Report
20/10/2023
Local content offers a way forward for UK broadcasters and producers – in television, big is not always best. In the “new era of media”, claimed media cartographer Evan Shapiro during an effervescent presentation: “The user is in complete control of what they’re watching.”
Focusing on the big tech players that dominate his map of the most valuable...
20/10/2023
Introducing the first session of the Convention, Cambridge Chair and Channel 4 CEO, Alex Mahon, posed a stark question: “Is there simply too much content?”
And then a follow-up – “And with content as king, hasn’t distribution now become King Kong?” – before offering some typically honest answers.
“We’ve been in a frantic race for eyeballs,...
16/10/2023
Impartiality has been a bedrock of the UK’s broadcast news landscape for a century. But for many, it feels like the tide is turning. The lines between the personal and professional, between news and opinion, and between journalists, commentators, politicians and ordinary people are blurring. Live on air, news presenters have to make split second...
16/10/2023
AI has arrived but how does the broadcast industry work out what is game-changing and what is a threat to the creativity which defines us? How afraid should we be?
Chair
Nick Kwek, Technology Journalist, Filmmaker and BBC Presenter
Speakers
Grace Boswood, Technology Director, Channel 4
Tom Graham, CEO and Co-Founder, Metaphysic
Verity Harding,...
16/10/2023
In the broadcast industry we’re never short of bumps in the road, but how you handle them is key. Three experienced crisis managers give us the benefit of their experience in an evolving scenario which will test their skills.
Chair
John Gapper, Business Columnist, Financial Times
Speakers
Andy Coulson, Founder, Coulson Partners and Host, Crisis...