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John McVay: Facing the future of the indie sector

THURSDAY: BBC1 format remains broadly in line with previous week in quiet night for TV

Genre bosses from the BBC, ABC and CBC unpack the challenges of producing trusted, responsive and authoritative content

Flagship event will update Channel of the Year to encompass streaming services

John McVay: Facing the future of the indie sector
What makes a returning drama?
‘It’s not been a bed of roses’: How Black Doves creator Joe Barton’s career took flight
Killing it: Why The Assassin marks something new for Two Brothers
How to Survive a Warzone report reveals the missed opportunities to avoid a crisis

We need to move away from a TV vs YouTube mindset
Vevo’s Rich Brant says industry collaboration will be needed to truly take advantage of Barb’s YouTube insights
How TikTok helped Virgin Island become a viral hit
Channel 4’s Jonah Weston on a social campaign which outmanoeuvred prudish algorithms to draw in young viewers
Let’s put aside our fear of AI and find out what the limits are
While there are still so many unknowns around AI, we’ll only learn what audiences want by testing the water, says John Elmes

C4’s in-house production dilemma; The rapid rise of visualised podcasts; Hot Shots 2025

FilmLight tackles industry-wide subscriber fatigue with Nara
By Max Miller
Sponsored: Broadcast Tech looks at how FilmLight has expanded its media access tool into a wider platform
Gorilla seeks head of technology - post production, (Cardiff/Bristol)
Sponsored by Gorilla
Gorilla is a full service, end-to-end post production facility delivering hundreds of hours of content across all genres to UK and International Broadcasters, Streamers and Studios.
ITV Studios: bringing the entertainment for 70 years
Sponsored by ITV Studios
From island villas to jungle trials, gameshows to talent contests, ITVS is the powerhouse behind some of the world’s most successful formats
An online boost to training
Sponsored by ScreenSkills
The HETV Skills Fund’s e-learning series aims to offer tools, resources and support to aid career progression in the post-production sector
Twenty Questions: Elliot Reed
Sponsored by Abbas Media Law
Good TV founder on the perils of coaching Anne Robinson, working with Britney Spears and how he won’t be hiring his own son
Zoom-in magazine - Spring/Summer 2025
Sponsored by Abbas Media Law
Check out ABBAS Media Law’s latest issue of zoom-in, your essential round-up of media law and compliance news affecting broadcasters and indies