Digital Born, Bred and Booming: panel takeaways
The Digital Born, Bred and Booming panel session at this week’s Edinburgh TV Festival brought together some influential digital content executives to discuss their journeys, the challenges they face, and their strategies for staying relevant. Moderated by Laura...
Commissioning roulette vs digital content creation: Why social is the real opportunity for TV production companies
CoLab x Co-Founder Matt Ford has worked at broadcasters, social publishers, production companies, both traditional and digital, and with talent & creator agencies – he’s seen it all. In this exclusive opinion piece for The Drop, he argues that there is a golden...
Clone Heads: How Objekt worked with C4.0 on its new doppelganger format
Alex Kempner and Bart Frank, co-founders of innovative production company Objekt, have established a strong track record in digital first content creation. Here, Alex offers some insights into Clone Heads, an innovative and irreverent two-part comedy game show for...
Fed up of development hell? Then bypass the content gatekeepers
In recent years, I have had countless conversations with talented people in the TV production business about what I typically refer to as “guerrilla commissioning”. In simple terms, it’s a kind of DIY alternative to the tired, time consuming methods of...