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| How to build a digital-first production company | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:40:13 | |
What does it really take to build a production company for the creator economy? This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by production strategist Bryony Hopkins, founder of BRYONY Ink, whose career spans the BBC, LADbible Group, Strong Watch Studios and FlightStory. Bryony has spent years designing production systems for creator businesses, broadcasters and digital-first studios, helping teams make premium content on lean budgets without sacrificing quality. The conversation explores why traditional TV production models often struggle in digital, how creators are building media companies, and why operational excellence is becoming a competitive advantage. Topics include: • Building production infrastructure for digital-first studios Whether you’re a TV producer, production executive, creator, commissioner or studio founder, this episode is packed with practical insights into how production is evolving in the digital-first era. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Is Hollywood Broken? Peter White on YouTube, Netflix and the Future of TV | 18 Jun 2026 | 00:39:56 | |
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by Peter White, Executive Editor at Deadline, for a wide-ranging conversation covering the biggest issues facing the global content business. Peter shares his perspective from Los Angeles on the changing fortunes of Hollywood, the impact of YouTube on traditional television, the future of late-night programming following Stephen Colbert’s departure from CBS, the economics of streaming, and why production companies need to rethink how they make and monetise content. The discussion explores major industry developments including the Paramount-Skydance deal, the rise of creator-led content, YouTube’s growing dominance in the attention economy, the future of unscripted television, and whether vertical drama is genuinely the next big thing or simply the latest industry fad. Peter also explains why he believes the next generation of media talent will emerge from YouTube rather than traditional television, reveals why Deadline has expanded into live events, and shares his thoughts on the future relationship between creators, broadcasters and streamers. A candid and insightful conversation about where television, social video and the wider creator economy are heading next. In this episode: • Is Hollywood really in crisis? TellyCast is the podcast exploring the future of television, social video and the creator economy. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Why micro-dramas exploded in China | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:36:41 | |
Justin Crosby speaks to Chinese micro-drama expert Wenwen Han, founder and CEO of the Short Drama Alliance, about how China built the world’s most advanced short-form drama economy. The conversation explores platform ecosystems on Douyin and WeChat, in-app payments versus ad-funded viewing, the rise of AI-generated “motion comics,” and what Western producers keep getting wrong about vertical drama. Han also shares her predictions for where the market expands next and why the US and India could be on the brink of major growth. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 170 - Nutopia’s Jane Root | 25 Jan 2024 | 00:41:50 | |
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| Episode 169 - Fulwell 73's Leo Pearlman | 18 Jan 2024 | 00:56:13 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 depressing rise of anti-semitism and his approach to an already turbulent 2024 in the content industry. Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel to check out our video content Connect with Justin on LinkedIn Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 168 - Evan Shapiro | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:40:50 | |
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| Episode 167 - TheSoul Publishing's Michael Boccacino | 07 Dec 2023 | 00:30:21 | |
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| Episode 166 - Raw's Chiara Messineo & Zig Zag's Danny Fenton | 30 Nov 2023 | 00:28:52 | |
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| Episode 165 - TriForce Creative Network's Fraser Ayres & broadcaster Yasmin Hai | 23 Nov 2023 | 00:47:58 | |
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| Episode 164 - BBC Studios' Jasmine Dawson & Nat Poulter | 15 Nov 2023 | 00:44:23 | |
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| Episode 163 - TikTok's Ed Lindeman | 09 Nov 2023 | 00:35:01 | |
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| Episode 162 - Jungle Creations' Mel Chapman & Quintus Studios' Adam Jacobs | 02 Nov 2023 | 00:47:03 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter Mel's Hero of the Week https://youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?feature=shared Adam's Hero of the Week https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/sofia-kourtesis-on-her-debut-album-madres-and-subverting-techno-perfectionism/ Adam's Get in the Bin https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/beatles-paul-mccartney-ai-song Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 161- MIA 2023 special | 26 Oct 2023 | 00:59:54 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 of Germany’s Calivison Network and Olivier Levard, director of Newen Digital. But before that we met with Marco Spagnoli, Deputy Director of MIA and Head of Doc & Factual to tell us a little more about the event. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| The Secret Digital Producers | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:43:38 | |
In this anonymous edition of TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by two experienced digital-first producers who speak candidly about the realities of building sustainable businesses in social video, YouTube and podcasting in 2026. They discuss why digital producers are suddenly in demand, how broadcaster strategies are changing, and why success on YouTube is far from guaranteed for traditional TV indies. The conversation digs into budget expectations, premium versus low-cost production models, the need for multi-skilled teams, and the growing importance of community building over single commissions. Rights and IP are a major focus, with the guests explaining how current broadcaster deals work, why ownership of audiences and channels matters, and what a future industry framework for digital-first production might look like. They also explore branded content pricing, fears of a race to the bottom, and whether new industry standards are needed to protect producers. The episode closes with predictions for the rest of 2026, including the impact of the BBC’s new digital initiatives, creator cross-overs into television, and what the next phase of the digital-first production economy could bring. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 160 - MIPCOM 2023 special | 19 Oct 2023 | 01:01:18 | |
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| Episode 159 - Banijay Rights’ Matt Creasey & Vice's Bea Hegedus | 12 Oct 2023 | 01:10:59 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 158 - MIPCOM's Lucy Smith & Multistory Media's Ana De Moraes | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:46:46 | |
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| Episode 157 - Connected TV and advertising | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:32:52 | |
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 adoption and what’s the the outlook for CTV and TV advertising as a whole? And when are things going to improve and we might see movement in commissioning from commercial broadcasters? Alex Brownsell from WARC is our guest on this week’s show. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 156 - Top AI tools for TV producers | 21 Sep 2023 | 01:00:33 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter 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 Artificial Intelligence right now in the content industry. Jason’s Top 10 AI tools; 9. Gamma: gamma.app 8. Imagine AI: www.imagine.art 7. Runway - Generation 2: runwayml.com 6. Pictory - pictory.ai 5. Kapwing: Kapwing.com 4. Google’s Duet AI for Workspace 3. AutoPod: autopod.fm 2. Tom’s Planner AI pilot: tomsplanner.com/ai-assist/ 1. Play HT: play.ht Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 155 - Zig Zag's Danny Fenton | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:31:39 | |
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. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 154 - Chalkboard TV/ Clapperboard Studios' Mike Benson | 07 Sep 2023 | 00:48:40 | |
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 built his business, the current state of the TV market and of course we get to find out his Hero of the Week and who or what he’s telling to Get in the Bin. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 153 - Edinburgh TV Festival 2023 Special | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:50:25 | |
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 Traitors. In conversation with Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 152 - VR & Immersive Entertainment Special | 27 Jul 2023 | 01:03:36 | |
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| Episode 151 - Armoza Formats' Avi Armoza | 20 Jul 2023 | 00:45:16 | |
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| Micro Drama, Vertical Storytelling and the New Scripted Economy | 22 Jan 2026 | 00:45:35 | |
Micro drama is one of the fastest-growing scripted formats in global digital video, and UK producers are only just beginning to understand its scale, speed and commercial potential. In this episode of TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by micro drama producer Samantha Sun from ReelForce to unpack how vertical, app-based scripted series really work. Samantha shares her journey from early Chinese-backed micro drama platforms to producing some of the biggest-budget vertical dramas made in the UK, and explains why this format is not a downgrade from television, but a fundamentally different production and monetisation model. The conversation explores how micro drama platforms acquire audiences through social video, why the first ten episodes matter more than anything else, how payment and revenue-share models actually function, and what UK TV producers often misunderstand when they approach the space with traditional assumptions. Samantha also addresses talent, diversity, AI in post-production, genre limitations, audience behaviour, and why micro drama is attracting serious attention from Hollywood, platforms, brands and investors. This is an essential listen for producers, commissioners, and digital-first studios trying to understand where scripted content is heading next. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 150 - Tilt Media's Chris Hilton & United Heroes' Pavel Cherepin | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:34:44 | |
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| Episode 149 - Conecta Fiction & Entertainment Special | 06 Jul 2023 | 00:40:10 | |
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. And we catch up with Beatrice Cavanillas, one of the senior team who organises Conecta Fiction & Entertainment. They're in conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 148 - Banijay's Carlotta Rossi Spencer & WARC's James McDonald | 29 Jun 2023 | 00:44:19 | |
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. In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 147 - Sunnyside of the Doc - The Octopus Strategy panel | 22 Jun 2023 | 00:42:10 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter The panelists are Sandrine Roustan, Managing Director of Belgian public service broadcaster RTBF’s Content Division. Future Studios’ Chief Creative Officer John Farrar, Roxane Rous, co Founder of French audiovisual group StudioFact and Thomas Arbez who leads Creation & Content at INA, the French National Audiovisual Institute - the repository of French radio and audiovisual archives. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 146 - Nelonen Media's Lasse Nikkari | 15 Jun 2023 | 00:33:32 | |
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| Episode 145 - BECTU/ UTVU's Viki Carter and James Taylor | 08 Jun 2023 | 00:40:52 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter This week I'm chatting with Viki Carter and James Taylor, TV freelancers and co chairs of the UTVU, the unscripted TV Union and part of Bectu, to discuss the issues facing unscripted freelancers and search for some solutions. In conversation with TellyCast's Justin Crosby. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 144 - Talented People's Kimberly Godbolt | 25 May 2023 | 00:50:10 | |
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| Episode 143 - Sunny Side of the Doc's Mathieu Bejot | 18 May 2023 | 00:21:09 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter We’re just 4 weeks away from this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France. On the show this week, we chat with Mathieu Bejot, Director of Strategy & Development at the international documentary industry’s premiere event to find out what delegates can expect at this years edition. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. https://www.bbcstudiossocial.com/ Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 142 - Small World IFT's Tim Crescenti | 11 May 2023 | 00:58:25 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter On the show this week, we chat with one of TV’s best known executives specialising in the buying and selling of TV formats. From discovering format juggernaut Dragons’ Den in 2002 to his more recent conversion of Korea’s Grandpa Over Flowers into the NBC top-rated Better Late Than Never, Small World TFI’s Tim Cresenti has been well and truly at the centre of the world’s formats business, with a global reputation for finding those hidden gems in unexplored markets. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 141 - PACT Content 3.0 panel | 04 May 2023 | 00:53:08 | |
The event was called Beyond the Box - Content 3.0 and designed to provide insights into digital content opportunities for TV producers. It was recorded at the Everyman Cinema in London’s King’s Cross last week and we’re playing back the panel recording for this week’s show. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Steve Ackerman: The Future of Audio, Video and the New Podcast Economy | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:34:18 | |
This week Justin is joined by Steve Ackerman, one of the UK’s leading audio execs and former EVP and Head of Global Podcasts at Sony Music. Steve talks through three decades of shaping audio, from starting in hospital radio to building Somethin’ Else into a major content studio before its acquisition by Sony. He explains why audio and video now need to work together, why podcasting is still early in its maturity cycle, how revenue models are evolving, and what traditional TV producers can learn from the podcast ecosystem. Steve also discusses his time in the US, why the market is more entrepreneurial, and why creators need to think beyond commissioning models to build real IP value. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 140 - Roku's Tom Price | 27 Apr 2023 | 00:30:30 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter Tom discusses streaming, FAST channels, how he’s planning to help build the business in the UK and the latest deals the company has struck. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Leeds. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 139 - MIPTV 2023 Special | 20 Apr 2023 | 01:18:39 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter And on this week’s show we're joined by producers Adrian Woolfe from Studio 1 and Sydney Gallonde from Make it Happen Studio. We also chat with Rakuten TV boss Cedric Dufuor and Banijay’s Shaun Keeble on the buzzy FAST channel space. And we catch up with ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry and RX France’s Lucy Smith with a round up from the market. Presented by Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 138 - Argonon's James Burstall | 30 Mar 2023 | 00:41:18 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 137 - Series Mania Forum 2023 | 23 Mar 2023 | 00:40:29 | |
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| Episode 136 - MIPTV 2023 Preview with Lucy Smith | 16 Mar 2023 | 00:22:09 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter It’s that time of the year for many in the TV industry to start turning their minds to Cannes as MIPTV is just over a month away. This week we’re previewing the reimagined 4 day event and reveal what TV execs can expect on la Croisette in April as RX France Entertainment's Director of Entertainment and MIPTV Director Lucy Smith sat down for a chat with Boom! PR's Justin Crosby. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 135 - Fremantle's Jens Richter, WeltN24's Ulrike Brandt & Karsten Schrader & Quintus Studios' Gerrit Kemming | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:47:00 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter TV industry programme buyers from around the world gathered in London last week for the latest iteration of the London Screenings showcase event. The world’s biggest international distributors showed off their latest programming catalogues across over 20 lavish events across the week. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 134 - Harry Potter's James & Oliver Phelps and Dash Pictures' Daniel Sharp | 02 Mar 2023 | 00:40:37 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter We have a double dose of Harry Potter magic on this week’s show as we welcome James and Oliver Phelps, famously known for portraying the mischievous Weasley twins in the film franchise together with Dash Pictures boss Daniel Sharp. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 133 - Monrae Management's Elspeth Rae | 23 Feb 2023 | 00:31:41 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter The commercial opportunities for content creators and IP are growing relentlessly as TV networks seek to bring young audiences to their channels. Brands, too are desperate to communicate with youth audiences via the talent they follow and the platforms they understand. Elspeth's Story of the Week TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 132 - Keller Noll's Dave Noll | 16 Feb 2023 | 00:46:49 | |
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| Episode 131 - Brandon B | 09 Feb 2023 | 00:38:09 | |
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| The State of Digital-First in 2025 and What Comes Next in 2026 | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:20:01 | |
In this special end-of-year episode of TellyCast, Justin Crosby looks back at 2025 and unpacks the structural shifts that have quietly but fundamentally reshaped the digital-first production economy. Drawing on reporting from The Drop, conversations on the podcast, and insights from TellyCast events throughout the year, the episode breaks down six defining trends: the rise of creator collectives as studio systems, the explosion of micro drama and vertical video, the maturation of vodcasting as a business model, YouTube’s dominance as the world’s leading AVOD platform, brands operating as broadcasters rather than advertisers, and AI becoming everyday production infrastructure rather than headline disruption. Justin then looks ahead to 2026, outlining how the industry is moving from speed to value, from publishing videos to building IP, and from chasing reach to prioritising audience loyalty. The episode explores why YouTube is now television, how brands are shifting towards funding entertainment rather than interrupting it, why social platforms have become the industry’s R&D engine, and how relevance is overtaking recency as the key performance driver. This episode is a clear-eyed assessment of where the digital-first industry stands, and what producers, creators, brands and studios need to focus on next to build sustainable businesses in the new production economy. Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 130 - MyCo's Phil McKenzie | 02 Feb 2023 | 00:37:20 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter My guest on this week’s TellyCast is Phil McKenzie, Chief Content Officer at MyCo, the Web3 platform formerly known as MContent. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in London. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 129 - Realscreen Summit 2023 Special | 26 Jan 2023 | 01:02:21 | |
Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Austin, Texas. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||
| Episode 128 - Focus on Austria & Realscreen Summit preview | 19 Jan 2023 | 01:24:12 | |
We kick off the New Year with a country focus on Austria, and I’m in Vienna for CIMIx, the industry event organised by trade promotion organisation Advantage Austria. My guests on this week’s show are Dinah Czezik-Muller Co-CEO at factual indie Terra Mater Studios, Philipp Böechheimer Managing Director at CANAL+ Austria, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Chairman of the Austrian professional Association for the film and music industry, Isabelle Welter of drama indie Whee Film and consultant Tony Gregory as we delve into the recent changes and opportunities in the Austrian content industry. Plus, we catch up with Realscreen’s Barry Walsh on what to expect at Realscreen Summit in Austin Texas, where we’ll also be recording a show next week. TellyCast is edited by Ian Chambers. Recorded in Vienna. Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark. Sign up to the free TellyCast newsletter Sign up for The Drop newsletter Enrol on the TellyCast Digital Bootcamp Buy tickets for the Digital Content Forum Subscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videos | |||