Broadcast Newswrap

The power of the pod

The Newswrap welcomes TV producers and podcast pioneers Ian Lamarra and Darrell Brown this week to discuss the TV industry’s burgeoning relationship with the audio medium. 

The duo take international editor John Elmes through the opportunities for indies in the space, the dos and don’ts of podcasting and how the medium can prove an incredibly useful development tool for TV producers.

PSBs in peril?

The Newswrap is overjoyed to welcome Emmy Award-nominated director Jenny Ash this week, to discuss Channel 5's upcoming documentary on the Nuremberg trials. 

And in yet another busy news week, insight editor Jesse Whittock and senior reporter Max Goldbart come together to speak about the future of PSB - as third review is launched in the space of less than 12 months, and a 10-strong panel is assembled.  

All that, plus a smidgeon of 'What We've Been Watchin'', on this week's Broadcast Newswrap 

 

'Trump secretly loves us'

In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s an election taking place across the pond.

Apprentice star Donald Trump’s days in the White House may be numbered but this week the Newswrap is delighted to welcome one of his closest observers - ITV News Washington correspondent Robert Moore - who is in the midst of covering his fifth US election.

Robert takes us through the tumultuous task of charting the presidency of an extremely unpredictable business magnate, and gives us his thoughts on covering this week’s showdown with Joe Biden.

C4 Annual Report plus BBC impartiality backlash

A week is a long time in TV. Channel 4’s Annual Report was released on Thursday morning and it predicted a bounceback for the broadcaster, which has had a difficult Covid-19. 

In conversation with reporter Hannah Bowler, Enders Analysis chief operating officer and director of TV Gill Hind is on hand to give us all the insight as C4 looks forward to more positive times. 

And just a few hours after the Annual Report publication, the BBC’s long-awaited social media guidelines were immediately met with, well, confusion and a subsequent backlash. Senior reporter Max Goldbart has been digging deep and can provide us with some of the answers. 

Bye bye Quibi

After the dramatic news on Wednesday that Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s $2bn short form video experiment Quibi is to shut down, senior reporter Max Goldbart and insight editor Jesse Whittock postulate the reasons the project failed after just six months, forecasting what this might mean for the producers who won Quibi commissions. 

Meanwhile, international editor John Elmes sits down with Ampere Analysis research director Richard Broughton to talk Netflix’s Q3 results.

Mipcom special

It’s Mipcom week this week and while Cannes was a rather different sight than usual, the Newswrap’s John Elmes is still on hand to dissect all the latest happenings in the world of global distribution.

International TV guru John speaks to Max Goldbart about Netflix’s Ted Sarandos’ fiery keynote, along with all the biggest sales, while we have an exclusive interview with Mipcom organiser Reed Midem’s TV director Laurine Garaude. Laurine explains just how one puts on a remote event for a market that has traditionally been so reliant on its hustle and bustle.

Broadcast Newswrap #20 The Coalition for Change gets going

Last week saw the momentous first meeting of the industry-wide Coalition for Change, as 33 influential industries figures – hailing from the major broadcasters, industry bodies and freelancer groups – met via Zoom to discuss how to tackle bullying in the workplace.

This week, the Broadcast Newswrap catches up with Adeel Amini, the freelance producer whose tireless campaigning led to the creation of the coalition, to find out what went down. Adeel also tells Broadcast reporter Hannah Bowler how the initiative got off the ground and where he hopes it can take the UK production business.

Broadcast Newswrap #19 Charlie Brooker’s $100m Netflix deal and beyond

The TV landscape is changing more rapidly than ever and hundreds of millions of dollars are being splashed by the deep-pocketed streamers to secure top talent via ‘golden handcuffs’ deals.

This week, the Broadcast Newswrap is delighted to welcome one of the key figures in putting together some of these exclusive deals, ACF Investment Bank chief executive and president Thomas Dey, who guides us through Netflix’s $100m agreement with Black Mirror’s Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones. 

Broadcast Newswrap #18 Inside Broadcast's monthly move

After 61-years as a weekly publication, Broadcast Magazine has relaunched as a glossy monthly mag.

This week’s Newswrap sees insight editor Jesse Whittock joined by editor-in-chief Chris Curtis, who discuss the process behind putting together this momentous relaunch during lockdown, and what subscribers can expect. 

Meanwhile, senior reporter Max Goldbart has an exclusive interview with Lewis Arnold, the director and co-creator of ITV’s critical and ratings hit Des.

Broadcast Newswrap #17: BBC and Netflix in the spotlight

In this week’s Newswrap, reporter Hannah Bowler is joined by senior reporter Max Goldbart and international editor John Elmes to discuss the BBC's annual report and a government grilling for Sky and Netflix.