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This week we're at Series Mania Forum in Lille as the scripted TV business comes together once again to pitch, meet and debate the future of TV drama.

Guests are Banijay's head of scripted Lars Blomgren, Series Mania Forum Director Franchesco Capurro, Andrew Gutzeit of Germany’s Story House Productions and Spanish producer Aurora Guerra from Alea Media in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Our guest this week is Vera Krichevskaya, co founder of Dozhd - or TV Rain, the Russian independent TV news channel which made global headlines recently following its closure as a result of new Russian media laws.

Vera is also director of the feature documentary ‘F@ck this Job - Tango with Putin’ that launched recently in cinemas and on BBC iPlayer, which documents the story of the channel and it's run-ins with the Russian government. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

F@ck this Job - Tango With Putin

F@ck his Job - Tango With Putin - BBC iPlayer

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Since the Russian invasion 2 weeks ago it seems inappropriate to just carry on the show as usual without fully acknowledging the world changing events happening in Eastern Europe right now and how they’re affecting the people in our industry.

So this week’s show is just one interview. One discussion with Film UA's Kateryna Vyshnevska, a  TV executive who’s caught up right in the middle of this catastrophe. She's in Kyiv right now and we recorded this discussion on Sunday 6th March. In conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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On this week’s show we have two independent producer distributors who discuss the challenges in the market, how the content industry has shifted in the past few years and what those mean for producers right now.

Kate Beal, CEO of UK-based Woodcut Media talks us through the lessons she learned from setting up a distribution business during the pandemic and Mark Bishop of Canada’s MarbleMedia on the challenges and opportunities in the Canadian TV industry as the new and long overdue Online Streaming Act is set to change the game through the regulation of streaming platforms.  They're both in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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This week’s show is a slightly different kind of TellyCast, looking into a subject that’s often on the lips of TV producers and format creators - IP and TV format theft.

We wanted to find out if this really is a common issue in the UK industry, what happens in these kind of disputes, how they arise, the impact on the producer - and what can be done about it in the future.

So Boom! PR's Justin Crosby caught up with leading IP lawyer Jonathan Coad, PACT CEO John McVay, the TV presenter and format creator at the centre of a current dispute Tim Shaw and three leading independent TV producers who are appearing anonymously.

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Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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On this weeks show we’re chatting with Anthony Layser, VP of Content Partnerships & Programming at Comcast’s US FAST channel platform Xumo. We’re discussing what makes a great FAST channel, and what he’s looking to acquire for Xumo.

Plus we catch up with Lucy Smith, Director of MIPTV and MIPCOM as we look ahead to this year’s April event in Cannes - the first for 3 years. We’ll find out what delegates can expect from this year’s event, who’s already signed up to be on the Croisette, and what industry heavyweights will be in attendance at one of the first major post pandemic international TV market events. They’re both in conversation with Boom! PR’s Justin Crosby.

Anthony’s Story of the Week

Lucy’s Story of the Week

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On this week’s TellyCast, guests are Vincent ter Voert, boss of Dutch indie Vincent Productions and Alex Morris of LADstudios, LADbible’s factual entertainment division in conversation with Boom! PR’s Justin Crosby.

We discuss what TV formats are working now and why - and what’s coming next plus the production secrets that make LADbible Group the biggest publisher on TikTok and the world’s all time most viewed and engaged publisher on Facebook.

 
 Vincent’s Story of the week - 1 

Vincent’s Story of the Week - 2

YouTube documentary on The Voice scandal 

Alex’s Story of the Week

Joe Lycett Sue Gray report spoof

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 Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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On this weeks show we're chatting with two very different kind of TV channel operators. Richard Kingsbury, General manager of International channels at PBS Distribution lists the lid on the channels the US public service broadcaster operates in the UK, and what content they’re looking to acquire.

Plus I meet WildEarth TV’s co founder and CEO Graham Wallington and hear all about their disruptive model, their unique content and viewer community, channel distribution strategy and how they’re supporting conservation by harnessing the blockchain and NFTs.

Richard's Story of the Week

Graham's Story of the Week

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In this weeks show we discuss IP and production development business Asacha Media Group's rapid rise (they've acquired 6 producers in 18 months) and what's next in their growth plans. And we hear about Tf1's commissioning strategy, what's working in France right now and what programming trends to look out for.

Guests are Marina Williams, co CEO of Asacha Media Group and Julien Degroot, Head of Content Development at TF1 Groupe.  

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Julien's Story of the Week

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Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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In this weeks show we fill the hole left by the cancelled Natpe Miami event by focusing on current developments in the LATAM  content industry.

Guests are Cesar Diaz of 7A Media and Fabricio Ferrara, International Business Director at Prensario International in conversation with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby.

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  Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.

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