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07/10/2025

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01/10/2025

“Don’t fear the creative process — it’s not a problem, it’s an opportunity.” 🎬✨

Eline van der Velden, founder of Particle6 and Xicoia, explains how building a AI production company gave her the freedom to bring her ideas to life — and why creativity is something to embrace, not avoid.

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01/10/2025

The Digital Content Forum 2025 has unveiled its next wave of speakers, including Katharina Gellein Viken, Jon Lloyd, Sam Barcroft, Sony’s Matt Ford, Georgie Holt, Mike Beale, Sonny McLean and Daniel Winner....

29/09/2025

Ben Zand’s Human takes documentaries direct to YouTube, betting on brand, access and empathy over TV commissioning....

Ben Zand Bets on Digital-First Docs with Bold New Series ‘Human’ Ben Zand’s Human takes documentaries direct to YouTube, betting on brand, access and empathy over TV commissioning.

23/09/2025

Disruption starts by looking worse. From YouTube to TikTok to AI video, underperformance becomes the foundation of future growth in the shifting media economy by Tamas Csak....

18/09/2025

YouTube has overtaken Netflix on TV screens. What does this mean for broadcasters? The Drop explores how social video is reshaping the new TV economy....

YouTube’s TV Takeover YouTube has overtaken Netflix on TV screens. What does this mean for broadcasters? The Drop explores how social video is reshaping the new TV economy.

10/09/2025

By any measure, Tom Jenkins has earned his moment. After more than a decade steering Mashed, the anarchic, fan-fuelled animation channel that has become a fixture of gaming culture, he and his partners at Spud Gun Studios have finally taken full ownership. Channel 4’s decision to step away from the brand might have spelled the end. Instead, Jenkins saw an opening. “We love Mashed. We love making the content. And we could see where it could go,” he told Justin Crosby on the TellyCast podcast. “I think in a lot of ways we’ve barely scratched its potential.”...

Spud Gun Studios stakes its claim in the new production economy Spud Gun Studios takes full ownership of Mashed, the hit gaming animation channel, and sets out bold plans for brand partnerships, FAST TV, Patreon and new original IP in the digital-first production economy.

02/09/2025

he distribution business is being reshaped by digital-first opportunities says Derek Dyson, Chief Commercial Officer at WTFN and Radar. From Total Distribution strategies to YouTube-native IP like Bondi Vet and Never Too Small, a new breed of digital distributors is redefining how content is monetised, managed and grown into global brands....

Digital has proved a much-needed game-changer for TV distributors The distribution business is being reshaped by digital-first opportunities says Derek Dyson, Chief Commercial Officer at WTFN and Radar. From Total Distribution strategies to YouTube-native IP like Bondi Vet...

28/08/2025

A behind-the-scenes look at how Quintus Studios built its Originals strategy from 2021 to today - producing premium documentaries on micro budgets, adapting to YouTube’s rise, and proving that with creativity and persistence, anything is possible....

If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish…? A behind-the-scenes look at how Quintus Studios built its Originals strategy from 2021 to today - producing premium documentaries on micro budgets, adapting to YouTube’s rise, and proving that with creativity and persist...

05/08/2025

BBC Studios Digital Brands team is looking for an inspirationally creative and practically grounded candidate to lead a new, unified digital content creation team. ...

Job opportunity | Head of Content Studio, Digital BBC Studios Digital Brands team is looking for an inspirationally creative and practically grounded candidate to lead a new, unified digital content creation team.

25/07/2025

🚨 “Public service media is an endangered species.”
That’s the stark warning from Ofcom’s Cristina Nicolotti Squires.

In this TellyCast interview, she breaks down:
📺 Why YouTube is now essential for public service broadcasters
⚠️ What’s holding traditional media back from digital transformation
🤖 How AI and misinformation are reshaping trust in content
📉 And why it’s time to stop treating digital platforms like second class screens

Whether you’re a creator, indie producer, or exec navigating the social video landscape, this conversation is packed with insight on what’s next for UK media.

🎙 Hosted by Justin Crosby
📍 Recorded in London
▶️ Watch the full interview now and join the debate.

25/07/2025

Cristina Nicolotti Squires doesn’t mince words. “Public service media is an endangered species,” she told TellyCast this week. And while that may sound dramatic, for anyone working in digital-first video, it’s just confirmation of what’s been obvious for years: the UK’s traditional broadcasters are still dragging their feet when it comes to playing where audiences already are - and that means YouTube, TikTok, and the platforms that drive modern media culture. As Ofcom’s Director of Broadcasting and Media, Nicolotti Squires has just delivered a six-point plan designed to prevent PSBs from fading into irrelevance....

Why PSBs must stop snubbing YouTube - or risk irrelevance Ofcom’s Cristina Nicolotti Squires tells TellyCast why UK public service broadcasters must embrace YouTube and digital-first strategies or risk becoming irrelevant in a world dominated by social video platforms li...