc.

By Farrell Meisel* I have not worked with a more enterprising group of professionals in my career, not before or since my two-year posting in Kabul, Afghanistan. There, I managed what became the country’s second-largest independently-owned media company (groupOne Media), led by a feisty and creative private national commercial channel (1TV). We produced groundbreaking and […]

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Farrell Meisel says there’s no stopping the growth of novelas Published: June 4, 2014 at 02:00 By John Fernando O Estado de S. Paulo Competition with novellas has become a cause of a headache for Brazilian producers. “But novella production in Brazil will hardly end. In life, there are certainties like death, paying taxes and […]

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Discop West Asia Newsletter Volume 2 / January 25, 2013 TURKEY: GLOBAL AGENCY APPOINTS MEISEL Global Agency has appointed veteran broadcast executive Farrell E. Meisel to the newly-created role of Director of Development. Meisel will work for both Global Agency, and its finished programme arm World Wide Entertainment, and will focus on developing long-term partnerships […]

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TVNewscheck.com Global Agency Adds Broadcast Vet Farrell Meisel By Staff TVNewsCheck, January 25, 2013 7:16 AM EST Program format distributor Global Agency has appointed veteran broadcast executive Farrell E. Meisel to the newly created role of director of development. Meisel will work for both Global Agency, and its finished program arm World Wide Entertainment. He […]

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Prensario.net 2013.01.25 | Global Agency, one of the leading Turkish distributors, has appointed veteran broadcast executive Farrell E. Meisel for the newly created role of director of Development, working on both, Global Agency and its finished programs arm World Wide Entertainment. With a well-established background in international television, Meisel will focus on developing long-term partnerships […]

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TBIVision.com Turkey’s Global Agency hires Farrell E. Meisel by Stewart Clarke January 24, 2013 Turkey-based formats company Global Agency has recruited Farrell E. Meisel as its first-ever director of development. Meisel has a background in consulting and working for TV firms including HBO, Viacom and MediaCorp. At Global Agency he will focus on business development […]

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C21media.net Global Agency adds Afghan exec Posted By Nico Franks On 24-01-2013 @ 10:33 am In News Turkish distributor Global Agency has appointed the former CEO of Afghan commercial network 1TV as its director of development. Veteran broadcast executive Farrell Meisel, who left 1TV last year, will work for both Global Agency and its finished […]

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Posted: May 3, 2012 variety.com Meisel ankles Afghanistan net – Entertainment News, EXCLUSIVE, Media – Variety By Brian Lowry Farrell Meisel, a veteran U.S. TV executive overseeing a TV network in Afghanistan, is leaving the position after 20 months, citing security concerns. Meisel, who was interviewed by Variety in February (Daily Variety, Feb. 12), said […]

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C21media April 1, 2012 Afghan airtime Farrell Meisel, American ex-pat and CEO of Afghan commercial network 1TV, tells Andrew McDonald about rolling out formats in a country still mired in conflict. Running a commercial TV station in Afghanistan was never going to be an easy job. With daily challenges ranging from power outages to suicide […]

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Our Man in Kabul frapa.org. Posted: 5 March 2012 FARRELL MEISEL remembers a moment at MIPCOM last year. A distributor walked past him in the Palais and shouted, “Hey, Farrell, do you need a documentary about Afghanistan?” “No, thanks. I’m living one,” Meisel quipped. Unlike most people in an industry prone to exaggeration, Meisel was […]

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