Broadcast Magazine

Diverse-led indies: the hunt for a British Shondaland

Broadcasters have made progress on diversity, particularly with cast and crew, but has this had any impact on who produces scripted programming?

Leader

Get ready for a ruckus about AI - the rules need to be settled soon

The industry’s big players need to collaborate on a framework to harness the potential of AI rather than let it run wild

Feature

Getting the most out of your archive

Panellists at TechFest discussed the deterioration of tape formats, at a time when legacy content is becoming an increasingly important revenue stream

AI at the coalface: the indie view

Three production companies on how they are using AI tools in their day-to-day work, and what the implications are for the future of the industry

Analysis: How the big firms are employing AI

Banijay, Avalon and ITVS execs explain how their teams are exploring the possibilities of Generative AI tools to aid efficiency & boost creativity

Analysis: Why Lisa Nandy’s RTS speech has sparked hopes for a political reset

Lisa Nandy’s call for news providers to be ‘truthful not neutral’ has raised hopes of more PSB support and government funding for the World Service

Interview

Goalhanger: the evolution of a podcast powerhouse

Tony Pastor & Jack Davenport on taking their successful podcast formula to the US, and bringing 13k people to the O2 for The Rest is Politics live

Ratings

Special Feature

End Credits, Brad Danks

The OutTV chief executive on Canada, kayaking and bad jokes

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