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We have a bit of a scoop for you this week as we welcome - direct from Middle Earth - Billy Boyd and Dom Monaghan famed for playing Merry and Pippin in the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Billy and Dom have been all around the world filming their new 6 part travel TV show Billy and Dom Eat the World which is produced by Dash Pictures and distributed by Abacus Media Rights. In conversation with Justin Crosby. 

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On this week’s show we’re going back to the TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit in May and playing out the first session of the day in full, where the UK’s three major broadcasters involved in the brand funded entertainment space share the projects they’re currently working on and what they’re planning for the future.

Panelists are Bhav Chandrani, Director of BE Studio at ITV, Adam Middleton, Senior Creative Strategist at Channel 4 and Claire Speirs, Branded Content Controller at Sky Media.

The show was recorded at 180 Strand as part of the TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit at Advertising Week Europe.

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My guest this week is Dylan Weiss, president of Cry Havoc Productions and author of a new book, ‘Factual Television Producing, A Hands On Approach from Conception to Delivery’.

We discuss Dylan’s career, his thoughts on the issues currently facing the factual content sector and several aspects of his book which you can order here https://amzn.to/3Lb6gSw

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This week we’re in Toledo, Spain for Conecta Fiction and Entertainment where over 1,000 executives from all around the world and especially Spain, Portugal and Brazil gathered for the 8th edition of the event.

My guests are Renato Martinez VP, Content & Acquisitions at Endemol Shine Brasil, Maria Rua Aguete Senior Director at research business Omdia and Paloma Mora, CEO of Valencia’s TV ON Producciones.

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Many UK independent TV production companies have gone bust or are in serious trouble since the commissioning downturn hit in 2023 as a result of financial uncertainty, falling viewing figures and the drop in advertising revenue for commercial broadcasters.

The term Survive Until 25 has become a watchword for businesses as they struggle to keep going as the content industry undergoes a fundamental shift that may lead to lower levels of production in the coming years.

This week’s show marks the return of the Secret Producers - special show where we speak to some of the UK’s leading indies under the cloak of anonymity. We’ve changed their names and voices to protect their identities as they speak frankly from the frontlines of TV production to tell their stories of frustration and business survival.

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Is now the time for crowdfunding to play a significant role in the world of content funding and distribution?

Paul Scanlan from Hollywood crowdfunding equity business Legion M, the world’s first fan-owned entertainment company talks us through their business model and projects to date featuring William Shatner, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and more.

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We’re back again with our second show from the recent TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit at Advertising Week Europe in London.

Our guests are Jordan Schwarzenberger, co-founder of Arcade Media and manager of The Sidemen, Matt Campion Co-Founder & Creative Director of Spirit Studios, Matt Ford CEO and Co-Founder of CoLab X, Eddie Scott Creative Director of Acast Creative and Dominic de Terville Director of Branded Content & Audio at Zinc Media Group.

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Should you spend money on YouTube? What is Paid Media and what can it do? And what are the synergies between content, YouTube channels and paid media?

I’m here with Wayne Davison Chief Revenue Officer at Little Dot Studios as we continue the latest in our series of practical and strategic YouTube tips for TV industry businesses and content creators. 

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This week's show is a special episode recorded at the first TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit in association with 53 Degrees North Media at Advertising Week Europe in London, where brands, agencies marketers and producers came together to debate the key issues and opportunities in brand funded programming.

Our guests are Bhav Chandrani - Director of BE Studio at ITV, Adam Middleton, Senior Creative Strategist at Channel 4, Claire Prince, Head of Branded Entertainment at EssenceMediacom, Laura Hopson, Marketing Executive at UTA and Roberta Zamboni, Global Head of Branded Content and Sponsorship at Fremantle. 

Video interviews with more of our speakers and delegates from the event in the weeks ahead on our YouTube channel so why head over there and hit subscribe. And we’ll also be publishing some of the panel sessions as podcasts in the coming weeks so stay tuned for those.

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What IP and genres perform best on YouTube? When’s the best time to post new content (and does it matter?!). And how do you reach your target audience with your content.

Well here to answer all that and more besides we have Ally Penelope with some more strategy tips for broadcasters and studios from our friends at Little Dot Studios, one of the world’s biggest YouTube channel specialists, running over 700 channels for some of the biggest sports and entertainment brands in the world.

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Next week sees the first TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit taking place at 180 Studios in London as part of Advertising Week Europe.

On the 16th May, together with 53 Degrees North Media, we’re curating 7 panel sessions dedicated to exploring brand funded entertainment with the leaders in the sector.

We discuss discuss this and the wider, mammoth Advertising Week Europe event with Global President of Advertising Week Ruth Mortimer.

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How do you get noticed and build an audience on YouTube? How do you master optimisation and get the powerful algorithms working for you to get your content discovered on the platform?

On this week's show we have Graham Swallow Head of Data and Product Strategy at Little Dot Studios, one of the world's biggest teams of digital video experts. 

Graham talks us through a list of ten quick tips and tricks - from thumbnail design to metadata and search engine optimisation to help surface your content on YouTube be it library or new original content.

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Everyone’s talking about generative AI in the content industry, and we’ve recently dedicated a few shows to the latest tools available, but also the ethics involved in this technology that is transforming the TV and content production at lighting speed.

And we’ve spoken to early adopter producers who are leading the way. 

This week I’m delighted to have a veteran of new content technology on the show to share a perspective from a different angle - Digital Media and AI consultant Dan Taylor-Watt.

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Over the next few weeks we’re going to be exploring the world of YouTube for TV producers with our friends at Little Dot Studios. 

The current commissioning slowdown has highlighted how exposed producers can become to global economic headwinds. When the networks and streamers stop buying, it can leave many indies high and dry.

So perhaps now is the time to properly consider building a different kind of indie. One where building your own IP through podcasts, YouTube and other social networks are the keys to a more sustainable future.

This week we discuss the practicalities and opportunities on YouTube with James Loveridge, Managing Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios. 

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We’re in Cannes this week for once last time at MIPTV.

Our guests are X-Files and Man in the High Castle screenwriter and CEO of Big Light Productions Frank Spotnitz, Virginia Mouseler from The Wit, Garrett Goodman from AI dubbing business Papercup, Gaggl’s Greg Miall, and RX Global’s Lucy Smith gives us the low down on MIPLondon.

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Our guest this week is hugely experienced British film director, television producer and media executive and founder of September Films David Green.

We discuss David's career, living in Hollywood, his new scripted production company plus we find out his Story of the Week, Hero of the Week and who or what he's telling to Get in the Bin.

David's Story of the Week 

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This week we’re heading back to SXSW in Austin where I sat down with some of the most innovative businesses at the cutting edge of content creation. 

 First up we have Caroline Strzalka from Overplay, a company aiming to revolutionise the $574 billion digital media landscape with the first frictionless platform for user-generated games where everyone can turn their videos into games— in minutes, with no code.They were just featured on Shark Tank in the US to listen in to see how they did.

Then we have Alex Wills, Chief Experience Officer at Disguise the industry platform leading the way in new immersive visual experiences

We welcome back Ed Lindeman Head of entertainment for the UK from TikTok to the show to find out what they were up to at SXSW 

And finally KJ Kim, CEO of MetaK, a company focused on creating the next step in AI powered virtual influencers - 3D Virtual Artists who can act, dance, sing and interact with fans.

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Our guest this week is Benjamin Field, Executive Producer at Deep Fusion Films as we discuss the issues and the ethics around artificial intelligence in TV and content production.

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We're in Austin, Texas this week for the SXSW Conference and Festivals.

We're digging into what’s next in TV and content with my guests director of new documentary film Lions of Mesopotamia Lucian Reed, Marianne Carpentier from Newen Studios, Electrify Video Partners' Ian Shepherd and Taewon Suh from AI powered metaverse platform Glinda. 

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My guest this week is Persian Comedy Powerhouse, writer and actor and now independent TV production boss Omid Djalili.

Omid’s illustrious career includes The Omid Djalili Show on BBC One, countless TV appearances on shows including How I got News for You, We are AMost Amused and We are Most Amused and Amazed - two shows on ITV1 celebrating the then-Prince of Wales’s 60th and 70th birthdays and film appearances in some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters including Gladiator, The Mummy, The World Is Not Enough, Notting Hill and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

We get the inside track on his previous experiences in TV production, why he’s setting up an indie now and what makes Tiny Speck Productions different.

Plus we’ll hear Omid’s Story of the Week, Hero of the Week and who or what he’s telling to Get in the Bin. Don't miss it!

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What are the world’s top TV markets and how much are they worth?

On this week’s show we answer that question and I’m delighted to be joined by Richard Middleton, editor of Television Business International as we count down through the global TV industry top 10. 

Stats courtesy of Omdia. Total revenue figures derived from TV advertising, pay TV, online subscription and public revenue.

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Social media superstars The Sidemen have launched an amazing array of new products in the past few years from chicken restaurants to trading cards and from hotels to vodka brands. And now they have their own Netflix documentary.

Our guest this week is Luke Hyams, former YouTube Originals EMEA boss and now co-founder of indie Pangaea who have just produced the Netflix documentary The Sidemen Story - which is out now in the UK 

Luke tells us about how he got into TV, his experience making 'The Sidemen Story' and his new production company Pangaea.

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Welcome to TellyCast Talks - the first in a new strand of interviews on TellyCast - featuring the media business leaders shaping tomorrow's content industry

On TellyCast Talks, we’ll delve into the minds of only the most senior C- suite executives. These conversations are less focused on the corporate strategy of their organisations and more about the person behind the big decisions. We’ll ask why they took the decisions they have over the course of their career, the experiences that have shaped them and aim to reveal the qualities of a successful leader.

Kicking off the series is Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of the global production juggernaut. 

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This week we’re taking another look at the top 10 best AI tools on the market for TV and content producers and we’re delighted to welcome back Jason Mitchell, boss of UK indie the Connected Set to run us through an updated list of tools and their benefits.

You can check them out on screen on our YouTube edition of this episode

10. Topaz Labs for help with noise reduction and sharpening

9. OpusPro for social clip generation

8. Supernormal for taking minutes and allocating actions

7. Spellbook AI legal assistant 

6. FilmUStage for drama script analysis

5. Looka AI for basic logo creation

4. Papercup for dubbing 

3. Descript for eyeline correction

2. Custom GPTs for creating your own chatbot

1. Adobe Firefly – the superapp of creativity

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‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ producer Patrick Spence, MD of AC Chapter One gives us an in depth, behind the scenes overview of the making of one of the biggest UK drama hits of recent years.
We discuss the detailed pre production, how it nearly never got made, the reaction and outcomes since its release just 4 weeks ago.
Patrick also gives us his Story of the Week, Hero of the Week and Get in the Bin.

Patrick's Story of the Week 

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Former BBC Two controller, President of the Discovery Channel and now Nutopia boss Jane Root is our guest on this week’s show.

We’re talking about her time at the networks and how that informed the shows Nutopia creates, her latest Netflix production, the ‘posh true crime’ series ‘Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife’ and who she’s telling to ‘Get in the Bin’.
 
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Bad Surgeon - Love Under the Knife trailer

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We kick off 2024 with a fascinating discussion with Leo Pearlman, managing partner of The Kardashians, The Late Late Show and Sunderland ’til I Die indie Fulwell 73.

We covered the growth story of one of the UK's leading content production companies, the latest on Leo's ambition to make Sunderland the Hollywood of the North of England, the depressing rise of anti-semitism and his approach to an already turbulent 2024 in the content industry.
 
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We round off the year with media commentator and cartologist Evan Shapiro as we look back at the major developments in the media industry in 2023 and look ahead to 2024 with some predictions for the year ahead.  

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Until next year - I hope you have a very peaceful Xmas and here’s to a prosperous new year to you all. We’ll see you in '24!

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Our guest this week is Michael Boccacino, Senior Director of Content Partnerships at award winning TheSoul Publishing, one of the world’s most prolific and popular online media companies with huge audiences across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, Pinterest, and TikTok.

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This week we rewind to MIA in Rome where I met Raw Executive Producer Chiara Messineo and also back to MIPCOM where I had a quick chat with Danny Fenton from Zig Zag Productions.

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This week our guests are Fraser Ayres, actor/writer/director as well as CEO and founder of the TriForce Creative Network and Yasmin Hai – author, broadcaster Guardian columnist and Head of Factual at Red Bicycle Productions.

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Fraser's Story of the Week

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Hot on the heels of last week’s TellyCast Digital Content Forum sponsored by BBC Studios, I catch up with Jasmine Dawson SVP, Digital and Nat Poulter VP, Digital - Commercial at BBC Studios, two of the UK’s leading digital first content executives who are responsible for working with some of the most recognisable brands in entertainment including Dr Who, Top Gear and kids phenomenon - Bluey.

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Nat's Story of the Week

Jamie Bolding's PackChat

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On this week’s show our guests is TikTok's UK Head of Entertainment Ed Lindeman as he talks us through the rise of the social media platform and previews this week’s TellyCast Digital Content Forum.

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Ed's Story of the Week https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gymshark-wed-like-report-robbery-campaign-a-hit-miss-caleb-essang-qoqie/

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On this week’s show our guests are Mel Chapman, CEO of social first publisher and channel operator Jungle Creations and Adam Jacobs, Creative Director of German international content distributor and channel owner Quintus Studios as we hear more about their businesses and preview next week’s TellyCast Digital Content Forum.

In conversation with Justin Crosby.

Mel's Story of the Week https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/10/30/i-was-axed-oatlys-creative-director-here-are-5-arguably-useful-lessons

Mel's Hero of the Week https://youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?feature=shared

Adam's Hero of the Week https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/sofia-kourtesis-on-her-debut-album-madres-and-subverting-techno-perfectionism/

Adam's Get in the Bin https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/beatles-paul-mccartney-ai-song

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We’re looking back a couple of weeks to this year's MIA market in Rome where we hosted a TellyCast panel on digital-first content creation and distribution.

Our guests on the panel were Bea Hegedus Executive Managing Director, Global Distribution at Vice Media Group, Holly Graham Chief Business Officer at Little Dot Studios, Dennis Kortuemm, founder of Germany’s Calivison Network and Olivier Levard, director of Newen Digital. 
It was a great discussion with today’s leaders in digital so I hope you enjoy it.

But before that we met with Marco Spagnoli, Deputy Director of MIA and Head of Doc & Factual to tell us a little more about the event.

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It's time for MIPCOM 2023 and  this week's bumper episode features interviews with 
President of Kartoon Channel Paul Robinson, Fenton Bailey of World of Wonder, producer of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, The Wit's Virginia Mouseler , Brandon Ralph from soon to launch social streamer The Nile, AndNowGlobal’s Eric Lapointe, Andy Fry from MIPCOM News and RX Global's MipCom director Lucy Smith . 
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On this week’s show we meet Banijay Rights’ LA-based EVP Sales, Co-Productions & Acquisitions Matt Creasey ahead of a big week at MIPCOM.

And from Rome at the MIA market,  we're chatting with Bea Hegedus, Executive Managing Director at VICE Distribution as we talk what's next for the next gen digital media and broadcasting business.

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On this week’s show we’re chatting with Multistory Media’s creative boss Ana De Moraes on her career journey, how the business is surviving the downturn and why we’re at a turning point for the industry.

Plus we catch up with RX Global’s Entertainment Division Director and Director of MIPCOM Cannes, Lucy Smith on what to expect from this year’s mother of all content markets.

Ana's Story of the Week

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TV advertising has seen a massive decline in 2023, sending shockwaves across the content industry and hampering commissioning and new production. There are lots of reasons for this of course, but on this week’s show we’e focusing on a very specific area of TV advertising, and that's Connected TV.

How are advertisers viewing Connected TV, FAST channel adoption and what’s the the outlook for CTV and TV advertising as a whole? 

And when are things going to improve and we might see movement in commissioning from commercial broadcasters?

Alex Brownsell from WARC is our guest on this week’s show. In conversation with Justin Crosby.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock these last few months you’ll know that Artificial Intelligence is set to revolutionise the way we live and work.

And rather than focusing on the negative assumptions that this technology is going to take all our jobs and destroy the world in some dystopian future, I thought we’d look at the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence right now in the content industry.

So what are the tools that can change the way you work, improve efficiency, create new ideas, help you sell your shows and save you money right now?

Our guests this week are Jason Mitchell, Founder of The Connected Set, Ben Ritchie, Chief Technology Officer for Slate IQ and Dr Sepi Chakaveh, Departmental Lecturer in Data Science at Oxford University and Founder of Pixsellar.

Jason’s Top 10 AI tools;

10. ChatGPT: chat.openai.com

9. Gamma: gamma.app

8. Imagine AI: www.imagine.art

7. Runway - Generation 2: runwayml.com

6. Pictory - pictory.ai

5. Kapwing: Kapwing.com

4. Google’s Duet AI for Workspace

3. AutoPod: autopod.fm

2. Tom’s Planner AI pilot: tomsplanner.com/ai-assist/

1. Play HT: play.ht

Jason's webinar- LinkedIn Live Event on Monday 25th October at 1pm BST

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Our guest this week is UK based indie producer and boss of UK indie Danny Fenton. We're chatting about how Danny is steering  his company Zig Zag Productions through the stormy seas of the international TV industry.

With over 25 years in the business Danny has some great insights on how to survive the downturn by partnering with media businesses in some territories lesser trodden by UK indies. Plus we hear his Story of the Week and Hero of the Week. In conversation with Justin Crosby.

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Our guest this week  is UK based indie producer Mike Benson, who’s managed that rarest of things - to find success in both unscripted and drama TV production with his shingles Chalkboard TV and Clapperboard Studios. And not only that, he’s achieved this despite coming from outside the London bubble. 

We’re chatting about Mike’s career journey, how he’s built his business, the current state of the TV market and of course we get to find out his Hero of the Week and who or what he’s telling to Get in the Bin. In conversation with Justin Crosby.

Mike's Story of the Week

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The first show in season 7 comes from the recent Edinburgh TV Festival where we caught up with Nutopia’s Jane Root, ITV’s Bhav Chandrani and all3media international’s Nick Smith as we chatted through some of the key talking points raised at the event including how to survive the TV downturn, the outlook for brand funded programming and the success of The Traitors. In conversation with Justin Crosby.

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On this week’s show we're looking into the future of VR and immersive entertainment with Briege Whitehead Founder & Creative Director at White Spark Pictures, Tom Bowers, Founder of Hypothesis Media and Nina Diamond, Executive producer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hypothesis Media - NASCAR 75th mixed reality

Beyond the Milky Way trailer

Met Museum - Chroma AR project

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On this week’s show we're chatting with TV industry formats guru Avi Armoza, as we discuss how he got started in TV, his secrets for formats success and how Armoza Formats has developed since its sale to ITV Studios.

In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby. 

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On this week’s show we're chatting with Chris Hilton, boss of Australian independent production company Tilt Media who we caught up with at the recent Sunnyside of the Doc event.

Plus we meet Ukrainian producer Pavel Cherepin and hear all about his nomadic indie United Heroes Group. 

In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby. 

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We’re in Toledo for this week’s show as over a thousand TV executives from Spain and around the world gathered for the 7th edition of Conecta Fiction and Entertainment.

We're chatting with Miguel Martin, MD of Banijay Iberia’s Zeppelin production label. Plus I meet Argentinian producer/ distributor Luciano Molina from Playmakers Entertainment.

And we catch up with Beatrice Cavanillas, one of the senior team who organises Conecta Fiction & Entertainment.

They're in conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby.

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We’re back in Cannes for the Lions this week as the world’s advertising and media industries took over the city for the Festival of Creativity.

Our guests are James McDonald Director of Data, Intelligence and Forecasting for WARC -  The World Advertising Research Center  - and Carlotta Rossi Spencer Banijay’s Group's Head of Branded Content Business. In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby.

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This week’s show features a panel session moderated by TellyCast's Justin Crosby for the Sunnyside of the Doc called the Octopus Strategy which looks at how factual businesses are embracing the digital content revolution. 

The panelists are Sandrine Roustan, Managing Director of Belgian public service broadcaster RTBF’s Content Division. Future Studios’ Chief Creative Officer John Farrar, Roxane Rous, co Founder of French audiovisual group StudioFact and Thomas Arbez who leads Creation & Content at INA, the French National Audiovisual Institute - the repository of French radio and audiovisual archives.

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Branded content and brand funded programming is very much back on the agenda as unscripted commissions from both PSBs and commercial broadcasters are starting to look thin on the ground. This week we’re chatting to a leader in branded content and formats in Finland to find out how the market is adapting in his territory.

Our guest this week is Lasse Nikkari, executive producer and Head of Formats and Branded Entertainment at Finland’s Nelonen Media.  In conversation with TellyCast’s Justin Crosby.

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Bectu - the union for 40,000 staff, contract and freelance workers in the UK media and entertainment industries recently declared an emergency as large numbers of TV professionals are facing unprecedented gaps in employment in the unscripted sector.

This week I'm chatting with  Viki Carter and James Taylor, TV freelancers and co chairs of the UTVU, the unscripted TV Union and part of Bectu, to discuss the issues facing unscripted freelancers and search for some solutions. In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby.

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Bectu - the union for 40,000 staff, contract and freelance workers in the UK media and entertainment industries last week declared an emergency as large numbers of TV professionals are facing unprecedented gaps in employment in the unscripted sector.

We're discussing the current talent market in the UK, what to do if you’re laid off or struggling to land that next gig and tips of how to get headhunted with Talented People’s Kimberly Godbolt. In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby.

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We’re just 4 weeks away from this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France. 

On the show this week,  we chat with Mathieu Bejot, Director of Strategy & Development at the international documentary industry’s premiere event to find out what delegates can expect at this years edition. 

Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London.

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On the show this week, we chat with one of TV’s best known executives specialising in the buying and selling of TV formats. 

From discovering format juggernaut Dragons’ Den in 2002 to his more recent conversion of Korea’s Grandpa Over Flowers into the NBC top-rated Better Late Than Never, Small World TFI’s Tim Cresenti has been well and truly at the centre of the world’s formats business, with a global reputation for finding those hidden gems in unexplored markets.

Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London.

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We’re doing something a little different this week. We recently produced and moderated a panel for PACT - the UK’s Producers Alliance for Cinema and TV. 

The event was called Beyond the Box - Content 3.0 and designed to provide insights into digital content opportunities for TV producers. 

It was recorded at the Everyman Cinema in London’s King’s Cross last week and we’re playing back the panel recording for this week’s show.

The  panel line up featured some of the UK’s leading digital-first creators and studios - Brandon B, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion, Jungle Creations' Melissa Chapman and Wall of Entertainment's Tafara Makopa.

Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London.

Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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This week’s show features Tom Price, Content Distribution Director at Roku. 

Tom discusses streaming, FAST channels, how he’s planning to help build the business in the UK and the latest deals the company has struck.  

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TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Leeds.

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We’re back in Cannes this week for the 60th MIPTV. 

And on this week’s show we're joined by producers Adrian Woolfe from Studio 1 and Sydney Gallonde from Make it Happen Studio.

We also chat with Rakuten TV boss Cedric Dufuor and Banijay’s Shaun Keeble on the buzzy FAST channel space.

And we catch up with ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry and RX France’s Lucy Smith with a round up from the market.

Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week's guest is James Burstall, CEO of UK-based production group Argonon and author of a new business book ‘The Flexible Method: Prepare to Prosper in the Next Global Crisis’.

James talks us through how he got started in the TV business and shares some tips from his new book, available via Amazon, on how to prepare for - and deal with - upcoming crises. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week we're back in Lille for the Series Mania Forum - the co production market for the scripted content sector.

Against the backdrop of a rioting city and the impending threat of a general strike on the final day of the event, we sit down with Sharon Levi, Managing Director of Israel’s yes studios, Caroline Roberts-Cherry, Founder and MD UK of drama production company Saffron Cherry Productions and Head of Series Mania Forum Francesco Capurro to find out who’s selling what and take the temperature of the drama market. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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It’s that time of the year for many in the TV industry to start turning their minds to Cannes as MIPTV is just over a month away.

This week we’re previewing the reimagined 4 day event and reveal what TV execs can expect on la Croisette in April as RX France Entertainment's Director of Entertainment and MIPTV Director Lucy Smith sat down for a chat with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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TV industry programme buyers from around the world gathered in London last week for the latest iteration of the London Screenings showcase event. The world’s biggest international distributors showed off their latest programming catalogues across over 20 lavish events across the week.

And on this week’s show it’s all-German affair as WeltN24 buyers Ulrike Brandt and Karsten Schrader, channel owner and distributor Gerrit Kemming of Quintus Studios and Fremantle International CEO Jens Richter sat down for a chat with Justin Crosby.

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We have a double dose of Harry Potter magic on this week’s show as we welcome James and Oliver Phelps, famously known for portraying the mischievous Weasley twins in the film franchise together with Dash Pictures boss Daniel Sharp.

They're discussing their new travel series 'Fantastic Friends' with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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The commercial opportunities for content creators and IP are growing relentlessly as TV networks seek to bring young audiences to their channels. Brands, too are desperate to communicate with youth audiences via the talent they follow and the platforms they understand.

We chat about all this and more with this week's guest, co founder of leading digital-first talent management and production company Monrae Management, Elspeth Rae. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

Elspeth's Story of the Week

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This week's guest is two-time Emmy winner and format creator with over 60 TV series under his belt, Dave Noll from New York-based Keller Noll.

Dave reveals how he got into TV, how he develops his ideas and how he approaches those all-important pitch meetings that have led to hit shows including the Chopped franchise. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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What are the secrets of making a social clip go viral? How do you build an audience of over 8 million followers? And what does a next-generation digital-first production business look like?

This week's guest is Brandon B, one of the leading creators at the forefront of the new wave of social video entertainment. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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What are the opportunities for the content industry to work with Web3 platforms right now? What’s been the impact of recent crypto fraud scandals? And how are web3 viewers benefiting as well as platforms and producers?

My guest on this week’s TellyCast is Phil McKenzie, Chief Content Officer at MyCo, the Web3 platform formerly known as MContent.

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How is 2023 shaping up for the unscripted market?  We're in Austin, Texas for the 25th anniversary Realscreen Summit where the movers and shakers in the global factual industry gathered for 3 days of pitching and panel sessions.

My guests are Evan Shapiro, All3 Media International’s Rachel Job, Deadline’s TV editor Peter White and Marc Kamler Partner and Head of Unscripted Content at A3 Artists Agency.

Evan Shapiro's 2023 predictions

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We kick off the New Year with a country focus on Austria, and I’m in Vienna for CIMIx, the industry event organised by trade promotion organisation Advantage Austria.

My guests on this week’s show are Dinah Czezik-Muller Co-CEO at factual indie Terra Mater Studios, Philipp Böechheimer Managing Director at CANAL+ Austria, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Chairman of the Austrian professional Association for the film and music industry, Isabelle Welter of drama indie Whee Film and consultant Tony Gregory as we delve into the recent changes and opportunities in the Austrian content industry.

Plus, we catch up with Realscreen’s Barry Walsh on what to expect at Realscreen Summit in Austin Texas, where we’ll also be recording a show next week.

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We’re rounding off the year with a deep dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence with Oxford University lecturer and media expert Dr Alex Connock.

We’re discussing the impact AI has had so far on the content industry and what we can expect in the future, as the technology starts to land with wider audiences on a seemingly ever increasing basis.

Alex's book, Media Management and Artificial Intelligence https://bit.ly/AlexConnockAI 

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This week we have a special show from our very own TellyCast Digital Content Forum, sponsored by BBC Studios.

During a sold out day of discussion and debate with the industry’s digital-first leaders, Andy Fry caught up with ITVX’s Craig Morris, UTA’s Sam Glynne, Taf Makopa from Wall of Entertainment, The Battersea Poltergeist creator Danny Robins and Ash Greenwood from Pinterest. Introduced by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Glasgow.

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We’re in Glasgow this week at the World Congress of Science and Factual producers where programme makers, networks, distributors and streamers  gathered together with the scientific community to buy, sell, pitch and develop factual programming.

Guests at the Scottish Exhibition Centre are Andrew Cohen, Head of the Science Unit at BBC Studios and Jayne Edwards, Head of Development at Humble Bee Films in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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It's all about digital-first on this week’s show as we're chatting with two of the panellists featured on the TellyCast Digital Content Forum sponsored by BBC Studios taking place on 30th November. 

Guests are Head of Digital Development at BBC Studios Chris Allen and Managing Director at Cowshed Social Matt Ford in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London.

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This week on TellyCast we’re previewing the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers with Conference Director Paul Lewis.

Plus - how do you create the best TV soundtracks in the business? We find out with Peaky Blinders and SAS Rogue Heroes’ music supervisor, Banijay’s Amelia Hartley.

They're both in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Our guest on this week’s show is Aaqil Ahmed, former BBC and Channel 4 commissioner and broadcasting and diversity expert as we talk religion and diversity in TV. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Guests on this week's show are BBC Studios Director of Digital and Business Development Helen Pendlebury, LADbible’s Director of Creative Strategy Thom Gulseven and in the last of our MIPCOM interviews we catch up with Legendary TV’s Anne Thomopoulos. 

We talk the BBC at 100, changes in the digital content space and Legendary TV's new drama based on a hit manga series.

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Part Two of the TellyCast MIPCOM 2002 Special.

Guests this week are Bavaria Fiction’s Marcus Ammon, Ilke Hynnenen from Ilke's Creative Studio, Ryff’s Mar Duermeier and Fotini Paraskakis from Empire of Arkadia. They're all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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We’re back in Cannes as over 10,000 global content industry execs gathered for MIPJUNIOR and MIPCOM.

My guests this week include ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry, Banijay’s Delphine Dumont, The Wit’s Virginia Mouseler, Moe Bennani from Dreamspark and the Backstreet Boys’ AJ McClean and Mipcom’s Lucy Smith.

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Ahead of next week’s return of MIPCOM and MIPjunior, this week we get to chat with kids expert Genevieve Dexter boss of Serious Kids and Eye Present about the current state of the kids content industry and what to expect in Cannes.

We also chat with We Are Family’s Maurice Wheeler who talks us through some new kids market research.

And we catch up with Jimmy Humphrey of Marmalade Sky about his consultancy and this year’s supersized MIPCOM. 

They're all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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On this week’s show we welcome Alex Segal, Managing Director at leading talent agency Intertalent about the art of the deal and the life of the agent.

Plus we get to hear Alex’s Story of the Week, his Hero of the Week and who or what he wants to Get in the Bin. In conversation Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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In a feature length episode, this week's guests are General Manager of A+E Networks UK and Chief Creative Officer EMEA Heather Jones and The Sidemen manager, Arcade Media's Jordan Schwarzenberger in conversation Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

Heather talks us through her career, her channel's strategy and what kind of shows she's looking to commission for Crime + Investigation and Sky History. And we discuss The Sidemen phenomenon - the most successful creator group in Europe - fresh from their £1m + fundraising football match last weekend.

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In a special episode of TellyCast, Broadcast editor in chief Chris Curtis discusses the UK TV industry's reaction to the death of Queen Elizabeth II and its possible future implications with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

BBC announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II

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This week's show features King of Sunshine Productions boss Sohail Shah and Rockerdale Studios' CEO Stu Richards in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week's show features Lee McMurray, commissioning editor of Factual Entertainment at Channel 4 in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

As a series producer and exec, Lee launched successful returning series on Channel 4, such as Secret Eaters and What Happens in Kavos. He was also responsible for a range of other popular factual shows, including The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone on BBC2 and the Grierson-nominated Life is Toff for BBC3, which brought the Fulford family back to our screens. Other SP and producer credits straddle the popular factual genre, comprising everything from Loose Women, to Castaway, to Bizarre E.R.

After joining Channel 4 as a commissioning editor in formats in 2017, Lee moved across to the factual entertainment department during Ian Katz’s restructure of the commissioning teams. He has overseen continuing brands such as Made in Chelsea on e4, as well as launching The Sex Clinic on the youth-oriented channel. For Channel 4, he currently looks after Married at First Sight, which will be coming back for a creatively refreshed fifth series. His original commissions include Famous & Fighting Crime, Celebrity Call Centre, Charlotte Church: My Family & Me, The Posh Frock Shop, It’s Grime Up North and A Very British Sex Shop.

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This week's Edinburgh TV Festival special show features Fatima Salaria, Executive Chair of the Edinburgh TV festival and the TV Foundation, Rick Murray Managing Director of Manchester indie Workerbee and Jackie Adedeji - columnist, presenter and podcast host. They're all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

Edinburgh TV Festival

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We're back with Season 4 of TellyCast! Hope you're all having a great Summer and ready for whatever the weather, economy and content industry can throw at us next!

My guest this week is Stewart Clarke, creative director at Edinburgh TV Festival, ahead of the UK TV industry's biggest event next week. Amazingly, this is Stewart's first live event in his leadership role at the festival, despite being in his post since early 2019.

Stewart and Boom! PR founder Justin Crosby chat through how the event comes together every year and what to look forward to in this year's edition.  If you're going to be in Edinburgh, we'll see you there!

Edinburgh TV Festival

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Where better to end our third season than Cannes. But this time we’re here for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, where the world’s biggest media brands and advertising agencies have decamped on the Croisette in impressive numbers and with even more impressive stands, installations and mega yachts - to woo clients, talk strategy and drink rose in the sun.

My guests this week helping me make sense of Cannes Lions from a content industry perspective are Julian Newby and Andy Fry from the Cannes Lions Daily magazine and Alex Morris, director of LADstudios at LADbible.

Apple's 'Escape the Office'
 
Sheba's 'Hope Reef'

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We’re back in France this week for Sunnyside of the Doc, where factual TV producers, distributors and networks are coming together to pitch new projects and find co production partners for tomorrow’s documentaries.

Guests are Mikael Osterby from Swedish public broadcaster SVT and Krishan Arora, consultant for SBS Australia.

Sunnyside of the Doc

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We’re doing something slightly different for TellyCast this week - and that’s focusing on the animation sector of the content industry, from MIFA - one the industry’s showcase events, set on the shores of Lake Annecy in France.

Even if you aren’t in the animation game, I’d still recommend having a listen to this week’s show, where I get to chat to some of the industry’s key players on sector trends and the importance of MIFA for the animation industry. There’s lots of parallels and perhaps some insights to take for the rest of the content industry.

Guests are Michael Rose and Martin Pope from Magic Light Pictures, David Park and Debbie Crosscup from Passion Pictures and industry veteran Marge Dean, Emmy-award winning Head of Skybound Entertainments' Animation Studio and President of Women in Animation.

Women in Animation World Summit stream

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This week’s show comes from Dubrovnik at NEM 2022 with telcos, producers, distributors and TV tech businesses coming together by the Adriatic to discuss and debate the future of the Central and Eastern European TV industry.

Guest are Chiara McKee, VP EMEA at  Love Nature, EBU Head of Strategy Jonathan Broughton, co founder of Drugi Plan Nebojša Taraba and Director of Video operations & media brands JoomBoos, Miss7 at 24sata Matej Lončarić.

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As the TV industry events calendar hots up with markets all over the world in June, we’re previewing the return of Sunnyside of the Doc, as the international documentary community prepares to gather in La Rochelle, France from 20-23rd June.

Director of strategy and development Mathieu Bejot joins Boom! PR's Justin Crosby to highlight what delegates can expect at this year's market.

Mathieu's Story of the Week

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As the TV industry events circuit gets back into full swing, we preview NEM Dubrovnik, taking place from June 6th - 9th.

Our guests are NEM, Mediatranslations and Pickbox boss Sanja Božić-Ljubičić, Telekom Srbija's Head of Production Jasmina Lakobrija and Mirela Nastase, Director of Drama at ZDF Studios. 

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On this week’s show we feature the final panel session from April’s TellyCast Content Funding Festival. 

The Co-production Evolved panel looks at what makes a co-pro in scripted and unscripted and how AVOD is ushering in a new type of deal model.

Thanks to our expert panelists Richard Tulk-Hart from Buccaneer, Lilla Hurst from Drive and Gerrit Kemming from Quintus Studios.

The panel was sponsored by Quintus Studios.

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On this week’s show we feature the third panel session from April’s TellyCast Content Funding Festival. 

This panel looks at NFT and Blockchain - the opportunities and pitfalls to consider. It was quite the eye opener!

Thanks to our expert panelists Phil McKenzie from Goldfinch, Umair Masoom from MContent and Lizzie Williams at Harbottle & Lewis. It was moderated brilliantly by Creatorville’s Sam Barcroft.

The panel was sponsored by MContent.

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On this week’s show, we replay the New Funding Models panel from the first TellyCast Content Funding Festival in London last week.

This panel looks at three very different alternative funding models and features Rob McCrea from New World Film Finance, Eric Collins from Impact X Capital and Wayne Marc Godfrey from Pipe. It was moderated by the Bridge’s Amanda Groom.

It was recorded on Tuesday 26th April at Lincoln’s Inn in London and the panel was sponsored by Pipe.

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On this week’s show, we replaying the Brand Funded Programming 2.0 panel that kicked off the first TellyCast Content Funding Festival in London this week.

Our expert panel featured consultant and former Controller of Branded Entertainment at Channel 4 Simon Wells, ITV’s Director of Digital & Creative Partnerships Bhavit Chandrani, Head of Content at APX Content Ventures’ Katie West,  Paul Tremain EVP & Managing Director of EMEA at United Entertainment Group and it was moderated by K7 Media’s Clare Thompson. 

It was recorded on Tuesday 26th April at Lincoln’s Inn in London and the panel was sponsored by APX Content Ventures. 

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With just a few days to go to the first TellyCast Content Funding Festival we're previewing the event in conversation with Katie West Head of Content for APX Content Ventures, Phil McKenzie COO of financier Goldfinch, Gerrit Kemming from Quintus Studios and Rob McCrea, Managing Director at New World Film Finance.

We’re talking about the panels they’re appearing on, their investment approaches and who they’re looking to meet at the event.

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On this week’s show we catch up again with Ukrainian producer Katernya Vyshnevska as she described what’s been going on in her life since we spoke a month ago when she was in Kyiv.

And I have a rooftop chat with Gregoire Polad, Director General at ACT - The Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe - who was in town to receive an award for the work his organisation has done in combating disinformation.

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This week’s TellyCast comes from Cannes as MIPTV, the world’s second biggest content market gets underway.

Guests on this week’s bumper show include Head of HBO Max International Johannes Larcher, TV futurist Sandra Lehner, CEO of MContent Umair Massom, Dutch FilmWorks boss Willem Pruissers and MIPTV boss Lucy Smith. Plus we have a surprise guest familiar to many going back to the the very beginning of TellyCast!

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It's a MIPTV preview special show ahead of the world's second largest content market getting underway in Cannes next week.

Guests are Celine Payot Lehmann, International Executive Producer at Pernel Media,  David Kleeman, SVP Global Trends at Dubit, MD ITV Studios GE's Arjan Pomper and Quintus Studios' Head of Sales & Co-productions Anouk van Dijk. They're all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

David's panel is taking place at the Hi5 Studios in the Palais at 1030 on Monday 4th April

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This week we're at Series Mania Forum in Lille as the scripted TV business comes together once again to pitch, meet and debate the future of TV drama.

Guests are Banijay's head of scripted Lars Blomgren, Series Mania Forum Director Franchesco Capurro, Andrew Gutzeit of Germany’s Story House Productions and Spanish producer Aurora Guerra from Alea Media in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

Series Mania Forum

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Our guest this week is Vera Krichevskaya, co founder of Dozhd - or TV Rain, the Russian independent TV news channel which made global headlines recently following its closure as a result of new Russian media laws.

Vera is also director of the feature documentary ‘F@ck this Job - Tango with Putin’ that launched recently in cinemas and on BBC iPlayer, which documents the story of the channel and it's run-ins with the Russian government. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

F@ck this Job - Tango With Putin

F@ck his Job - Tango With Putin - BBC iPlayer

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Since the Russian invasion 2 weeks ago it seems inappropriate to just carry on the show as usual without fully acknowledging the world changing events happening in Eastern Europe right now and how they’re affecting the people in our industry.

So this week’s show is just one interview. One discussion with Film UA's Kateryna Vyshnevska, a  TV executive who’s caught up right in the middle of this catastrophe. She's in Kyiv right now and we recorded this discussion on Sunday 6th March. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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On this week’s show we have two independent producer distributors who discuss the challenges in the market, how the content industry has shifted in the past few years and what those mean for producers right now.

Kate Beal, CEO of UK-based Woodcut Media talks us through the lessons she learned from setting up a distribution business during the pandemic and Mark Bishop of Canada’s MarbleMedia on the challenges and opportunities in the Canadian TV industry as the new and long overdue Online Streaming Act is set to change the game through the regulation of streaming platforms.  They're both in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week’s show is a slightly different kind of TellyCast, looking into a subject that’s often on the lips of TV producers and format creators - IP and TV format theft.

We wanted to find out if this really is a common issue in the UK industry, what happens in these kind of disputes, how they arise, the impact on the producer - and what can be done about it in the future.

So Boom! PR's Justin Crosby caught up with leading IP lawyer Jonathan Coad, PACT CEO John McVay, the TV presenter and format creator at the centre of a current dispute Tim Shaw and three leading independent TV producers who are appearing anonymously.

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On this weeks show we’re chatting with Anthony Layser, VP of Content Partnerships & Programming at Comcast’s US FAST channel platform Xumo. We’re discussing what makes a great FAST channel, and what he’s looking to acquire for Xumo.

Plus we catch up with Lucy Smith, Director of MIPTV and MIPCOM as we look ahead to this year’s April event in Cannes - the first for 3 years. We’ll find out what delegates can expect from this year’s event, who’s already signed up to be on the Croisette, and what industry heavyweights will be in attendance at one of the first major post pandemic international TV market events. They’re both in conversation with Boom! PR’s Justin Crosby.

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On this week’s TellyCast, guests are Vincent ter Voert, boss of Dutch indie Vincent Productions and Alex Morris of LADstudios, LADbible’s factual entertainment division in conversation with Boom! PR’s Justin Crosby.

We discuss what TV formats are working now and why - and what’s coming next plus the production secrets that make LADbible Group the biggest publisher on TikTok and the world’s all time most viewed and engaged publisher on Facebook.

 
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YouTube documentary on The Voice scandal 

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On this weeks show we're chatting with two very different kind of TV channel operators. Richard Kingsbury, General manager of International channels at PBS Distribution lists the lid on the channels the US public service broadcaster operates in the UK, and what content they’re looking to acquire.

Plus I meet WildEarth TV’s co founder and CEO Graham Wallington and hear all about their disruptive model, their unique content and viewer community, channel distribution strategy and how they’re supporting conservation by harnessing the blockchain and NFTs.

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In this weeks show we discuss IP and production development business Asacha Media Group's rapid rise (they've acquired 6 producers in 18 months) and what's next in their growth plans. And we hear about Tf1's commissioning strategy, what's working in France right now and what programming trends to look out for.

Guests are Marina Williams, co CEO of Asacha Media Group and Julien Degroot, Head of Content Development at TF1 Groupe.  

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In this weeks show we fill the hole left by the cancelled Natpe Miami event by focusing on current developments in the LATAM  content industry.

Guests are Cesar Diaz of 7A Media and Fabricio Ferrara, International Business Director at Prensario International in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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In this weeks show we discuss what 2022 holds for the factual industry - both in the formats and documentary sectors. And we find out what makes sports documentaries so popular. Plus, Movers and Shakers is back as we hear the latest TV industry executive moves.

Guests on this week’s show are TV consultant Hayley Babcock , co founder of Alliant Content and Magellan TV Greg Diefenbach, Windfall Films’ documentary director Nick Hardie and Television Business International editor Richard Middleton. They’re all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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The Wall: Climb for Gold

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What can content industry execs from around the world expect at January's NATPE Miami event? And what’s the story behind the ongoing IP dispute surrounding Channel 4’s The Greatest Snowman?

Guests on this week’s show are JP Bommel, President and CEO of NATPE and TV presenter and format creator Tim Shaw. Hosted by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week’s guests are Dr Jon Wardle, director of the UK's National Film & TV School and Dominion of Drama’s Jeff Norton.

On this week’s show we’re finding out about the UK’s National Film & Television School - the courses they run and how the UK’s talent crunch if affecting them. Plus we talk about the  current state of scripted, overcoming the Kew Media Collapse and launching a new IP business. Hosted by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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This week’s guests are John Farrar chief creative office of Future Studios, film maker Adam Wishart and Production Guild of Great Britain CEO Professor Lyndsay Duthie.

They are discussing rebooting 'GamesMaster', creating original content for Snapchat, the making of '911: Inside the President's War Room' and dealing with the TV industry’s talent crunch with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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What is an NFT? How can blockchain help producers get content funded and distributed? And what’s it like producing a show with Werner Herzog?

On this week’s show Cameron Chell, founder of blockchain businesses Currency Works and Vuele outlines the opportunities for content companies in NFTs. Plus veteran factual producer Richard Melman discusses his new wine channel, his latest productions and offers his perspective on the current state of factual TV. Hosted by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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67 Pall Mall TV

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