01/12/2020
Gary Davey, CEO of Sky Studios, joins journalist Kirsty Wark in conversation as part of the RTS Digital Convention 2020.
Gary talks about doing his dream job, content in local and global markets and the way he’s working with the production community.
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01/12/2020
He said he would not emulate Netflix and Amazon who had respectively agreed exclusive contracts with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
“The idea of having a talent deal is dangerous,” said Davey, who singled out Sky’s I Hate Suzie, HBO's The Undoing and Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit as among his favourite current shows...
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18/11/2020
She joined YouTube in 2018 from global production giant Fremantle, where as CEO she oversaw international hits like the Idol franchise and X Factor.
“It’s very different to working in TV in a vast number of ways…YouTube speaks a different language…The first thing that hits you are the acronyms…
“What strikes most people when they come in...
17/11/2020
Jane Turton, CEO of All3Media, joins Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Head of YouTube, EMEA, in conversation as part of the RTS Digital Convention 2020.
Cecile and Jane discuss the differences in culture between tech companies and the more traditional production sector, the next generation of creatives, capturing audiences on tech platforms, and the challenges...
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21/10/2020
Professor Lord Ara Darzi, President of the British Science Association, spoke to Dr Alan Karthikesalingam, Research Lead at Google Health UK, in a fascinating encounter highlighting the work that Google has been doing since the spring in the fight against Covid-19.
With so much fake news concerning the pandemic available on the internet, Google...