The Media Beat

In this special episode we are honoured to welcome Diederick Santer, whose career in TV is a fabulous example of the joys and challenges of making TV. From being the boss of Eastenders to running his own production company, he's seen it all! Join us as he tells his story through the gentle quizzing of Maureen and Claire.

Who Wants To Be A... know-it-all about international entertainment formats!? If that's you then you are in luck because this time, Claire takes us through the history of this world-changing TV genre from Big Brother to Everyone's Got talent in a wonderful trip down memory lane! We've got Meta, Muse, Man City and Mad Verticals in the News and Paramount, Disney and Vegas in the Podmojis! Enjoy!

AI now lets companies create real time, current context, ads which is cool! But is it good business? Maureen investigates in the Deep Dive. Amazon, more AI and the gaps between TV seasons make the news and both contestants pull out little men in Podmojis whilst discussing the new foldable iPhone, The Emmy's and the return of Québec's greatest ever singer.

The Deep Dive this time looks at content makers who don't have a platform. Smart division of labour or risky lack of control of the value chain? We investigate. We also have bad news for NBA fans and the battle for AI hearts and minds and YouTube spending power dominate the news. We are promised spectacular podmojis (c) to illustrate Bob Iger's big shop, GTA6s leak and AI hacks.

This time we take a deep dive into how streamers try to achieve the almost impossible: serve up suggestions for the next content to hook us! Spoiler Alert: It is very very complicated. And fascinating! The news covers massive fines which do good, old fashioned hardware which doesn't and an update into where we do our shopping. Maureen pulls off a surprise Podmoji from nowhere as we learn about Jukebox Musicals, how to stop the slop and which four notes Gen Alpha can't get enough of.