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TellyCast: The content industry podcast
A weekly podcast featuring opinionated international content industry business leaders joining Justin Crosby to discuss the week's top industry news stories. In each episode we discuss key business developments around the world and look forward to the big moments in the week ahead. New episode every Thursday.
Episodes
248 episodes
TellyCast at MIPCOM (Part 1) — Jodi Whittaker, Emily Atack, Nella Rose, Holywater, Shaftesbury and more
TellyCast is back in Cannes for Day One of MIPCOM 2025 — bringing you the biggest new shows, the freshest formats, and the digital-first innovators transforming the global content business.Justin Crosby talks to Jodie Whittaker an...
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Season 10
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Episode 247
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1:40:21
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Shaun Evans on Betrayal – Inside ITV Studios’ New Spy Thriller
Actor Shaun Evans and executive producer Tom Leggett join Justin Crosby on TellyCast to discuss Betrayal — ITV Studios and Mammoth Screen’s gripping new espionage drama.Best known for Endeavour, Shaun takes on a very di...
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Season 10
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Episode 246
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26:56
Inside ITV Studios’ 2025 Slate with Julie Meldal-Johnsen
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by ITV Studios EVP of Global Content, Julie Meldal-Johnsen, for an exclusive preview of the company’s 2025 MIPCOM slate. From high-stakes thrillers like Frauds and Betrayal, to s...
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Season 10
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Episode 245
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28:08
The Next Wave of Documentaries with Ben Zand and Donata von Perfall
In this week’s TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by filmmaker Ben Zand and Documentary Campus CEO Donata von Perfall. Ben discusses the launch of Human, his bold new self-funded YouTube documentary strand that puts storytelling and br...
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Season 10
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Episode 244
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47:03
Kimmel, C4 CEO search, BBC's Reform coverage, Baywatch reboot and is C5 losing it's way?
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by writer, producer and cultural commentator Stephen Arnell. With a career spanning Sky Arts, BritBox, ITV and bylines in The Guardian, The New Statesman and The Spectator, Stephen has seen...
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Season 10
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Episode 243
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48:22
YouTube’s TV Takeover: Ben Woods on Social Video, Streaming Shifts & The New Hollywood
Is YouTube really the new TV? In this week’s TellyCast, Justin Crosby speaks with Ben Woods, Creator Economy Analyst at MIDiA Research, about his new report The New Hollywood: Tactics for YouTube’s TV Takeover. They explore why YouTube...
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Season 10
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Episode 242
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40:45
How Spud Gun Studios Took Mashed Independent and Built a Digital-First Powerhouse
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by Tom Jenkins, Creative Director of Spud Gun Studios, the digital-first indie behind the hugely popular animation channel Mashed. Fresh from taking full ownership of the brand from Chann...
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Season 10
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Episode 241
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46:07
5 Things Every Content Producer Needs To Know About Brand-funded Content
Branded entertainment is booming - but how can producers really work with brands? In this TellyCast episode, Justin Crosby talks to brand funded content specialist Charlie Read, founder of Upstream, about the five things every content producer ...
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Season 10
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Episode 240
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49:35
Dhanny Joshi on Building Big Deal Films and the Future of Social Video
Big Deal Films co-founder Dhanny Joshi joins Justin Crosby to share how he turned a call centre hustle into a BAFTA-winning indie. They discuss breaking through with Dreaming Whilst Black, navigating the commissioning crisis, and why d...
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Season 9
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Episode 239
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49:17
Endangered Species? Ofcom’s Cristina Nicolotti Squires on Saving Public Service Media
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby sits down with Ofcom’s Director of Broadcasting and Media, Cristina Nicolotti Squires, for a deep dive into the regulator’s urgent six-point action plan to save public service media in the digital-first era...
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Season 9
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Episode 238
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36:44
Taf Makopa: Creator-Led Formats & The Future of Social Video
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby sits down with Taf Makopa, founder of Mako Studios and one of the most exciting new forces in digital production. Taf reveals his first slate of four brand-funded shows with BoohooMan — including <...
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Season 9
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Episode 237
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49:16
How Komi Group’s Andrew Trotman Is Scaling the Creator Economy
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby sits down with Andrew Trotman, CEO and founder of Komi Group, to explore how one of the UK’s most forward-thinking creator businesses is reshaping the digital content landscape. From building data-driven so...
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Season 9
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Episode 236
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46:03
How Hayley Morris Built a 9 Million Strong Social Video Audience
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by social video sensation Hayley Morris. Known for her viral vertical comedies and brilliant multi-character sketches, Hayley shares her journey from early YouTube experiments to creating hit seri...
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Season 9
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Episode 235
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32:52
Jimmy Mulville & Peter Fincham on the State of UK TV, YouTube’s Rise and the Future of Comedy
On this week’s TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by two of the UK’s most respected TV leaders – Jimmy Mulville, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions, and Peter Fincham, co-founder of Expectation and former controller of BBC One and director of ...
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Season 9
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Episode 234
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1:19:53
Inside Latin America’s Unscripted Boom – Live from Conecta
This week on TellyCast, Justin is reporting from Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Cuenca, Spain — the heart of Hispanic TV content innovation. He’s joined by two of Banijay’s top executives shaping the future of unscripted in Latin Americ...
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Season 9
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Episode 233
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28:08
Inside the First TellyCast Digital Video Awards | Highlights, Winners & Red Carpet Reactions
The TellyCast Digital Video Awards have arrived! In this special episode, we bring you all the highlights from the first-ever awards show dedicated to the social video and digital-first industry, held at The Londoner Hotel ...
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Season 9
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Episode 232
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30:01
How Hearst Networks UK Is Building a Scalable Social Video Strategy
Sam Pearson, Digital Commissioning Editor at Hearst Networks UK, joins Justin Crosby to reveal how the broadcaster is reshaping its digital-first strategy across platforms like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and AVOD. From breakout social for...
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Season 9
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Episode 231
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51:17
Max Fosh: Building a Creator Business (Without Chasing TV Deals)
He’s the YouTube creator who trained a horse to bet on racing and tricked Heathrow passengers with a fake “Welcome to Luton” sign — now Max Fosh joins TellyCast to reveal how he’s built a global creator business rooted in origin...
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Season 9
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Episode 230
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49:48
Inside MTV’s Digital-First Strategy with Amie Parker-Williams
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by Amie Parker-Williams, Director of Commissioning & Production at MTV Entertainment Group International. Amie shares how MTV and Comedy Central are evolving their commissioning mo...
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Season 9
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Episode 229
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27:05
Rebuilding from the Brink: Danny Fenton on Reinventing Zig Zag and the Future of TV
In this powerful episode of TellyCast, host Justin Crosby sits down with Danny Fenton, CEO and founder of Zig Zag, to discuss the turbulent journey his company has faced over the past 12 months. From insolvency to reinvention, Danny opens up ab...
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Season 9
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Episode 228
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44:37
How to Work with Digital Commissioners and Succeed in Social Video | Live from TellyCast How to Make Money in Digital
Top digital commissioners from MTV, Channel 4, and A+E Networks reveal exactly what they’re looking for - and what they’re not - when commissioning social video content.Recorded live at the TellyCast How to Make Money in Digital event, t...
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Season 9
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Episode 227
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40:25
Inside Channel 4.0: Evie Buckley on Digital Commissioning and Creator Culture
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by Channel 4’s Digital Commissioning Editor and Channel 4.0 lead, Evie Buckley. In a wide-ranging and insightful chat, Evie reveals her latest exclusive digital commissions, shares her...
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Season 9
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Episode 226
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38:52
The Future of AI in TV Production with Particle 6's Eline Van Der Velden
This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by Eline van der Velden, founder and CEO of Particle 6 – an AI-first production company shaking up the world of digital video. With a background in both physics and performance, Eline sha...
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Season 9
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Episode 225
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36:15