Tag: ITV

  • BAFTA TV rundown, streaming slowdown & TikTok’s troubles

    BAFTA TV rundown, streaming slowdown & TikTok’s troubles

    This week a telly special, coming to you this week from The London Podcast Studios. TV Critics Scott Bryan (Must Watch Podcast) and Boyd Hilton (Pilot TV Podcast, Heat Mag) unpack the TV BAFTA nominations and assess reports of a streamer slowdown. Also up for discussion, a new Peaky Blinders movie studio is set to…

  • Goodbye to Horseferry Rd? Plus ARIAs & newsroom shakeups

    Goodbye to Horseferry Rd? Plus ARIAs & newsroom shakeups

    Channel 4 offers to sell its London HQ and move North in a bid to save itself from privatisation- will an alternative plan win over the government? Media news and analysis, this week with radio veteran Trevor Dann and media writer Scott Bryan. Also on the programme: we look through the winners and losers at…

  • Media Predictions 2022

    Media Predictions 2022

    Find out why our panel think this is the year for aVODs, a worrying time for 5live, the pressure off for Channel 4 and who will replace Andrew Marr.

  • Dacre’s OFCOM, ITV’s bounceback & BBC vs Stonewall

    Dacre’s OFCOM, ITV’s bounceback & BBC vs Stonewall

    Is Paul Dacre *really* going to be running OFCOM? That’s the question the sector is asking this week, after more leaks suggest Government meddling in the interview panel and process. Matt Deegan is joined by Faraz Osman (of TV indie Gold Wala) and Jack Davison (EVP, 3Vision) to discuss this and the rest of the…

  • Episode 100: Yet Another Culture Sec & A Sky High Bid

    <![CDATA[Media news and analysis with Olly Mann and guests radio producer Trevor Dann (Audio UK) & journalist and writer Tobi Oredein (Black Ballad). What does another new culture secretary mean for the industry? Who won the latest copyright battle between the internet giants and the EU? What will LBC do with Eddie Mair? Our panel…

  • Episode 98: Local TV, Dacre's legacy & hope for Audioboom

    <![CDATA[Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann and this week's guests Talkback's Leon Wilson and former Discovery exec Prof. Lis Howell. The panel discuss how Paul Dacre’s departure will affect the Daily Mail, what the secret sauce is in Love Island’s success, and allegations surrounding local TV provider ‘That’s TV’. Also on the programme, we…

  • Episode 75: Channel 4's hunt for the new Hunt

    <![CDATA[There’s a new chief executive at Channel 4 – media writer Maggie Brown, Faraz Osman (Lemonade Money) and Boyd Hilton (Heat Magazine) discuss the immediate challenges that Alex Mahon faces – not least finding a replacement for Jay Hunt. The panel also review the coverage of another unpredictable election campaign, with an unexpected win for…

  • Episode 73 – MacKenzie leaves The Sun, Crozier exits ITV

    <![CDATA[Election fever! Olly Mann is joined by Tara Conlan (the Guardian) and Lisa Campbell (Edinburgh TV Festival) to discuss the press and broadcasters’ plans now this snap election is well under way. Also on the programme: Kelvin MacKenzie is finally let go from his job at The Sun – is Murdoch cleaning up the place ahead…

  • Episode 68: How Long Will ITV Hold Their Nerve With The Nightly Show?

    <![CDATA[ITV called it the biggest shake-up to their schedule since the nineties – but with the Nightly Show halving its audience and News At Ten dropping under a million viewers, how long can they take such an expensive risk? Olly Mann is joined by Steve Ackerman (Somethin’ Else) and Holden Frith (theweek.co.uk) to discuss the…

  • Episode 62 – IMPRESS in Official Regulator Shocker – The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

    <![CDATA[The government-sponsored panel, set up after the Leveson inquiry, have chosen IMPRESS as the official press watchdog. Media writer Kate Bulkley and broadcaster Doton Adebayo join Olly Mann to discuss the impact of the decision. The panel also discuss culture secretary Karen Bradley’s new plan for Channel 4, the proposed buyout of Time Warner by…

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