Edinburgh International Television Festival. Broadcaster June Sarpong MBE, Karen Blackett OBE (CEO, MediaCom), playwright Simon Stephens and Channel 4 exec David Glover all take to the stage to inspire and entertain you.
Episode 47 – Radiodays Europe 2016
Olly Mann presents a special edition of The Media Podcast with interviews from Radiodays Europe 2016. At the event in Paris radio consultant Paul Robinson speaks to presenter Jon Holmes – soon to be the new afternoon host of the relaunched TalkRADIO – and with LBC‘s Nick Ferrari who gives his thoughts on what makes good conversation on the radio.
Episode 46 – Channel 4 fights for Black Mirror
With the show’s producers signed up to Netflix, can Channel 4 keep hold of the first-look rights – and what does it mean for the relationship between broadcasters and indies? Olly Mann is joined by Leon Wilson (MD, Talkback) and Scott Bryan (Buzzfeed) to discuss this and the other top media stories.
Episode 45 – Leveson II, a promising dawn for New Day and Radio 2 Country pops up
John Whittingdale takes a break from Brexit to address the issues the matter to the media (and avoid a few others). Olly Mann talks loopholes and Leveson II with Faraz Osman (Managing Director, Lemonade Money) and Alex Hudson (Deputy Editor, metro.co.uk).
Listen now >Episode 45 – Leveson II, a promising dawn for New Day and Radio 2 Country pops up
Episode 44: The Death of Linear Everything
There’s uncertainty in traditional media as The Independent closes its print edition at the end of March, the BBC breaks down the barriers between TV, radio and online; Olly Mann is joined by Matt Deegan (Creative Director, Folder Media) and Professor Lis Howell (Director of Broadcasting, City University London) to explain what will happen next.
Episode 42 – The Media Podcast Predictions 2016
This time last year, Olly Mann sat down with the great and good of the media industry to find out what they thought would happen in 2015. In this special episode, not only do we hear their predictions for this year, but haul them over the coals for what they got right about the past twelve months.
Episode 41 – Would Channel 4 Survive Privatisation?
In our last show of 2015, Faraz Osman (MD, Lemonade Money) and broadcast consultant Paul Robinson discuss how privatisation might change Channel 4’s public service mission. Lord Grade thinks it will be for the better – and with record breaking tv advertising revenues predicted this year, could he be right?
Listen now >Episode 41 – Would Channel 4 Survive Privatisation?