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oday we hear from writer Peter Bowker and director Fergus O’Brien about the impact the pandemic has had on new seasons of World on Fire and Gentleman Jack, Vox Pictures co-founder, producer and director Pip Broughton about her new fast-turnaround drama Lifelines, and Telidja Klaï of Belgian children’s brand Ketnet about managing lockdown.

The C21FM Weekly Review show goes live at 10am today at www.c21fmradio.com, featuring highlights from the week’s interviews about how the content business is fighting back against Covid-19. Click through to find out more and tune in online. The six-hour block of programming runs in a loop from 10am BST today until Monday morning, featuring a great line-up of interviews and a mix of music to keep you sane. Turn On. Tune In. Chill Out.

TODAY ON WWW.C21FMRADIO.COM: Robin Hilton, partner at media law firm Sheridans, discusses the considerable number of legal issues to be resolved before TV production and M&A activity can resume amid the Covid-19 crisis. Adam Cunningham, chief global strategist at Allied Global Marketing, shares his view that while there has been a 20% rise in users for streamers around the world during lockdown, the real task will be retaining them beyond free trial periods. He also talks about other challenges facing the streaming community and who will be the sector’s winners and losers. And Tony Havelka, CEO of Canada-based kids’ streaming platform Ameba TV, considers how to window free and paid content on the service.

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Tune in to www.c21fmradio.com today: Pubcaster Rai is responsible for up to 80% of Italy’s annual original drama output. Director of fiction Eleonora Andreatta tells Gün Akyuz how Rai has dealt with severe restrictions placed on production during the pandemic. Revised development and discussions are now underway with prodcos to develop the kinds of stories audiences will be seeking more than ever – stories of hope plus an emphasis on coming-of-age storytelling to help a generation of teens and younger adults understand the crisis.
Ita O’Brien is changing the UK television industry with her work as an intimacy coordinator and her intimacy guidelines which are shaping how s*x scenes should be filmed. She discusses her role on shows including S*x Education, Gentleman Jack and Normal People with Drama Quarterly editor Michael Pickard, revealing how she is taking her work around the world.
Avi Armoza is one of the most successful format creators in the world. So it’s no surprise that in the current crisis he already has a solution allowing producers and broadcasters to create high-octane shiny-floor shows using a new CGI technology that could cut the production budget in half. C21FM caught up with him to find out more about it, and how it is being used on his brand new format Beat The Grid.

ON C21FM TODAY: Jonathan Ford has a documentary called Superbug, a BBC/HBO copro that may just put fears about coronavirus in the shade. Banijay Group head of content Lucas Green is planning for a time when audiences will crave a return to high-production-value shows that take viewers outside and Ari Mark, co-founder of US indie Ample, is steering clear of lockdown-friendly programming. Tune in at www.c21fmradio.com

On C21FM today, we find out how ITV Studios plans to roll out a new Japanese format to the international market from Mike Beale and Tom Miyauchi; how producers are dealing with disruption to earn-out deals as the pandemic takes revenue out of 2020 from Wiggin’s Michael Brader; and how the advertiser-supported VoD market is booming from Watch4’s Chris Sharpe. All this alongside another eclectic mix of music to soothe your lockdown blues. Turn On. Tune In. Chill Out.

Today on www.c21fmradio.com: On Earth Day we hear from kids entertainment and educational start-ups Azoomee and Hopster, which have both seen a surge in usage under coronavirus lockdown, with the former’s Estelle Lloyd ramping up acquisitions of social emotional learning content and Hopster’s Miki Chojnacka seeking arts and crafts shows. We hear from TV2 Denmark director of programmes Lotte Lindegaard about how the business has been coping with the pandemic, since one of its employees was the first case in the country. And Jonathan Webdale speaks to Patrick Walker, founder of Uptime a next-generation learning app that feeds curious minds with curated videos from the world’s leading experts which launches today. Turn on. Tune in. Chill out.

On www.c21fmradio.com live from 10am today. Charlotte Reid, head of lifestyle and entertainment commissioning at Discovery UK & Ireland on keeping a calm head in the crisis, and what new shows she’s commissioning. Stephen Stewart, MD of Northern Ireland prodco Green Inc, on how he’s managed to keep production going, with social distanced production on his ongoing Crime Call series for RTE. Steve Langdon, director of partnerships at Parrot Analytics shares the findings of his new report into the most popular genres since COVID-19 lockdown in the US and Europe last week. And loads of good choons. Turn on, tune in, chill out ...

Tune in to C21FM: www.c21fmradio.com - On C21FM today, writer/producer Jed Mercurio discusses Bloodlands, the first drama to come out of his HTM Television joint venture with Hat Trick Productions; Nathalie Biancolli, director of acquisitions and international fiction at France Télévisions, talks about her new 1pm movie slot; STV head of broadcast Bobby Hain searches for a Zoom TV format; Amanda Groom, MD of The Bridge, suggests Asia could kick-start production’s recovery; and LADbible head of original programming Ben Powell takes us inside his fast-turnaround series Corona Diaries. All this and a mix of music to keep you sane.

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C21FM today: Syncronicity, Icon, PBS A line-up of leading content industry executives are talking shop on C21FM today. Click through to find out what’s on-air and how to access the content industry’s community radio station.

On C21FM today ACF Investment Bank president and CEO Thomas Dey offers his perspective on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting M&A and finance in the independent production sector, while ShortsTV CEO Carter Pilcher gives his take on the launch of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's Quibi. Formats veteran Phil Gurin tells us how he’s using the crisis to nuture a new kind of creativity while Dermot Horan, director of coproductions and acquisitions at Ireland's RTÉ, and Stephen Mowbray, head of international at SVT in Sweden, explain how these public broadcasters are adapting their schedules. Tune in at www.c21fmradio.com. Thanks for listening.

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Tune in to www.C21FMRadio.com for music, news and interviews for the global content business. We are live at 13.00 BST.

Don’t miss the C21FM launch show tomorrow from 13.00 BST: C21’s editor-in-chief David Jenkinson hosts the first C21FM show in which we get up close and personal with former Facebook head of partnerships in EMEA and Uptime founder Patrick Walker, who shares his experience of contracting and recovering from COVID 19. Propagate’s Ben Silverman discusses the challenge of redefining global production in the current crisis, while also sharing the music his family is listening to in the first of our Lockdown Playlist segments. ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry gives us her perspective on how finished tape distribution is providing channels around the world with programming alternatives as new production is paused and Drive’s Lilla Hurst outlines the challenge programmers are facing as the business adjusts to a new normal. We also have the first in a regular series of global updates with Adam Benzine’s Letter From Canada, which assesses the impact on coronavirus on the country’s television business. We are also delighted to present The Soundtrack Jukebox, an hour’s joyous trip into fabulous film music, TV music hosted by Jonny Trunk, one of the world’s leading soundtrack collectors. There will also, of course, be loads of great music to see you through. C21FM: Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out