Shelly Palmer
Host of WNBC-TV's "Digital Life with Shelly Palmer. President, NATAS–NY and the Emmy® Awards. Author of Television Disrupted.
Highlights
Leading expert on—and contributor to—the innovations in electronic media and entertainment that are driving much of the new economy. Deep connections and experience—the ultimate insider's insights. A true Renaissance man—award-winning composer, inventor, producer, and content creator; Television, Radio & Internet show host, blogger, author and commentator.
Shelly Palmer is the host of Digital Life with Shelly Palmer, a weekly half-hour television show about living and working in a digital world which can be seen on WNBC-TV’s NY Nonstop Tuesday nights and online, and the host of MediaBytes, a daily news show that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and the President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).
Shelly Palmer—Renaissance Man
Along with his contributions to the advancement of television, Palmer is a pioneer in the field of Internet technologies. He is the inventor of the underlying technology for Enhanced Television used by programs such as ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and ESPN’s Monday Night Football. In 2004, ABC’s Celebrity Mole Yucatan received an Emmy® Award in the category of Enhancement of Original Television Content. It was Palmer who led ABC’s team of advanced media professionals and spearheaded the award-winning project.
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Twice Emmy® Award-nominated, Mr. Palmer created Midnight Money Madness for TBS, created and produced HotPop, a teen lifestyle and music show, for Starz/Encore’s WAM! and has directed and produced dozens of national television commercials. Palmer has also enjoyed a highly distinguished career as a composer and producer. He was the recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP’s) 12th Annual Film and Television Music Award for ABC’s hit series Spin City. He was also recognized the following season in the category of "Most Performed Television Themes." Palmer’s music credits include the theme songs for Live with Regis & Kelly, Rivera Live and MSNBC as well as the digital debut of the "real" cat singing the classic "Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow" for Meow Mix.
Palmer is a popular speaker and moderator at technology and media conferences hosted by industry organizations. He is a guest lecturer at many of the top tier colleges and universities.
A graduate of New York University’s School of the Arts, he is the author of one of the most popular television business news blogs, a weekly columnist for the Jack Myers Media Business Report, The Huffington Post and a technology commentator for CNN.com. Palmer is the author of Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV — 2nd Edition (York House Press, 2008) the seminal book about the technological, economic, and sociological forces that are changing everything and the upcoming, Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy (Lake House Press, 2010) For more information, visit shellypalmer.com.
Television Disrupted
Disruptive innovations are revolutionizing the media and entertainment industries just as they are so many other areas of business and society, trending toward a proliferation of content producers, niche offerings and interactivity.
During the next few years, everything we know about the business of television is going to change—and not just television. A technological revolution is transforming everything related to media, entertainment and communications, blurring the boundaries between all the media and between consumer and creator. An innovator on the front lines of this revolution, Shelly Palmer has written a book, Television Disrupted, that analyzes the technological, economic and social forces that are giving birth to this 'new media.' He focuses primarily on the momentous transition from network television (the 20th century broadcast television industry) to networked television (the evolving network of wired and wireless Internet Protocol-provisioned servers and clients world-wide).
But this book is about more than just TV. It’s about the future—how we will communicate as new interactive ecologies emerge on new technological platforms around entertainment content. This is an indispensable presentation for professionals in media and entertainment, technology and telecommunications, and any audience in any industry that’s being forced by constant technological change to think about their businesses in new ways.
Music Awards
"Most Performed Television Themes of 1997" — ASCAP’s Thirteenth Annual Film and Television Music Awards —
"Top Television Series of 1996", ASCAP’s 12th Annual Film and Television Music Awards, for ABC’s Spin City
Work includes themes for popular shows like Spin City, Live with Regis & Kelly, Martha Stewart, MSNBC and scores of others.
Credentials
- President, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY, responsible for the Emmy® Awards
- Host of WNBC-TV’s Digital Life with Shelly Palmer
- Vice-Chairman, National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences
- Former Chief Marketing Officer for Gibson Guitar Corp
- Author, Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV
- Managing Director, Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC
- Host of MediaBytes
- Chairman, Advanced Media Committee, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)
- Inventor, Enhanced Television
- Television show producer and music composer; winner of two music awards