Plum TV

Plum TV

Headquarters	New York, New York, U.S.

Plum TV is a lifestyle television channel launched in 2002 by Nantucket Nectars founder Tom Scott, along with producer Cary Woods and television executive Chris Glowacki. The programming is locally produced largely in affluent vacation communities, marketed towards residents and tourists alike. Plum TV is carried by cable providers in Aspen, Nantucket, the Hamptons, Martha's Vineyard, Telluride, Sun Valley, Vail, and Miami Beach.

Plum TV's tagline is The Best Things in Life are Plum.

Awards & Recognitions

In November 2008, Plum TV was nominated for Six Emmy Awards by National Academy of Television.

In April 2009, Plum TV was named Finalist in the 2009 Knight Arts Challenge.

In June 2010, Plum TV receives Emmy Award from Heartland Chapter of the National Television Academy.

In August 2010, Plum TV was named to Lead411's New York City Hot 125.

Programming

Shows include:

• Beyond the Boardroom - An original network program on Plum TV featuring Jonathan Tisch (CEO of Loews Hotels and co-chairman the Loews Corporation) having candid conversations with America’s preeminent CEOs and business leaders. These candid conversations go beyond the usual business and talk shows, revealing the person behind the CEOs and showcasing the everyday decisions that shaped their lives and businesses.
• Film Insider - In a time of multiplying multiplexes, unknown indie releases, and long Netflix queues, host Tim Fornara curates the world of film for the discerning moviegoer. Each week, Film Insider recommends the smartest films, goes behind the scenes with upcoming moviemakers, and is your ticket to Plum’s many Film Festivals. Film Insider will also include special half-hour shows covering the best Film events and Festivals.
• Keeping Up With Ramona - Hosted by Australian beauty, athlete, and hardcore adventure-lover, Ramona Bruland, each half-hour episode seeks thrills, meets the local pros, and gets a taste of the towns she visits and their adventure subcultures. Following each adventure, Ramona and her expert co-host enjoy winter-related local festivities such as sleigh rides and campfires, hot springs, sipping hot-toddies and a late night downhill skiing light parade.
• Lessons from the Front Lines of Luxury - Shot on location in a select sampling of the nation’s top affluent markets, Aspen, Miami Beach, New York City, The Hamptons, Vail and Telluride, this documentary examines how the luxury goods and services industry has fought back from the recession and how consumers are responding. Plum TV’s Mark Ellwood hosts providing unique access to luxury market insiders, including interviews with CEO’s of top luxury brands, hotel GMs and lifestyle/epicurean magazine executives, as well as, local business owners/restaurateurs.
• Masters of Innovation - What does the future look like? Plum goes inside the most innovative labs in the country to get a sneak peak at the radical advancements in Arts & Sciences, Robotics, and more!
• Plum Daily - The top hyper-local “Insider’s Guide” to all the best things to do, see, eat, buy, wear and experience in each of Plum’s idyllic destinations. Anchored on-location by entertaining and knowledgeable hosts, Plum Daily gives locals and visitors alike all the information they need to get the most of their day, week or season. It’s the one-stop source to find out the top events, adventures, food, wine, arts, real estate, style and people that make Plum communities some of the best loved in the country.
• Plum Pass - The exclusive insider's look at event coverage across multiple Plum viewer passion points including film, fashion, food, wine, art, music, sports, and more. Plum has unprecedented media access to not only the events but to the stars, directors, chefs, models, designers, artists, musicians and athletes that bring these events to life.
• Style Innovators - In this original 4-part docu-interview series, Plum follows GQ‘s style editor, and current Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief, the utterly charming Adam Rapoport, as he spends the day hanging out with today’s most influential style icons. His guests come from different disciplines from fashion to industrial design, film to food, architecture to music. But they all share an aesthetic compulsion that guides every aspect of their lives. Guests include style and innovation luminaries such as Simon Doonan & Jonathan Adler, Kate Spade & Andy Spade and others. To get the story behind their unique vision, Adam meets these innovators in their homes, studios, and creative habitats and joins them for a chosen project or outing. Along the way, Adam gets to the bottom of their iconic style and craft, and gets a first-hand glimpse of their characteristic tastes and unexpected passions. Cadillac is the presenting sponsor of Style Innovators.
• Top of the Mountain - Hosted by Ramona Bruland along with special guest co-hosts including Oliver Sharpe, Erik Williams, Chris Klug, Gretchen Bleiler and other mountain celebrities, Top of the Mountain is an insider’s guide to the ski and snowboard lifestyle.
• What’s In Store with Mike Albo - Mike Albo, the hilarious, feisty (but always gentlemanly) fashion & design writer leads us on an entertaining, informative and highly curated shopping journey into America’s most unique neighborhoods. What’s in Store delivers a half-hour of satisfying socio-shopping critique. Mike’s insider tour is accessible, helpful and best of all, fun. Mike and his cohorts will visit various stores, boutiques and concept shops in America’s most interesting shopping neighborhoods including NYC’s Nolita, Silver Lake in LA. Using his Critical Shopper eye, Mike checks out what’s being sold to us, how it’s being sold, and, in the end, whether it is really worth it.

External links

• Plum TV's Site
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