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Google for Media

Google enables the dissemination of content through a wide range of services, from Cloud processing and storage to the Virtual Assistant, and of course the popular online video-sharing service that is YouTube. It’s also leading innovations in Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Google has kindly invited the RTS London Centre to its offices in Belgravia to hear about its latest developments in these areas and more. This is a fantastic opportunity to see what Google does in our industry and city. There will be refreshments and networking time before and after the main panel.

Building a Buzz 3: Social Media Masterclass

Join our panel of experts as they discuss, step by step, how diverse platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram work to boost audience engagement, along with the latest tools available for creating high quality shareable content.

This session is not to be missed if you want to: build your fan-base, engage your audience, and most importantly increase your viewing figures.

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Online TV - not just Netflix

With multi-million pound commissions the world of online TV may seem to be all about the big corporations but there are niches and more for smaller agile players. The challenge is how to build the right audience and the revenue streams to make them economically viable. Special interest channels, from horses to sailing, are starting to use online distribution to reach their audiences. While improvements in streaming technology are making business plan viable and the process easier, the potential audience still needs to know that you’re out there.

BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is currently undergoing its biggest ever expansion, adding twelve new language services and investing more into digital innovation, increasing its TV output and expanding its overseas operations.  The aim is make the BBC’s trusted news and content more accessible to audiences around the world – specifically, to reach 500 million people worldwide by the BBC’s 100th anniversary in 2022.

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – HOW IT’S MADE

With over 40 award wins it is one of the most decorated children’s shows of all time - four successive BAFTA’s and a Prix Jeunesse for best children’s show of the last 50 years

Join us for an evening with the creators of Horrible Histories - the producers, historians, writers, composers, and stars - as they talk us through what makes the show so unique, and what has kept it running into its 7th series. With plenty of discussion and clips to illustrate.