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TellyCast: The content industry podcast — 264 episodes

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How Micro Drama Is Rewriting TV: COL Group’s Timothy Oh on the Future of Vertical Storytelling

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How Spirit Studios Is Building a Digital-First Super Indie

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How TV Producers Can Actually Make Money in Digital

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Why micro-dramas exploded in China

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The Secret Digital Producers

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Micro Drama, Vertical Storytelling and the New Scripted Economy

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Steve Ackerman: The Future of Audio, Video and the New Podcast Economy

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The State of Digital-First in 2025 and What Comes Next in 2026

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How Brands Become Broadcasters: Joe Churchill on Branded Entertainment, Creators and the Future of Social Video

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Sam Barcroft: News, Creators and the Big Reset Coming to Media in 2026

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How Digital-First Studios Are Rewriting the Rules | Live from TellyCast Digital Content Forum 2025

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Micro Drama: Fad or the Future? | Live from TellyCast Digital Content Forum 2025

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Colin Furze, Dose of Society & Eline van der Velden at Web Summit 2025

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Thom Gulseven on Strong Watch, Channel 4 and the Future of Social Video

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TellyCast at MIPCOM (Part 3) - Warren Brown, Joe Churchill, Luci Sanan, Robbie Lyle & more

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TellyCast at MIPCOM (Part 2) - Cecile Olsen, Matt Campion, Gerrit Kemming, Gary Woolf & more

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TellyCast at MIPCOM (Part 1) — Jodie Whittaker, Emily Atack, Nella Rose, Holywater, Shaftesbury and more

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Shaun Evans on Betrayal – Inside ITV Studios’ New Spy Thriller

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Inside ITV Studios’ 2025 Slate with Julie Meldal-Johnsen

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The Next Wave of Documentaries with Ben Zand and Donata von Perfall

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Kimmel, C4 CEO search, BBC's Reform coverage, Baywatch reboot and is C5 losing it's way?

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YouTube’s TV Takeover: Ben Woods on Social Video, Streaming Shifts & The New Hollywood

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How Spud Gun Studios Took Mashed Independent and Built a Digital-First Powerhouse

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5 Things Every Content Producer Needs To Know About Brand-funded Content

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Dhanny Joshi on Building Big Deal Films and the Future of Social Video

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Endangered Species? Ofcom’s Cristina Nicolotti Squires on Saving Public Service Media

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Taf Makopa: Creator-Led Formats & The Future of Social Video

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How Komi Group’s Andrew Trotman Is Scaling the Creator Economy

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How Hayley Morris Built a 9 Million Strong Social Video Audience

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Jimmy Mulville & Peter Fincham on the State of UK TV, YouTube’s Rise and the Future of Comedy

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Inside Latin America’s Unscripted Boom – Live from Conecta

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Inside the First TellyCast Digital Video Awards | Highlights, Winners & Red Carpet Reactions

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How Hearst Networks UK Is Building a Scalable Social Video Strategy

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Max Fosh: Building a Creator Business (Without Chasing TV Deals)

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Inside MTV’s Digital-First Strategy with Amie Parker-Williams

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Rebuilding from the Brink: Danny Fenton on Reinventing Zig Zag and the Future of TV

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How to Work with Digital Commissioners and Succeed in Social Video | Live from TellyCast How to Make Money in Digital

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Inside Channel 4.0: Evie Buckley on Digital Commissioning and Creator Culture

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The Future of AI in TV Production with Particle 6's Eline Van Der Velden

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Zoo 55's Martin Trickey

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Dom Joly on 25 Years of Trigger Happy TV

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ITV Studios London Screenings Special

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TheSoul Publishing's Victor Potrel

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Is the UK's TV Commissioning System Still Fit for Purpose? | TellyCast Podcast

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Platforms for Growth; TikTok, Snapchat & Twitch | TellyCast Digital Content Forum

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Channel 4's Matt Risley | TellyCast podcast

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Sweating the Small (Big!) Stuff - TellyCast Digital Content Forum Panel

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The Traitors Controversy & AI’s Revolution in TV

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TellyCast: Best of 2024 – Iconic Guests, Major Moments & Industry Insights | TellyCast Podcast

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Why Spain is the New Hotspot for Global Productions: Insights from ICEX and Palma Pictures | TellyCast Podcast

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Backstage at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum: Insights from Digital Leaders | TellyCast Podcast

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Episode 212 - Nicola Shindler | TellyCast podcast

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Shark Teeth Films: Tom Mudd & Adrian Carter Discuss Thriving in Unscripted Television | TellyCast Podcast

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Digital Docs panel - TellyCast Digital Content Forum 24 | TellyCast Podcast

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After Party Studios' Joshua Barnett | TellyCast Podcast

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Brand Funded Programming at MIPCOM 2024 | TellyCast Podcast

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MIPCOM 2024 featuring Slash, Evan Shapiro & more | TellyCast Podcast

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MIA 2024 | TellyCast Podcast

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Benjy Leslie | TellyCast Podcast

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Dr Howard Fine | TellyCast Podcast

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Jeff Wachtel & Elisa Carbonell | TellyCast Podcast

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Kellie Shirley | TellyCast Podcast

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Ben Zand | TellyCast Podcast

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Nicola Shindler & Camilla Lewis | TellyCast Podcast

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Joe Sugg | TellyCast Podcast

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Remy Blumenfeld | TellyCast Podcast

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Seen.TV'S Yusuf Omar | TellyCast Podcast

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The Future of Digital Branded Content | TellyCast Podcast

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Lord of the Rings' Billy Boyd & Dom Monaghan | TellyCast Podcast

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What Broadcasters Want in Brand Funded Entertainment | TellyCast Podcast

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How to Produce Factual TV with Dylan Weiss | TellyCast Podcast

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Conecta Fiction & Entertainment #8 | TellyCast Podcast

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The Secret Producers | TellyCast Podcast

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Crowdfunding content with Legion M's Paul Scanlan | TellyCast Podcast

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TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit - Part 2 | TellyCast Podcast

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Effective media spending and revenue generation on YouTube | TellyCast Podcast

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TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit - Part 1 | TellyCast Podcast

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Multichannel YouTube Strategy for IP Owners | TellyCast Podcast

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TellyCast Brand Funded Entertainment Summit @ Advertising Week Europe Preview

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Get Your YouTube Content Noticed with Little Dot Studios' Graham Swallow | TellyCast podcast

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Digital Media and AI consultant Dan Taylor-Watt | TellyCast Podcast

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YouTube for TV Producers with Little Dot Studios' James Loveridge | TellyCast Podcast

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The Last MIPTV | TellyCast Podcast

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September Films' founder David Green | TellyCast Podcast

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SXSW Part 2 | TellyCast Podcast

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The Ethics of AI in the TV industry | TellyCast Podcast

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SXSW 2024 Special | TellyCast Podcast

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Omid Djalili | TellyCast Podcast

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Top 10 Global TV Industry Market Countdown | TellyCast Podcast

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'The Sidemen Story' Director Luke Hyams | TellyCast Podcast

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Episode 173 - Banijay Rights CEO Cathy Payne - TellyCast Talks

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Episode 172 - Best AI Tools for TV & Content Industry Producers

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Episode 171 - 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' producer Patrick Spence

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Episode 170 - Nutopia’s Jane Root

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Episode 169 - Fulwell 73's Leo Pearlman

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Episode 168 - Evan Shapiro

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Episode 167 - TheSoul Publishing's Michael Boccacino

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Episode 166 - Raw's Chiara Messineo & Zig Zag's Danny Fenton

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Episode 165 - TriForce Creative Network's Fraser Ayres & broadcaster Yasmin Hai

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Episode 164 - BBC Studios' Jasmine Dawson & Nat Poulter

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Episode 163 - TikTok's Ed Lindeman

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Episode 162 - Jungle Creations' Mel Chapman & Quintus Studios' Adam Jacobs

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Episode 161- MIA 2023 special

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Episode 160 - MIPCOM 2023 special

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Episode 159 - Banijay Rights’ Matt Creasey & Vice's Bea Hegedus

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Episode 158 - MIPCOM's Lucy Smith & Multistory Media's Ana De Moraes

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Episode 157 - Connected TV and advertising

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Episode 156 - Top AI tools for TV producers

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Episode 155 - Zig Zag's Danny Fenton

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Episode 154 - Chalkboard TV/ Clapperboard Studios' Mike Benson

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Episode 153 - Edinburgh TV Festival 2023 Special

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Episode 152 - VR & Immersive Entertainment Special

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Episode 151 - Armoza Formats' Avi Armoza

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Episode 150 - Tilt Media's Chris Hilton & United Heroes' Pavel Cherepin

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Episode 149 - Conecta Fiction & Entertainment Special

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Episode 148 - Banijay's Carlotta Rossi Spencer & WARC's James McDonald

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Episode 147 - Sunnyside of the Doc - The Octopus Strategy panel

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Episode 146 - Nelonen Media's Lasse Nikkari

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Episode 145 - BECTU/ UTVU's Viki Carter and James Taylor

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Episode 144 - Talented People's Kimberly Godbolt

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Episode 143 - Sunny Side of the Doc's Mathieu Bejot

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Episode 142 - Small World IFT's Tim Crescenti

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Episode 141 - PACT Content 3.0 panel

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Episode 140 - Roku's Tom Price

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Episode 139 - MIPTV 2023 Special

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Episode 138 - Argonon's James Burstall

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Episode 137 - Series Mania Forum 2023

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Episode 136 - MIPTV 2023 Preview with Lucy Smith

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Episode 135 - Fremantle's Jens Richter, WeltN24's Ulrike Brandt & Karsten Schrader & Quintus Studios' Gerrit Kemming

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Episode 134 - Harry Potter's James & Oliver Phelps and Dash Pictures' Daniel Sharp

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Episode 133 - Monrae Management's Elspeth Rae

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Episode 132 - Keller Noll's Dave Noll

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Episode 131 - Brandon B

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Episode 130 - MyCo's Phil McKenzie

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Episode 129 - Realscreen Summit 2023 Special

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Episode 128 - Focus on Austria & Realscreen Summit preview

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Episode 127 - Dr Alex Connock

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Episode 126 - TellyCast Digital Content Forum Special

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Episode 125 - Science Congress special

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Episode 124 - BBC Studios' Chris Allen & Cowshed's Matt Ford

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Episode 123 - Science Congress' Paul Lewis & Banijay's Amelia Hartley

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Episode 122 - Broadcasting and diversity expert Aaqil Ahmed

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Episode 121 - LADbible's Thom Gulseven, BBC Studios' Helen Pendlebury & Legendary TV's Anne Thomopoulos

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Episode 120 - MIPCOM & MIPJUNIOR 2022 Special (Part Two)

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Episode 119 - MIPCOM & MIPJUNIOR 2022 Special (Part One)

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Episode 118 - MIPCOM/ MIPJUNIOR 2022 Preview

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Episode 117 - Intertalent's Alex Segal

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Episode 116 - A+E Networks' Heather Jones & The Sidemen manager Jordan Schwarzenberger

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Episode 115 - Banijay's Lucas Green and RX Global's Lucy Smith

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Episode 114 - Broadcast's Chris Curtis

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Episode 113 - King of Sunshine's Sohail Shah & Rockerdale's Stu Richards

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Episode 112 - Channel 4's Lee McMurray

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Episode 111 - Edinburgh TV Festival Special

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Episode 110 - Edinburgh TV Festival Preview

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Episode 109 - Cannes Lions Special

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Episode 108 - SVT's Mikael Osterby & SBS's Krishan Arora

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Episode 107 - MIFA Annecy Animation Special

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Episode 106 - NEM Dubrovnik Special Show

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Episode 105 - Sunnyside of the Doc Preview Show

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Episode 104 - NEM Dubrovnik Preview Show

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Episode 103 - TellyCast Content Funding Festival - Co-production Evolved panel

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Episode 102 - TellyCast Content Funding Festival - The NFT & Blockchain panel

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Episode 101 - TellyCast Content Funding Festival - The New Funding Models panel

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Episode 100 - TellyCast Content Funding Festival - Brand Funded Programming 2.0 panel

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Episode 99 - TellyCast Content Funding Festival preview

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Episode 98 - Kateryna Vyshnevska & Gregoire Polad

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Episode 97 - MIPTV Special

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Episode 96 - MIPTV Preview Show

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Episode 95 - Series Mania Special

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Episode 94 - Dozht TV (TV Rain)'s Vera Krichevskaya

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Episode 93 - Film UA's Kateryna Vyshnevska (speaking from Kyiv)

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Episode 92 - Woodcut Media's Kate Beal & marblemedia's Mark Bishop

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Episode 91 - TV Format Theft Dispute Special

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Episode 90 - MIPTV's Lucy Smith & XUMO's Anthony Layser

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Episode 89 - LADbible’s Alex Morris & Vincent Productions' Vincent ter Voert

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Episode 88 - PBS Channels' Richard Kingsbury & WildEarth TV's Graham Wallington

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Episode 87 - TF1's Julien Degroote & Asacha Media Group's Marina Williams

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Episode 86 - 7A Media's Cesar Diaz & Prensario's Fabricio Ferrara

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Episode 85 - Hayley Babcock, Alliant Content’s Greg Diefenbach, TBI’s Richard Middleton & director Nick Hardie

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Episode 84 - NATPE's JP Bommel & TV presenter and format creator Tim Shaw

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Episode 83 - NFTS's Dr Jon Wardle & Dominion of Drama's Jeff Norton

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Episode 82 - Future Studios' John Farrar, Adam Wishart & The Production Guild's Prof. Lyndsay Duthie

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Episode 81 - Richard Melman & Vuele's Cameron Chell

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Episode 80 - Dougray Scott, Irvine Welsh & Buccaneer's Richard Tulk-Hart

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Episode 79 - ScreenHits.TV's Rose Hulse & career coach Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 78 - COP26 special with Albert's Carys Taylor

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Episode 77 - Spirit Studios' Matt Campion & Metaphysic's Chris Ume

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Episode 76 - Zespa Media's Jean Dong, Free@Last's Barry Ryan & The Uncertainty Expert's Sam Conniff

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Episode 75 - MIPCOM special - Virginia Mouseler, Samuel Kissous, Larry Bass, Loren Baxter & Lucy Smith

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Episode 74 - MIPCOM preview - Lucy Smith, Jan Salling, Claire Hungate & Amanda Groom

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Episode 73 - Roku's Mirjam Laux, South Shore's Melanie Leach & Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 72 - Hannah Demidowicz & Quintus Studios' Gerrit Kemming

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Episode 71 - Dorothy Byrne

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Episode 70 - NEM Special with Star Media, TV2, BossaNova, NAGRA & Omdia

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Episode 69 - NEM's Sanja Božić Ljubičić & TBI's Richard Middleton

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Episode 68 - Digital UK's Jonathan Thompson & Purely's Wayne Marc Godfrey

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Episode 67 - Pact's John McVay & burnout expert Jennifer Moss

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Episode 66 - Channel 4's Simon Wells, Fremantle's Sam Glynne & K7Media's Clare Thompson

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Episode 65 - Vice Studios' Kate Ward & leadership coach David Lancefield

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Episode 64 - YouLook.tv's David Smyth & Drive's Lilla Hurst

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Episode 63 - Sky Studios' Bee Devine & BAFTA albert's Katy Murdoch

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Episode 62 - Struum's Kerry Ball & London International Smartphone Festival's Adam Gee

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Episode 61 - IMG Media's Charles Balchin & Evan Shapiro

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Episode 60 - True Royalty TV's Gregor Angus, Banff World Media Festival's Jenn Kuzmyk & Fasttrack to Fearless's Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 59 - Charisma.ai's Guy Gadney, Rockerdale Studios' Michelle Singer & Analyst Ian Whittaker

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Episode 58 - Reliance Entertainment's Shibasish Sarkar, 'The Pitch Doctor' Paul Boross & CC Lab's Jason Hocking

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Episode 57 - Two Rivers Media’s Alan Clements & Create Anything’s Stewart Kyasimire

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Episode 56 - Possessed's Adam MacDonald, UKTV's Philippa Collie Cousins & TBI's Richard Middleton

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Episode 55 - Spice Girl Mel B, Edinburgh TV Festival's Stewart Clarke, Informa's Patricia Arescy & Workshare Consulting's Jonathan Broughton

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Episode 54 - Author & podcaster Bruce Daisley, Director Alex Parkinson & wellbeing expert Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 53 - Broadcaster Gabriel Clarke, Digital TV Europe's Stuart Thomson & Freesat's Alastair Thom

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Episode 52 - K7 Media's Gary Carter, Consultant Liz McIntyre & Sound Editor Emma Butt

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Episode 51 - Broadcaster Mark Mardell, The Drum/ I’s Ian Burrell, Indigo Talent’s Jude Thompson & Scorpion TV’s David Cornwall

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Episode 50 - Off The Fence's Bo Stehmeier, UKTV's Pete Thornton, Humble Bee's Stephen Dunleavy & Curious Films' Dov Freedman

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Episode 49 - Insight TV's Arun Maljaars, K7 Media's Clare Thompson, Apex Content's John Nolan & Analyst Ian Whittaker

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Episode 48 - All3Media's Sara Geater, Icon Films' Laura Marshall, Curve Media's Camilla Lewis & WFTV's Liz Tucker

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Episode 47 - Richard Hammond, Samsung’s Ollie Davies & Sky’s Shirley Jones

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Episode 46 - Reed Midem's Lucy Smith, Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg & Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 45 - BBC Studios' Sumi Connock, WFTV's Katie Bailiff & TBI's Richard Middleton

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Episode 44 - Channel 5's Daniel Pearl, Meggie Foster, Bomanbridge's Sonia Fleck & White Spark Pictures' Briege Whitehead

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Episode 43 - UKTV's Helen Nightingale, MENA.TV's Nick Grande & Roya TV's Fares Sayegh

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Episode 42 - Spring Films' Andre Singer, Drive's Lilla Hurst, Jason Fox & Realscreen's Barry Walsh

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Episode 41- ITV News' Sophie Alexander, Omdia's Maria Rua Aguete & Paige Albiniak

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Episode 40 - Kate Bulkley, Jan Salling, Evan Shapiro & Robin Parker

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Episode 39 - Jeff Ford, Peter White, Girts Licis & Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 38 - Ipsos MORI's Ben Page, Workshare's Jonathan Broughton & wellbeing expert Tracy Forsyth

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Episode 37 - ShinAwiL's Larry Bass & Realscreen's Barry Walsh

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Episode 36 - Broadcaster Mark Mardell & Producer/ Professor for TV Evan Shapiro

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Episode 35 - Michael Epstein & Ed Sayer

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Episode 34 - Lionsgate's Marc Lorber & Wild Sheep Content's Erik Barmack

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Episode 33 - YouTube's Luke Hyams & Jukin Media's Jonathan Skogmo

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Episode 32 - Nat Geo Wild's Janet Han Vissering, Waterbear Network's Ellen Windemuth & Wildscreen's Laura Marshall

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Episode 31 - Access Entertainment's Danny Cohen & Moore Kingston Smith's Val Cazalet

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Episode 30 - Buccaneer Media's Richard Tulk-Hart & Federation Entertainment's David Michel

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Episode 29 - MIPCOM Day Three with Deadline's International Editor Jake Kanter

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Episode 28 - MIPCOM Day Two with Broadcast's International Editor John Elmes

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Episode 27 - MIPCOM Day One with Variety's International Editor Manori Ravindran

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Episode 26 - MIPCOM preview with Paul Robinson

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Episode 25 - True Crime Network's John Ford & FirstLook TV's Will Hanrahan

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Episode 24 - CJENM's Diane Min & K7 Media's Clare Thompson

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Episode 23 - Two Wise Monkeys' Phil Fairclough & Alaska's Ian Lamarra

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Episode 22 - Producer Dries Verhaeghe & K7 Media's Girts Licis

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Episode 21 - Sat1's Kaspar Pflüger & DWDL's Thomas Lückerath

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Episode 20 - TV format expert Nathalie Wogue & Broadcast magazine's Jesse Whittock

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Episode 19 - Coronation Street's Iain MacLeod & Neighbours' Jason Herbison

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Episode 18 - Facebook's Toby Faulkner & Barcroft Studios' Sam Barcroft

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Episode 17 - Woodcut Media's Derren Lawford & Drive's Ben Barrett

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Episode 16 - Zig Zag Productions' Danny Fenton & PACT's John McVay

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Episode 15 - ITV Studios' Ruth Berry & Abacus Media Rights' Jonathan Ford

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Episode 14 - Globo's Angela Colla & Prensario's Fabricio Ferrara

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Episode 13 - History Hit's Dan Snow and Whisper Group's Jake Humphrey

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Episode 12 - Viasat World's Seniha Tunaboylu & Eccho Rights' Nicola Soderlund

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Episode 11 - Reed Midem's Laurine Garaude & CuriosityStream's Clint Stinchcomb

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Episode 10 - TV France International's Sarah Hemar & C21Media's Clive Whittingham

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Episode 9 - Insight TV's Arun Maljaars & Television Business International's Richard Middleton

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Episode 8 - All3Media International's Sabrina Duguet & The Bridge's Amanda Groom

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Episode 7- InterTalent's Jonathan Shalit OBE & Banijay Group's Carlotta Rossi Spencer

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Episode 6 - E! Entertainment Television's co founder Larry Namer & Variety's Manori Ravindran

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Episode 5 - Pact's Chief Executive John McVay OBE & Realscreen Publisher Claire Macdonald

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Episode 4 - Pluto TV's MD of Europe Olivier Jollet & C21Media's Editor in Chief and Co Founder David Jenkinson

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Episode 3 - BBC Studios Nordics/ co-chair of FRAPA Jan Salling & RTE Director of Acquisitions and Co-Productions Dermot Horan

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Episode 2 - A+E Networks UK VP of Programming Dan Korn & media commentator Kate Bulkley

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Episode 1 - Edinburgh TV Festival’s Stewart Clarke & Broadcast magazine’s Editor in Chief Chris Curtis

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