Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 …

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 streamer…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 …

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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, H…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 …

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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. Benjamin's Story of the Week Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn Connect with Justin on Lin…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 S…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 Amuse…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 courte…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 You…

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 l…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 edit…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter ‘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 jus…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Hollyw…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Until next year - I hope you have a very peaceful Xmas and her…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. In conversation with Justin Crosby. …

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Follow TellyCast on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/tellycast-the-tv-industry-news-r…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Fraser's Story of the Week Yasmine's Story of th…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 recogni…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Ed's Story of the Week https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gymshark-wed-like-re…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Li…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Lapoin…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 an…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Smi…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 adv…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 tho…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 downtur…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 cha…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 …

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 …

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. Support the Show. Follow us on LinkedIn Conn…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Tell…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 M…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 …

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 broadca…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 h…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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, T…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Boo…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Ti…

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 Cro…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Leeds…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 ho…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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, Caro…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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…

Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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'…