From TV mogul to digital maven -- Sandy Grushow

VENICE BEACH -- Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Sandy Grushow ran programming at the Fox network, helping bring such TV shows as "The X-Files," "Melrose Place," and "American Idol," to the air.

Grushow, the former chairman of Fox Broadcasting Company, left the studio n 2008, after a 24-year career, to start his next adventure.

Now he's a strategic adviser to young tech start-ups, to digital companies like Tradesy,Two Bit Circus, 3BlackDot and TubiTV, with his Phase 2 Media firm. He helps them navigate their way through financing, and entertainment possibilities.

Working with young firms "satisfies my curiosity about what's going on in the world, and what's coming," he says.

Click the link above to hear Grushow make such a successful transition from TV to digital.

We explored the topic in depth in an extended 45-minute Talking Tech podcast. Along the way, some memories of what it was like to come to work each morning and get yelled at by his boss for weak ratings the night before, what it was like to call uber-director James Cameron and cancel his TV show and his advice to leading a happy life.

For your additional listening pleasure, Grushow also guested with us on the Talking Tech Roundtable, along side several of the companies he advises, including TubiTV, 3Blackdot and Two Bit Circus. Click the link below to listen.

The Talking Tech Roundtable airs live every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on TuneIn.