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NATPE & Tim Shaw

What can content industry execs from around the world expect at Januarys 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 Bommell, President and CEO of NATPE and TV presenter and format creator Tim Shaw

Hosted by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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NFTS & Dominion of Drama

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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Future Studios, Adam Wishart & The Production Guild

How do you make original content for Snapchat? How do you make an award winning documentary with access to George W Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney and CIA and US secret service directors? And how do we deal with the TV industry’s talent crunch?

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 in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Richard Melman & Vuele

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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Dougray Scott, Irvine Welsh & Richard Tulk-Hart

A special show to coincide with the launch of Irvine Welsh's buzzy new drama Crime.

We have an on set chat with Irvine Welsh and Richard Tulk-Hart about the making of the show. And actor and Executive Producer Dougray Scott discusses his career, motivations and why authentic Scottish stories might be the next big thing for the global streamers. Hosted by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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ScreenHits.TV & Tracy Forsyth

This week we get the story behind ScreenHit's pivot from online marketplace to SVOD aggregation app with CEO Rose Hulse. And hear how to be constantly courageous in the TV business with career coach Tracy Forsyth in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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COP 26 - Albert

Why should the content industry care about what's happening in Glasgow this week? What can we do about the climate crisis? What are the opportunities? Or is it all too late and really just a 'greenwashing' exercise for brands and broadcasters?

We’re looking at the implications of this week's COP26 summit with Albert's Director Carys Taylor, in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Spirit Studios & Deepfake Tom Cruise

What does the content producer of the future look like? How do you make content with a purpose entertaining? And what’s the story behind the year’s biggest viral hit - the deep fake Tom Cruise.

We’re looking at the future of content production this week with two executives at the cutting edge of the industry. Matt Campion, co founder of Spirit Studios and Chris Ume, AI and synthetic media artist and co founder of Metaphysic in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Zespa Media, Free at Last & ‘The Uncertainty Experts’

On this week's show Jean Dong of Anglo Chinese format producer Zespa Media on the opportunities remaining for international TV businesses in China, Barry Ryan boss of UK Indies Free@Last and The Format Factory on looking forwards and backwards in the scripted and unscripted industry and Sam Conniff, Writer, Producer and Director on his innovative new live immersive documentary series 'The Uncertainty Experts'. They're all in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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MIPCOM Special

Who’s pitching what on the Croisette? What shows are selling? How busy are the delegates who have made the trip to Cannes? And what are the hottest trends in factual and scripted formats around the world?

It’s a MIPCOM special show direct from Cannes this week as I chat with Virginia Mouseler from The Wit, Loren Baxter from Off the Fence, Samuel Kissous of Pernel Media and Larry Bass from ShinAwil to find out how the first Mipcom for two years was for them. Plus I catch with Mipcom boss Lucy Smith to get the stats on this week’s event.

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MIPCOM Preview

MIPCOM is back! And in a special preview show Lucy Smith, Director of MIPCOM & MIPTV, FRAPA co chair Jan Salling, The Bridge's Amanda Groom and Claire Hungate, President of esports organisation Team Liquid discuss the importance of the world's biggest content market.

Plus they talk us through the highlights of next week's Cannes event, what they're doing at the market and what to look out for on la Croisette.

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Roku, South Shore & Tracy Forsyth

This week we get the lowdown on Roku, the Roku Channel, Roku Originals and THAT Quibi deal with Mirjam Laux, VP International Platform. Melanie Leach from leading UK indie South Shore Productions is also on the show discussing building a new indie during COVID, the current thirst for PSB privatisation and defunding in the UK.

And we welcome wellbeing expert Tracy Forsyth back on the show after the summer break with some great confidence-boosting techniques.

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Hannah Demidowicz & Quintus Studios

We're talking the future of factual TV production and distribution this week with consultant Hannah Demidowicz and Quintus Studios' Managing Director Gerrit Kemming in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Dorothy Byrne

A special wide-ranging interview with former head of news, current affairs and editor at large at Channel 4 and recently appointed president of the all-women’s Murray Edwards College, Cambridge - Dorothy Byrne.

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NEM Special

Featuring Vlad Riashyn, President of Russia's Star Media, Gábor Fischer, Programming Director at TV2 Média Hungary, NEM and Pickbox boss Sanja Božić Ljubičić, BossaNova CEO Paul Heaney, NAGRA senior director Tim Pearson and Omdia's senior director, Media and Entertainment Maria Rua Aguete.

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New Europe Market & TBI

Sanja Božić Ljubičić, CEO of Balkan SVOD/ channel Pickbox and Mediavision, producer of New Europe Market and TBI editor Richard Middleton join Justin Crosby, founder of Boom! PR to discuss NEM 2021 - one of the first live post-COVID market events, and the latest TV industry executive moves in Movers & Shakers.

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Digital UK & Purely

Jonathan Thompson, CEO of Digital UK - the business that manages Freeview, the UK TV service owned by BBC, ITV and Channel 4 - and Wayne Marc Godfrey, CEO and founder of research and analytical service Purely Streamonomics join Justin Crosby, founder of Boom! PR to discuss C4 privatisation, and global production expansion.

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PACT & Jennifer Moss

Pact CEO John McVay OBE and burnout and wellbeing expert Jennifer Moss discuss the issues facing the UK independent TV sector and how leaders and their teams can avoid executive burnout and work-related 'deathbed regrets' with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Channel 4, Fremantle & K7Media

Controller of Funded Content at Channel 4, Simon Wells, Sam Glynne, SVP Branded Entertainment / Digital & Branded Entertainment at Fremantle and Clare Thompson discuss brand funded programming and how the sector is evolving with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Vice Studios & David Lancefield

Kate Ward, President of Vice Studios discusses how they do things differently and stay relevant in a time of expanding choice for viewers with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

And leadership coach and strategist David Lancefield, consultant to NBC Universal, Channel 4, the BBC and other blue chip businesses with some tips on how TV leaders can prepare to go again and accelerate out of the COVID crisis.

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