| World Business Review | |
|---|---|
| Format | Business Education |
| Created by | MMP (USA) Inc |
| Starring | Caspar Weinberger (1996–2000) Alexander Haig (2000–2006) Norman Schwarzkopf (2006–present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 700 (airs weekly) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | American Public Television |
| Original run | September 5, 1996 – present |
World Business Review is an American television infomercial[1][2] series that has been criticized for attempting to appear as a bonafide independent news program.[3] The infomercial series purchases airtime in North America.[4] The infomercial is formatted as a panel discussion in combination with segments about specific companies and their solutions. Supporting material and commentary is "provided" by leading industry experts from companies that have paid to participate in the program. The infomercial series has aired more than one thousand episodes and more than 4,000 interviews.
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World Business Review first aired Thursday evening September 5, 1996 on Philadelphia, PA's public television station WYBE.
With the assistance of the Alliance for Technology Education (TATE), the program's advisory panel (a stable of Co-Hosts) participate in discussions to educate business professionals on topics, trends and issues in business and commerce. The Alliance is headed by the series' host and many eminent figures including Presidents of respected industry associations. Among them:
Vinton Cerf, Co-Developer of the TCP/IP internet protocol
Daniel T. Miklovic, Vice President, Gartner G2 Division
Matthew J. Flanigan, President, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Harris Miller President, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
Wayne Adams, Chair, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Bruce Aitken, Homeland Security Industries Association (HSIA)
Dr. Eugene Arthurs, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Dr. Gerald W. Cockrell, Professor, School of Technology, Indiana State University
Rhett B. Dawson, President, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) (formerly CBEMA)
Nelson E. Fabian, Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
John P. Gardner, Jr.,Co-Author and Speaker Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurial Soul
Bob Gill, President, Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)
Fred Johnson, President, Credit Union Executives Society (CUES)
Jay Kitchen, President, Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)
William Lempesis, Executive Director, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
Dave McCurdy, President, Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
Bruce J Parker, President, Environmental Industry Associations (EIA)
Dr. Michael Pregmon, President of the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI)
Neil D. Schuster, President, Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
Robert L. Greene, President, Investment Company Institute ICI0 (formerly NAIC)
David F. Henault, CEO, Association for Services Management International (AFSMI)
Susan P. Kezios, President, American Franchisee Association (AFA)
Wallace Read, former President, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Max E. Rumbaugh, Jr.,Vice President, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Peter S. Tippett, President, National Computer Security Association (NCSA)
Thomas E. Wheeler, President, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA)
Richard Palmieri, President Commercial Finance Association (CFA)
Kurt Yeager, President Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Among the awards for excellence in infomercial programming, the series has won two Telly Award in the TV or cable Programming - Information category. Episode #623 titled “Guaranteeing the Internet”, the entire program was packed up and moved on location to Geneva, Switzerland in October 1999, and featured paid placement interviews with executives of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Episode #635, included among several topics “Network Message Technology”, was taped in studio in Washington DC and hosted by Caspar Weinberger and Co-hosted by Harris Miller President of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). Featured paid placement interviews with executives from a number of companies and Co-Hosted by Vinton Cerf, Internet Pioneer and co-developer of the TCP/IP protocol.