AI might be here, but it’s not about to develop the next big TV hit.
That was the message from UK industry execs during a panel on original IP in social video held at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum in London yesterday.
“When the AI conversation was first happening in our office, our development team spent weeks playing and plugging in various [AI tools],” said John Farrar, Chief Creative Officer at The Playboy Bunny Murders co-producer Future Studios.
“Lots of the ideas were on the surface interesting but in the end it naturally just wittered out. It just wasn’t there yet and it didn’t feel to us like AI is going to solve the problem of cracking the next big format. That’s still on us as humans. That may change but the ideas [it developed for us] felt derivative.”
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That was the message from UK industry execs during a panel on original IP in social video held at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum in London yesterday.
“When the AI conversation was first happening in our office, our development team spent weeks playing and plugging in various [AI tools],” said John Farrar, Chief Creative Officer at The Playboy Bunny Murders co-producer Future Studios.
“Lots of the ideas were on the surface interesting but in the end it naturally just wittered out. It just wasn’t there yet and it didn’t feel to us like AI is going to solve the problem of cracking the next big format. That’s still on us as humans. That may change but the ideas [it developed for us] felt derivative.”
“A Drake record wouldn’t be a Drake record if he hadn’t recorded it,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The second TellyCast Digital Content Forum is running this week at London’s BFI Southbank with BBC Studios, Meta, TikTok and Snapchat execs among the speakers.
Justin Crosby’s event, which brings together industry figures to discuss business opportunities in the digital-first content space, will run on Thursday (November 9), with an invite-only evening event following.
Among the speakers are BBC Studios SVP, Digital Consumer Engagement Jasmine Dawson, VP, Digital, Nat Poulter, and Director, Digital Content & Programming – Scripted, Madi Woodstock; Dan Biddle, Meta’s Entertainment Partnerships Lead, Northern Europe; Snapchat’s Head of UK Partnerships Lucy Luke; and TikTok’s Head of Entertainment and News Operations Ukin Ed Linderman.
Also on the bill are Banijay’s Chief Digital & Marketing Officer Damien Viel; Channel 4’s Senior Digital Commissioning Editor Laura Marks; ITV Studios MD Global Creative Mike Beale, and Sky’s Senior Influencer Lead, Tasha Harris. Execs from Quintus Studios, Eccho Rights,...
Justin Crosby’s event, which brings together industry figures to discuss business opportunities in the digital-first content space, will run on Thursday (November 9), with an invite-only evening event following.
Among the speakers are BBC Studios SVP, Digital Consumer Engagement Jasmine Dawson, VP, Digital, Nat Poulter, and Director, Digital Content & Programming – Scripted, Madi Woodstock; Dan Biddle, Meta’s Entertainment Partnerships Lead, Northern Europe; Snapchat’s Head of UK Partnerships Lucy Luke; and TikTok’s Head of Entertainment and News Operations Ukin Ed Linderman.
Also on the bill are Banijay’s Chief Digital & Marketing Officer Damien Viel; Channel 4’s Senior Digital Commissioning Editor Laura Marks; ITV Studios MD Global Creative Mike Beale, and Sky’s Senior Influencer Lead, Tasha Harris. Execs from Quintus Studios, Eccho Rights,...
- 11/6/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: YouTuber and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Joe Sugg is among the talent signed up to appear at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum in London later this month.
Online UK star Sugg recently launched Final Straw Productions and has branched out into acting, after finding fame online, where his YouTube channels have nearly 13 million subscribers. He appeared in the 2018 season of BBC One’s Saturday night show Strictly and is headed to the UK event, which takes place on November 30.
He’ll be appearing alongside execs from Meta, Snap, Channel 4, Itvx and BBC Studios, plus new UTA Emea brand clients exec Samantha Glynne, whose move from Fremantle Deadline recently revealed, and the manager of social media stars The Sidemen at the event, which takes place at BFI Southbank, home of the London Film Festival. The conference focuses on digital-first content and is being held for the first time by...
Online UK star Sugg recently launched Final Straw Productions and has branched out into acting, after finding fame online, where his YouTube channels have nearly 13 million subscribers. He appeared in the 2018 season of BBC One’s Saturday night show Strictly and is headed to the UK event, which takes place on November 30.
He’ll be appearing alongside execs from Meta, Snap, Channel 4, Itvx and BBC Studios, plus new UTA Emea brand clients exec Samantha Glynne, whose move from Fremantle Deadline recently revealed, and the manager of social media stars The Sidemen at the event, which takes place at BFI Southbank, home of the London Film Festival. The conference focuses on digital-first content and is being held for the first time by...
- 11/14/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fewer than one in 10 executives working across the international TV industry wants to go back to full-time office work following the pandemic, and 60% think in-person industry events should require Covid-19 testing, a new survey has found.
The inaugural Content Industry Monitor from podcast TellyCast and fledgling agency WorkShare Consulting surveyed around 500 people from the industry, with its results serving as a timely litmus test for how individuals feel about returning to work and live events. Those surveyed — around half of whom are based in the U.K. — worked in production and production-adjacent companies, as well as distributors, streamers, broadcasters, format developers and research/trade press.
The survey found that just 9% of executives want to go back to offices on a full-time basis. Instead, the vast majority of industry office workers want a balance in working environments, with 26% of respondents preferring either 3 days per week or 2 days a week (21%) back in their regular pre-pandemic office space.
The inaugural Content Industry Monitor from podcast TellyCast and fledgling agency WorkShare Consulting surveyed around 500 people from the industry, with its results serving as a timely litmus test for how individuals feel about returning to work and live events. Those surveyed — around half of whom are based in the U.K. — worked in production and production-adjacent companies, as well as distributors, streamers, broadcasters, format developers and research/trade press.
The survey found that just 9% of executives want to go back to offices on a full-time basis. Instead, the vast majority of industry office workers want a balance in working environments, with 26% of respondents preferring either 3 days per week or 2 days a week (21%) back in their regular pre-pandemic office space.
- 4/23/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Reed Midem head of television Laurine Garaude joined presenter Justin Crosby on TV industry news review podcast TellyCast where the two discussed the current state of Mipcom, set to be one of the first major global marketplaces to return to an in-person format when it kicks off in Cannes this October.
Predictably, much of the conversation focused on health and safety concerns, and Garaude outlined some ways Mipcom is adapting, while acknowledging that other changes are likely to come in the intervening months.
Traffic flow in the exhibition hall will be regulated and additional entrances and exits added. Conference halls will be limited to 50% capacity and cleaned and sterilized for 45 minutes between presentations. Facemasks will be mandatory and hand sanitizer will be widely available. Face-to-face meetings are being redesigned to allow for one-meter social distancing, as are all areas where queuing may be necessary.
Garaude also said there won’t be any major social events,...
Predictably, much of the conversation focused on health and safety concerns, and Garaude outlined some ways Mipcom is adapting, while acknowledging that other changes are likely to come in the intervening months.
Traffic flow in the exhibition hall will be regulated and additional entrances and exits added. Conference halls will be limited to 50% capacity and cleaned and sterilized for 45 minutes between presentations. Facemasks will be mandatory and hand sanitizer will be widely available. Face-to-face meetings are being redesigned to allow for one-meter social distancing, as are all areas where queuing may be necessary.
Garaude also said there won’t be any major social events,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Mipcom organizer Reed Midem has provided an insight on the work it is doing to make sure the annual TV market can go ahead safely in October, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the world.
Laurine Garaude, the director of Reed Midem’s television division, said her team is “extremely motivated” to stage the Cannes event on October 12-15, saying they “feel more strongly than ever how important it is to support the industry.”
She was bullish about its prospects of going ahead. Garaude said “Europe is doing much better now” in terms of containing Covid-19 and that the French government will start allowing events of more than 5,000 people to take place from September. She added that Reed Midem is working closely with Cannes authorities to ensure people are safe during their visit to the French city, including in hotels and restaurants.
Speaking to the TellyCast podcast, Garaude...
Laurine Garaude, the director of Reed Midem’s television division, said her team is “extremely motivated” to stage the Cannes event on October 12-15, saying they “feel more strongly than ever how important it is to support the industry.”
She was bullish about its prospects of going ahead. Garaude said “Europe is doing much better now” in terms of containing Covid-19 and that the French government will start allowing events of more than 5,000 people to take place from September. She added that Reed Midem is working closely with Cannes authorities to ensure people are safe during their visit to the French city, including in hotels and restaurants.
Speaking to the TellyCast podcast, Garaude...
- 7/2/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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