YouLook.tv & Drive
David Smyth, founder and CEO of new AVOD platform YouLook.tv and Lilla Hurst, joint MD of content funding, sales and distribution business Drive discuss YouLook.tv's content and distribution strategy and delve into Drive’s The New Buyers white paper which has just been published.
Sky Studios & BAFTA albert
Bee Devine Director of Content Operations at Sky Studios and Katy Murdoch Sustainability Project Manager at BAFTA Albert discuss sustainability in the content production industry - production, streaming, studio construction and more with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Struum & Adam Gee
Adam Gee, commissioning editor, producer and co founder of Smart – the London International Smartphone Film Festival and Kerry Ball Global Head of Content Partnerships and Distribution at SVOD challenger Struum discuss the highlights of the inaugural year of Smart and how Struum plans to level the playing field for niche SVODs using an Audible-like credits model with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
IMG Media & Evan Shapiro
Former Head of Programmes and Head of Special Projects and now consultant at IMG Media Charles Balchin and producer and Adjunct Professor of TV at NYU Stern School of Business Evan Shapiro discuss sports broadcasting, the chances of a 'Netflix for the English Premier League' and the recent media mega mergers with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
True Royalty TV, Banff Festival & Tracy Forsyth
Gregor Angus, Founder and CEO True Royalty TV and Jenn Kuzmyk Executive Director of Banff World Media Festival discuss lessons learned from launching an SVOD channel and what to expect at this year's event with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Plus we catch up with Fasttrack to Fearless boss Tracy Forsyth on how to cope with the anxiety of getting back to the office routine.
Charisma.ai, Rockerdale Studios & Ian Whittaker
Guy Gadney, CEO of interactive entertainment specialists Alchemy.ai and Michelle Singer, COO of British comedy indie Rockerdale Studios discuss the past present and future of Artificial Intelligence in TV production and how to create a deepfake.
Plus we catch up with City AM Analyst of the Year Ian Whittaker who talks us through the big news of Warner Media and Discovery teaming up to create a new streaming giant.
Reliance Entertainment, The Pitch Doctor & CC Lab
Shibasish Sarkar, CEO of Reliance Entertainment, one of India’s biggest movie and TV producers, brings us up to speed on what’s happening in the country’s content industry right now. We reveal the top 5 tips for getting back to face to face pitching with industry expert Paul Borross aka The Pitch Doctor. And Jason Hocking, CEO of UK-based CC Labs, one of the leading indies specialising in music-based TV production discusses the past, present and future for music on TV with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Two Rivers Media & Create Anything
This week we're focusing on the Scottish TV industry with former Director of Content for STV and now MD of Two Rivers Media Alan Clements and Stewart Kyasimire, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker and director and MD of production company Create Anything. Stewart and lan discuss the past, present and future of Scotland's TV production sector with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Adam MacDonald, UKTV & TBI
Former Sky, Channel 4 and ITV executive and now Chairman of Possessed Adam MacDonald discusses digital first commissioning, Deal or No Deal and why entertainment TV is having a resurgence with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. Plus UKTV's Philippa Collie Cousins in Commissioner's Corner outlining her drama needs for the broadcaster and TBI's Richard Middleton brings us up date with the latest executive moves in Movers & Shakers.
Spice Girls Mel B, Edinburgh TV Festival, Informa & Workshare
Spice Girl Mel B helps blow out our first birthday candle this week with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. Plus Creative Director at Edinburgh TV Festival Stewart Clarke, Commercial Director for TBI and Digital TV Europe at Informa Patricia Arescy and Jonathan Broughton MD at Workshare Consulting discuss the results of our survey, the TellyCast/ Workshare Content Industry Monitor.
Bruce Daisley, Alex Parkinson & Tracy Forsyth
Bestselling author and podcaster Bruce Daisley, documentary film maker Alex Parkinson and wellbeing expert Tracy Forsyth join Boom! PR's Justin Crosby to discuss escape from captivity as the TV industry eyes a return to the office.
Gabriel Clarke, Digital TV Europe & Freesat
Gabriel Clarke, TV broadcaster, journalist and documentary director at Noah Media Group joins Boom! PR's Justin Crosby to discuss his latest film 'Finding Jack Charlton'.
Plus Alastair Thom CEO of Freesat and Stuart Thompson, editor of Digital TV Europe on the future for satellite TV in the age of OTT.
Gary Carter, Liz McIntyre & Emma Butt
Former FremantleMedia COO, Endemol executive and now Non Executive Director of K7 Media Gary Carter discusses the Big Brother phenomenon with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Plus curator and consultant Liz McIntyre and Sound Editor and ADR Recordist Emma Butt (Game of Thrones, Vikings) talk opportunities for young people in the TV industry.
Mark Mardell, Ian Burrell, Indigo Talent & Scorpion TV
Former BBC News European & US editor Mark Mardell, I/ The Drum journalist and media consultant Ian Burrell talk GB News, News UK, Andrew Neil and Piers Morgan, Indigo Talent Founder & MD Jude Thompson on the Secrets of the Headhunter and Scorpion Films’ David Cornwall chats with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby
Off The Fence, UKTV, Humble Bee Films & Curious Films
Off The Fence CEO Bo Stehmeier, UKTV's Head of Scripted Pete Thornton, Humble Bee Films' MD and Founder Stephen Dunleavy & Curious Film's Co Founder Dov Freedman talk Caroline Flack, natural history and what comedy projects UKTV is looking to commission with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Insight TV, K7 Media, Apex Content & Ian Whittaker
We're talking branded content on this week's show as Insight TV's VP Content & Channels Arun Maljaars, K7 Media's Non Executive Director Clare Thompson, Apex Content Venture's MD John Nolan discuss the benefits and pitfalls of working with brands in TV with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
All3Media, Icon Films, Curve Media & WFTV
We're marking International Women's Day on this week’s show as All3Media COO Sara Geater, Icon Films' Laura Marshall, Curve Media's Camilla Lewis and WFTV's Liz Tucker discuss key issues facing women in the TV industry with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.
Richard Hammond, Samsung & Sky
TV presenter, producer and journalist Richard Hammond talks Top Gear, The Grand Tour and Chimp Productions, his new production business.
Samsung’s Ollie Davies talks us through how to get your content on AVOD Samsung TV Plus.
And Commissioner’s Corner this week features Sky One’s Shirley Jones.
MIPCOM, Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg & Tracy Forsyth
Lucy Smith director of MIPTV and now MIPCOM at Reed Midem, clinical psychologist and leadership coach Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg and wellbeing coach Tracy Forsyth discuss what's in store for MIPTV and MIPCOM in 2021, leadership when you're exhausted and how to deal with a shouty boss.
BBC Studios, WFTV & TBI
Sumi Connock, Creative Director of Formats at BBC Studios and Katie Bailiff, the new CEO of Women in Film & TV discuss producing hit formats in lockdown and the membership organisation for women working in media.