Laughter in a time of Lockdown
Launching a Comic Relief Marathon Telethon is a huge undertaking at any time – to tackle it in the middle of a major pandemic and a comprehensive lockdown seems like folly on a grand scale.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall: “If you don’t have prominence your content will not be found in this new digital world"
The Chief Executive of ITV said that the coronavirus epidemic had “brought home to a lot of people” the importance of having “a trusted [TV] source, [with no] disinformation”.
But she warned: “A lot of the stuff that goes on air would not be made if it wasn’t for the fact that there are public service broadcasters.”
McCall called for public service broadcasting, which is currently being reviewed by both media regulator Ofcom and the DCMS committee, to be treated fairly.
In conversation with Carolyn McCall | RTS Digital Convention 2020
Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV, joins Charlene White in conversation as part of the RTS Digital Convention 2020.
Carolyn discusses the importance of PSBs to audiences, BritBox and making on demand bigger and better, the returning market for advertising and how ITV is tackling diversity.
Watch the full session here.
2020 visions: the view from the DPP
Early in the last decade, a tsunami in Japan devastated the factory that supplied HDCAM-SR tapes - the format used to deliver most TV programmes. As people sought an alternative, the uptake of file-based production was accelerated. An informal organisation was formed - called the Digital Production Partnership - that seized on this opportunity to hasten the move to end-to-end digital, by creating a new file-based delivery specification.
In conversation with Carolyn McCall | RTS Digital Convention 2020
Carolyn discusses the importance of PSBs to audiences, BritBox and making on demand bigger and better, the returning market for advertising and how ITV is tackling diversity.
Find out more about the RTS Digital Convention 2020 here.
RTS Cymru ac S4C - RTS Cymru and S4C
Event Details:
Zoom a Facebook ac ar gael wedi’r digwyddiad ar YouTube - Zoom and Facebook and available to view afterwards on YouTube
Bydd cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael ar gyfer y sesiwn hwn.
Simultaneous interpretation will be available for this session.
Alex Mahon: How indies saved Channel 4 during lockdown
Speaking at the RTS Digital Convention 2020, Mahon recalled that in the spring when Britain was hit by the first wave of coronavirus: “Indies came to the rescue of Channel 4 and said ‘We’ll be flexible, we’ll work out how to produce in lockdown.’
“They said, ‘We have to delay this programme or we can’t make it or we’ve found a cunning way to make this programme.’”
She added: “Indies did incredible things and produced things cheaply.”
ITV News and the Isle of Man
The situation in the United Kingdom has seen various different levels of infection and lockdown but nothing can compare to the ITV Granada area which covers the highly infectious North West of England with the now Covid free Isle of Man.
The Royal Television Society are holding a special zoom conference event linking the Head of News Lucy West and Granada’s Isle of Man reporter Josh Stokes to explain how they are covering the story from both sides of the Irish Sea.
In conversation with Alex Mahon | RTS Digital Convention 2020
Working in continuing drama: Coronation Street and Emmerdale
How do you get your foot in the door on a show like Coronation Street or Emmerdale? In this RTS Futures session we meet the Runners, Production Secretaries and Assistant Directors that work all year round to bring us our weekday dose of fabulous drama. If you have aspirations to work in continuing drama and want to get the lowdown on what it takes to be part of the Coronation Street or Emmerdale production team then this RTS Futures session is for you!
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