TellyCast: The content industry podcast

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 edition of this episode 10. Topaz Labs for help with...

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 just 4 weeks ago. Patrick also gives us his Story of...

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 Knife’ and who she’s telling to ‘Get in the Bin’....

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 Hollywood of the North of England, the depres...

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 here’s to a prosperous new year to you all. We’ll...

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 . Michael's Story of the Week Polar video Fol...

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-review  Connect with Justin on LinkedIn www.linked...

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 the Week Visit Tubular Labs Sign up for...

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 recognisable brands in entertainment including Dr Who, To...

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-report-robbery-campaign-a-hit-miss-caleb-...

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 Content Forum. In conversation with Justin Cros...

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 Little Dot Studios, Dennis Kortuemm , founder o...

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 Lapointe, Andy Fry from MIPCOM News and...

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 and broadcasting business. In conver...

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 Smith on what to expect from this year’s mother of al...

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 advertisers viewing Connected TV, FAST channel a...

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 thought we’d look at the practical applications of Ar...

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 downturn by partnering with media businesses in so...

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 chatting about Mike’s career journey, how he’s buil...

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 brand funded programming and the success of The T...

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 mixed reality Beyond the Milky Way trai...

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

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 TellyCast's Justin Crosby .  Visit Tubular...

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 Molina from Playmakers Entertainment. And we...

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 Group's Head of Branded Content Business. I...