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HBO & HBO Max Content Chief Casey Bloys Says Company Is “Creative-Driven, Not Data-Driven”; Talks Importance Of European Content For Service – RTS Convention
As HBO Max begins its European rollout next month, Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys said that programming strategy for the streamer will be driven by creative quality rather than data. Bloys, who runs content for both HBO and HBO Max spoke remotely at the RTS Convention today, telling delegates the company was "still…
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BBC’s Tim Davie On Further Reform, Dialogue With New Culture Secretary & Why Chairman’s C4 Privatization Comments Were “Misinterpreted” – RTS Convention
Tim Davie, the BBC's Director-General, has said the broadcaster needs "a really serious dialogue with government" in the context of Nadine Dorries replacing Oliver Dowden as the UK's new Culture Secretary.
Dorries has been an outspoken critic of the BBC in the past. In 2018 she tweeted that the broadcaster was "a…
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Kevin Mayer Teases Further Acquisitions From Blackstone-Backed Media Firm & Talks Potential DAZN Premier League UK Rights Deal – RTS Convention
Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer invited the audience at today's RTS Convention in the UK to pitch names for his new, still untitled media company, which is backed by investment firm Blackstone. He might want to come up with one soon, as the outfit's high-profile acquisition drive, which has seen it…
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ITV CEO Carolyn McCall Says Broadcaster Was Outbid For U.S. Open Final; Also Talks Channel 4 Privatization & Andrew Neil, Piers Morgan Futures – RTS Convention
ITV chief Carolyn McCall has expressed her disappointment at losing out on broadcasting Emma Raducanu's historic U.S. Open triumph, revealing her company was outbid by rival Channel 4 for the rights to show the Amazon Prime Video program on free-to-air.
McCall, who is an ardent tennis fan, admitted that ITV was in the…
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Sky CEO Dana Strong On Comcast’s Potential Appetite For Channel 4: “It’s Premature To Speculate On It Until We Get More Information From Government” — RTS Convention
In her first on-stage interview since she became CEO of European pay-TV giant Sky, Dana Strong discussed the Comcast-owned broadcaster’s recent deal with ViacomCBS in Europe, the potential sale of Channel 4 and her favorite TV shows.
Strong became Sky Group CEO in early 2021, taking over from longtime boss Jeremy…
Channel 4 Sale: UK Culture Secretary Sets Out Privatization Ambitions — RTS Convention
In his speech to the Royal Television Society Convention on Wednesday, UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will spell out the Conservative Government’s reasoning for wanting to privatize broadcaster Channel 4.
Dowden will argue that new private investment would allow the channel to better keep up with the SVODs such as…
Royal Television Society Programme Awards Shuts Out Audience Completely Because Of Coronavirus
Britain's prestigious Royal Television Society Programme Awards is abandoning plans to hold the event in front of a small audience of winners and RTS representatives.
Deadline revealed last week that the Grosvenor House Hotel event will be live-streamed online, with only an intimate audience of winners and organizers…
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UK’s Royal Television Society Programme Awards To Be Held Behind Closed Doors Amid Coronavirus Concerns
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s prestigious Royal Television Society Programme Awards are to be held behind closed doors next week amid coronavirus concerns.
The awards, one of the pinnacles of the RTS calendar, are due to take place on March 17 at central London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, which can host up to 2,000 people.
But…
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BBC Leads Wins At RTS Awards For Shows Including ‘Fleabag’ & ‘Happy Valley’
The BBC led the pack at the UK's Royal Televsion Society Programme Awards, taking 13 awards for shows including Fleabag, Happy Valley and Undercover.
The RTS Programme Awards, which took place in London on Wednesday night and was hosted by comedian Sandi Toksvig, saw the BBC scooped 13 awards including the newly…
‘National Treasure’ Leads Royal Television Society Noms; ‘Tough Mudder’ Inks Global Partnership Deals With ESPN, SME360 — Global Briefs
Channel 4's mini-series National Treasure leads the pack in the Royal Television Society nominations this year. The drama, which has been nominated in four categories including Best Mini-Series, stars Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane and follows a television comedian who is accused of raping a 15 year-old girl…
‘Night Manager’ Crafts RTS Wins; Sorrentino Shelves Berlusconi; Korea President Out Amid Scandal? – Global Briefs
BBC One's Tom Hiddleston/Hugh Laurie-starrer The Night Manager won big at the Royal Television Society's Craft and Design Awards last night, taking three prizes for Costume Design (Signe Sejlund), Make-Up Design (Jenna Wrage) and Music (Victor Reyes). BBC mini War And Peace earned two prizes for Special Effects (Jens…
Royal Television Society Names Virgin’s Tom Mockridge Chair; Leontine Petit Gets EFA Co-Pro Award — Global Briefs
Britain's Royal Television Society, which represents major television execs, has appointed Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge as chair of its new board of trustees. He'll succeed ITN CEO John Hardie, who has reached the end of his term. RTS has also appointed Simon Pitts as its new vice chair. He's managing director of…
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