The Digital Content Forum will return to the BFI Southbank on 5 November 2026, marking its fifth year as one of the UK’s essential gatherings for the digital-first production economy. Tickets are on sale from today, with organisers TellyCast expecting the fastest uptake yet following a year of intense change across social video, creator-led formats and platform-native commissioning models.
The 2026 edition will continue the Forum’s focus on the realities of the new production economy, where traditional TV workflows are being re-engineered around social video, data-driven development and multi-platform IP strategies. The BFI Southbank remains its home, anchoring a day of conversations, case studies and trend-spotting designed for producers, platforms, studios, next-gen digital publishers and everyone in the digital-first production community.
The programme will be announced in the coming months, but TellyCast founder Justin Crosby says “the focus will again lean into the forces reshaping the business: creator-studio economics, platform behaviour, the rise of vertical video, and the rapidly expanding market for premium social-first series. If industry demand continues that way ot has over the past four editions we can expect a sell-out event in 2026”.The event will continue to shine a spotlight on the companies pioneering the space, from digital-first studios to broadcasters and distributors retooling for on-demand and short-form ecosystems.
The countdown to 5 November has now officially begun. Tickets for the 2026 Digital Content Forum are available from today at the Super Early Bird price of £299.99 + VAT and booking fee.
