The global pandemic wreaked havoc on the live music industry with global revenues falling some 75% in 2020 year-on-year.  No concerts, no fan engagement.  It was harsh.  But across the course of last year, artists have gone from playing pianos in their living rooms to performing in high-quality, ticketed live streams. The list included Gorillaz, Pete Tong, Foo Fighters and not forgetting Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 livestream drawing in an impressive 5 million viewers.

Find out more about the awards and see the full list of winners and nominees here

Click here to see the programme for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021

The awards, for both news and current affairs, seek to recognise creative and excellent journalism by organisations whose broadcasts are transmitted on a UK-based platform, or who create online video content from a UK production base.

Find out more about the awards here.

Join the RTS on Thursday 11 March as we ask Luke Hyams, Head of Originals EMEA at YouTube, what he is looking for, how trends and passions on the platform inform and inspire commissioned content, how YouTube Originals fits within the wider streaming community and just how YouTube truly becomes somewhere with something for everyone in a session hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, 6Music Film & TV Critic.

Hosted once again by Darren Altman, and with questions coming from across all 15 regions and nations, come and join us to test your knowledge of all things telly and be thoroughly entertained. Compete as a team or as an individual, we don’t mind so long as you sign up here – and it’s free!

With Deutschland 89, Anna and Jörg Winger conclude their Emmy Award winning 80s set political drama which has explored the fraught system that divided Germany from the end of WWII through to the fall of the Berlin Wall. At the heart of this thrilling, action packed, and at times very funny, trilogy has been series lead Martin Rauch, played boyishly by Jonas Nay. Beginning the story as a young East German border agent, coerced into life as a double agent by his Stasi agent aunt Lenora, Martin ends up a world hero and international superspy.

By the end of the session you’ll know how to get in the interview zone, how to effectively prepare and present yourself with confidence. The session will also cover online interviews and how to stand out from the crowd and sell yourself on screen. 

Please note that this is an interactive workshop that will require your participation to get the most out of the hour. 

This workshop has limited places so book now to secure your spot!  

During this event, moderated by Manori Ravindran, International Editor, Variety, Kate will discuss VICE Studios global content strategy. With global content spend increasing from traditional broadcasters to the streamers and emerging players in SVOD, Kate will reflect on the past year for VICE Studios and ambitions for 2021. From recent moves into developing premium unscripted content, how VICE Studios' is shaped by VICE's global digital reach and how to create content that resonates with younger audiences.

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