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Insiders: The TV Podcast · Apr 17, 2026
Do TV Execs Think You’re Stupid? Hollywood A-listers fight back against Paramount and Big BBC Cuts
“Jimmy Melville's production company making shows like Trigger Point and Smoggy Queens”
AI in television productionTV executive decision-making processesParamount Warner Brothers merger
View AnalysisInsiders: The TV Podcast · Apr 10, 2026
HBO Max launch frustrations, how Alan Sugar got the gig on The Apprentice, and the shows you couldn’t make today...
“Jimmy Mulville's company that produces 'Have I Got News For You'”
HBO Max UK launch issuesReality TV ethics evolutionBBC YouTube strategy
View AnalysisInsiders: The TV Podcast · Mar 20, 2026
Amol Rajan on leaving the Today Programme, the BBC's future and leaping into the "Digital Narnia" of the creator economy
“Production company founded by hosts, example of successful independent media entrepreneurship”
BBC funding and license fee reformCreator economy entrepreneurshipYouTube vs Netflix competition
View AnalysisInsiders: The TV Podcast · Feb 27, 2026
Lisa McGee on creating How to Get to Heaven from Belfast & what the future holds for Derry Girls
“Production company working with Lisa McGee on both Channel 4 and Netflix projects”
Streaming vs traditional broadcasting economicsGlobal rights acquisition strategiesMusic licensing for international distribution
View AnalysisInsiders: The TV Podcast · Feb 20, 2026
Can TV Copy the Music Industry? Sky’s Ad/Subscription Paradox & Latest BBC Cuts
“Hosts' production company with 40-year catalog and current Sky commissions”
Television catalog monetizationSky subscription and advertising modelBBC cost cutting and charter renewal
View AnalysisInsiders: The TV Podcast · Feb 13, 2026
ITV’s picture-in-picture ads, day drinking with Claudia Winkleman and the Wild West era of 90s reality TV (with Gill Wilson)
“Has minority interest in Plum Pictures and association with the podcast hosts”
Picture-in-picture advertisingBBC-Channel 4 merger speculationReality TV evolution and ethics
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