TellyCast: The content industry podcast

Buy tickets for the TellyCast Digital Content Forum 2024 Our guest this week is Yusuf Omar , co-founder of Seen. TV, the multi platform video publisher which aims to create a more empathetic and understanding world through storytelling. In conversation with Justin Crosby . Yusuf's Story of the Week   Visit Tubular Labs Sign up for The Drop newsletter Support the show Enrol on the TellyCast Di...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos On this week’s show we’re going back to the TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit. The Future of Digital Branded Content panel is moderated by COLabX’s Matt Ford and features Rupert Britton Head of Creative Strategy at Publicis Media, LA Ronayne , Executive Creative Director at LADbible Group and Manager of the Sidem...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 b...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 futu...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 or...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 Dire...

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

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

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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-Found...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 busin...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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. O...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 D...

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...

Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos 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 tea...

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 early adopter producers who are leading the way. ...

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 streamers stop buying, it can leave many indies high and...

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 RX Global’s Lucy Smith gives us the low down on...

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, Hero of the Week and who or what he's tel...

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 with the first frictionless platform for user-ge...

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   Visit Tubular Labs Sign up for The Drop newsletter Support the show Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp...

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 Shepherd and Taewon Suh from AI pow...

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 Amused and We are Most Amused and Amazed - two shows o...

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 courtesy of Omdia. Total revenue figures derived from...

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 YouTube Originals EMEA boss and now co-founder of in...

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 less focused on the corporate strategy of thei...