# Howard Bolter

> Media Expert and Author


## Posts

- [IPSP™ — A New Definition for Programmed Streaming Distribution](https://howardbolter.com/ipsp-a-new-definition-for-programmed-streaming-distribution/): Over the last few months, we’ve been struggling with a fundamental question: What exactly is a “channel” that can appear as an option within FAST platform providers, be aggregated as options on other services, initiated on a mobile app, or on a website?
- [The Hidden Puzzle Behind Getting TV to Your Screen](https://howardbolter.com/the-hidden-puzzle-behind-getting-tv-to-your-screen/): You thought it was going to be easy!
- [FAST Is Failing Indies — Here’s What Comes Next](https://howardbolter.com/fast-is-failing-indies-heres-what-comes-next/): Linear programming is fading fast, on-demand has become the norm, and most independent FAST channels are struggling to survive—let alone thrive.
- [BEONDTV - Part 3](https://howardbolter.com/beondtv-part-3/): Let’s start with creating. I dislike the overuse of the term content when it comes to launching an original television program.
- [BEONDTV - Part 2](https://howardbolter.com/beondtv-part-2/): We always like to start with a little history lesson, and this is no different.
- [The BEONDTV Story – Part 1](https://howardbolter.com/the-beondtv-story-from-concept-to-global-streaming-platform-part-one/): It all started in mid-2018 with a call from Mark Sonnenberg, asking me to meet with Amie Martin about a new project.
- [From Broadcast to Streaming: Who’s Liable for Podcast Content?](https://howardbolter.com/from-broadcast-to-streaming-whos-liable-for-podcast-content/): To start, we’ll make the assertion that podcasts are talk shows.
- [The Technical Evolution of Podcasting and the Shift to Streaming](https://howardbolter.com/the-technical-evolution-of-podcasting-and-the-shift-to-streaming/): Podcasting has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar media industry.
- [The Fight for Independent Voices in OTT Streaming](https://howardbolter.com/the-fight-for-independent-voices-in-ott-streaming/): The rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming was supposed to revolutionize media distribution, giving new voices a platform free from the constraints of traditional broadcasting.
- [The fun of launching a streaming Network!](https://howardbolter.com/the-fun-of-launching-a-streaming-network/): Suddenly, it hits you: you have a groundbreaking concept for programming.
- [About Mentors](https://howardbolter.com/about-mentors/): Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have several mentors who guided me through the complexities of the entertainment business.
- [Moviewatch Becomes REELZ](https://howardbolter.com/moviewatch-becomes-reelz/): In the spring of 2000, I was contacted by Rod Perth, then President of Television, who was in the planning stages with Hubbard Broadcasting and Stan Hubbard Jr.
- [WAMI](https://howardbolter.com/wami/): Why look back at a launch that occurred over 25 years ago?
- [LATV Launch](https://howardbolter.com/latv-launch/): In mid-2006, Adam Ware reached out to me and asked me to meet him at the local TV station KJLA in West Los Angeles.
- [CNET: How We Did It Then, How We Would Do It Now](https://howardbolter.com/cnet-how-we-did-it-then-how-we-would-do-it-now/): If you look up CNET on Wikipedia, you’ll find the published history of its start-up. Here, I’ll share some behind-the-scenes insights from those early days.
- [vMix in the cloud](https://howardbolter.com/vmix-in-the-cloud/): As someone who’s explored software-based solutions for video production since the late 1990s, I’m a big fan of vMix and have put it to the test in a variety of production environments.
- [EbonyLife TV Launch](https://howardbolter.com/ebonylife-tv-launch/): It all started with a zoom call at XE5 Media a company of two, Mark Sonnenberg and myself.
- [Learning lessons on Cloud Production/REMI Production](https://howardbolter.com/learning-lessons-on-cloud-production-remi-production/): This is a story of early remote cloud production and what we learned then and still deploy today. Utlize the cloud but always have a back up.

## Pages

- [Howard Bolter](https://howardbolter.com/): Howard Bolter writes high-stakes thrillers built around covert operations, institutional pressure, and the fragile line between justice and power.
- [Career](https://howardbolter.com/resume/): Following the trends and requirements of new networks and channels, there is a need for experienced top-level executives with real knowledge across the network business to make it through launch.
- [Credits](https://howardbolter.com/credits/): The People Yes!
- [Books](https://howardbolter.com/books/): A dead man in the Sandhills. A case no agency wants. A truth someone inside the system is desperate to bury.
- [About Howard](https://howardbolter.com/profile/): Howard Bolter is a writer, producer, media executive, and technology strategist whose career spans more than fifty years across broadcast television, cable, production management, and streaming media.
- [Press](https://howardbolter.com/press/): September 16, 2026 | MSN Featured in “5 People Who Spent Decades Behind the Scenes, Then Stepped Out Front”, profiling Howard Bolter’s five-decade career in television and streaming and his transition to writing, including the Cyrus Greene Mystery series.
- [Contact Me](https://howardbolter.com/contact/): Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
- [Experience](https://howardbolter.com/about/): Following the trends and requirements of new networks and channels, there is a need for experienced top-level executives with real knowledge across the network business to make it through launch.
- [Articles](https://howardbolter.com/posts/): You thought it was going to be easy! On the production side of the business, everything keeps getting easier.
- [Fiction](https://howardbolter.com/fiction/): Captain Cyrus “CG” Greene investigates deaths with national security implications, where evidence moves, witnesses disappear, and powerful institutions begin to look less like guardians than shields.
- [Non-Fiction](https://howardbolter.com/books-by-howard-bolter/): Television doesn’t happen by accident.

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