It's all about the sound

The RTS Lifetime Achievement Award was recently presented to Michael McCarthy, veteran Sound Designer whose career has spanned six decades, and a range of changing technologies.
Michael's credits include Doctor Who, Morecambe and Wise, Miss World, The Two Ronnies, Top of the Pops, Lennie Henry, Who Dares Wins, The National Lottery and many, many more.
Michael has delivered pristine sound on many iconic moments of TV, from 'Four Candles' and 'All the Right Notes But...' through to the strange microphone on Blankety Blank.

RTS Futures - ITV Talent Manager Q&A

The panel will advise on the current challenges facing entry level talent and how best to navigate an uncertain freelance landscape in the early stages of your career. This session will give you the chance to ask all your burning questions on what it takes to make it in the wonderful world of television.

The Panel

Cheryl Woodcock, Talent Executive - Entertainment and Possessed 

Rosalind Malthouse, Talent Executive at Multistory Media

Tracy Walker, Talent Executive at ITV Studios North

Nikki Ryan, Talent Manager at Multistory Media

TV's Global Game

How do our favourite gameshows and dramas make their way on to screens all around the world? Well, behind every TV mega-hit there’s a distribution team who have orchestrated the success and turned them into worldwide brands. And at every broadcaster, a team of acquisitions experts select the best shows to buy or invest in. In this webinar, leading figures in the UK lift the lid on how TV’s global game is played and how you can find your way in.

Chair - John Elmes is the International Editor at Broadcast

The Panel:

TV Brand Cut-through Re-envisioned: How do you find an audience in an increasingly cluttered video landscape?

The fight to be found, heard and consumed is getting more complicated for TV brands. Brand cut-through now means understanding digital platforms, mobile devices and where to find consumers; who in addition to traditional channels now also get their recommendations from friends on social media. This session will investigate how consumers are responding to all this choice, delve into what drives their choice, and investigate how both legacy TV and video brands are tackling the new world and expand their tool kits to stand out find audiences?

Panellists:

RTS Student Television Awards 2020 sponsored by Motion Content Group

The prestigious awards celebrate the best audiovisual work created by students, with an undergraduate and postgraduate winner both awarded in each category across Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Form.

Awards will also be presented in the following categories at the judges’ discretion: Camerawork, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing.