Category: Ann Charles
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TV tax fright, ‘nepo baby’ trends & Love Productions’ Richard McKerrow
Media news and analysis – CEO of Love Productions Richard McKerrow joins us to discuss his brand new series for Channel 4: The Piano. Plus he shares an update on how the search for Matt Lucas’ replacement on Bake Off is going…
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Media Predictions 2023
Will Bezos return to Amazon? Will there be less rooms for mags at WHSmith? And will Channel 4 sell Horseferry Road this year? Yes, it’s our EIGHTH annual predictions special, looking into the media trends of 2023, with: Faraz Osman, Gold Wala Tara Conlan, Media journalist Maggie Brown, Media Writer and Channel 4 historian Dan…
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‘Cold fury’ at BBC local radio cuts, Amazon Music expands & Channel 4 turns 40
In this week’s show, Jake Kanter is joined by a line-up of radio buffs: Ann Charles (Radio TechCon), Trevor Dann (ex-BBC) and Adam Bowie (BBC World Service). The trio discuss cuts at the BBC, where local radio feels the pinch of the corporation’s licence fee freeze: is local radio vanishing? Dan Taylor-Watt (ex-BBC iplayer) joins…
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Netflix’s numbers, Tortoise Media & Sky Studio’s partnership
Ann Charles is joined by Alex Hudson (Newsweek) and Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette) to discuss the latest in media news. The two news editors assess Press Gazette’s report over 1000 cuts have been made in newsrooms in 2022 – is it all bad news? Plus, Alex explains the hullabaloo over Netflix joining Barb, and Charlotte…
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Radio Academy Festival 2022
Live from the Radio Academy Festival – living legend Trevor Dann is joined by radio gurus Ann Charles, Brett Spencer and Laura Grimshaw to discuss the highlights, takeaways and gossip from the UK radio industry’s biggest conference.
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New PM, new media policy? Plus BBC’s news consolidation & inaugural Audio Lab podcasts
A special LIVE edition recorded from the rooftop of The Broadcaster at the Television Centre. Matt is joined by UK Press Gazette Editor Charlotte Tobitt to explore what Boris Johnson’s exit means for the Government’s media agenda – has Channel 4 been reprieved? The BBC sets out plans for a consolidated TV news channel launching…
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Episode 154 – Obit Category One: The Death of Prince Philip; Former Culture Minister Ed Vaizey Tipped for Ofcom; Government Vetoes Channel 4 Reappointments
Olly Mann is joined by the entertainment director of Heat magazine and host of the PilotTV podcast, Boyd Hilton, writer, editor and campaigner currently working at Hello magazine, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, and broadcast consultant and director of RadioTechCon, Ann Charles. This week: How might coverage of future high-profile deaths be adjusted in the wake of this…
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Episode 148 – Media Podcast Predictions 2021
It’s our fifth annual predictions special! Join Olly Mann as he floats swiftly through the lockdown homes of our media pundits to discover what the year head might have in store for the UK media industry… and listen as they squirm for being unfairly held to account for predictions made in 2020. Featuring the predictions…
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Episode 145 – BBC Revisits Diana’s Panorama Interview; Graham Norton Swaps Radio 2 for Virgin; Piers Morgan’s Ministerial Drought Ends
Olly Mann is joined by journalist and Channel 4 historian Maggie Brown, planning director at Edelman and host of Democratically 2020, Karin Robinson and broadcast consultant and director of RadioTechCon, Ann Charles. This week: Will some long-lost paperwork clear the BBC of claims it coerced Princess Diana into giving that Panorama interview? Graham Norton jumps…
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Episode 136 – Buzzfeed Layoffs; BBC Four For The Chop; Murdoch Misses His Bonus
Joining Olly Mann: Podcaster and deputy editor of Pilot TV, Boyd Hilton, presenter of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour and Fortunately, Jane Garvey and broadcast consultant and director of RadioTechCon, Ann Charles.
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