TellyCast: The TV industry news review

Episode 9 - Insight TV's Arun Maljaars & Television Business International's Richard Middleton

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Episode notes

Insight TV's Director of Content and Channels Arun Maljaars & Television Business International's Editor Richard Middleton join host and founder of Boom! PR Justin Crosby to discuss the latest developments in the global TV industry including content being pulled from networks post #BlackLives Matter, WaterBear's lunch plans and the BBC facing even more tighter budgets.

And we’ll find out who their Heroes of the Week are – and who or what they'll be telling to Get in the Bin!

Deadline’s Peter White joins us from Hollywood to give us the lowdown on this week’s US TV industry news.

And our research partner K7 Media’s Girts Licis gives us the analyst’s view on new trends on his world tour of production sets restarting and new formats being spawned.

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Richard's stories

https://tbivision.com/2020/06/11/ae-pulls-hit-cop-show-live-pd-in-wake-of-george-floyd-killing/#:~:text=US%20cabler%20A%26E%20has%20cancelled,death%20while%20in%20police%20custody.&text=%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20a%20critical%20time,Live%20PD%2C%E2%80%9D%20A%26E%20said.
https://tbivision.com/2020/06/12/bbc-facing-82m-shortfall-as-bbc-studios-dividend-not-going-to-happen/

Arun's stories
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/14/uk/london-blm-protester-injured-man-photo-trnd/index.html
https://realscreen.com/2020/06/15/zdf-enterprises-off-the-fence-backed-vod-waterbear-network-sets-fall-launch/

Peter's stories
https://deadline.com/2020/06/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-returns-production-covid-19-protocols-season-33-1202960103/
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/14/uk/london-blm-protester-injured-man-photo-trnd/index.html

Music by David Turner, lunatrax. Recorded in lockdown March 2020 by David Turner, Will Clark and Justin Crosby. Voiceover by Megan Clark.