C21 Podcast
1) Mipcom 2025 pt2: Fox Entertainment’s Rob Wade, Mattel’s Robbie Brenner, Studio Lambert’s Stephen Lambert, ITV’s Ruth Berry and Banijay’s Johannes Jensen
In part two of our Mipcom 2025 special from Cannes, we hear from Fox Entertainment's Rob Wade about investing in vertical entertainment specialist Holywater [01:01]; Mattel Studios' Robbie Brenner on ...Show More
2) Mipcom 2025 pt1: Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green talk Boston Blue; Luca Montezemolo and Manish Pandey on Seeing Red; Mackenzie Crook and Gill Isles size up Small Prophets
MIPCOM: From Cannes, Boston Blue stars Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green give the lowdown on their new CBS cop drama [02:22]; Ferrari legend Luca Montezemolo and director Manish Pandey discuss ...Show More
3) Mipcom 2025 preview; International Format Awards gold winner Phil Gurin; BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock; Waiting for the Out scribe Dennis Kelly
C21's Clive Whittingham, Jordan Pinto and Karolina Kaminska look ahead to Mipcom and MipJunior 2025 [01:44]; outgoing Frapa chair Phil Gurin reflects on receiving the International Format Awards Gold ...Show More
4) YouTube and kids’ TV: the BBC’s Patricia Hidalgo, Cake’s Dominic Gardiner, JAM Media’s John Rice and 9 Story’s Alix Wiseman dissect the dynamics
As YouTube's influence on the TV industry grows, with its impact keenest on children's media and entertainment, the BBC's Patricia Hidalgo [02:32], Cake Distribution's Dominic Gardiner [12:54], JAM Me...Show More
5) The fallout from ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel decisions; ITV’s I Fought the Law; MultiChoice’s Nomsa Philiso on the Canal+ takeover and more
After ABC pulled the plug on Jimmy Kimmel Live but then enraged US president Donald Trump by reinstating him, C21's Jordan Pinto discusses the ramifications [02:26]; Hera Pictures' Liza Marshall and C...Show More
6) UK animation special: Sean Clarke, Oli Hyatt, Sueann Rochester, Richard Gordon and Britt Gardiner debate the future of children’s TV
As K-Pop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix's most popular movie of all time and YouTube increasingly steals younger audiences from TV, the UK government is exploring what can be done to help UK animation ...Show More
7) Content Canada continued: Fox’s Prentiss Fraser, Blink49’s Adam Steinman, ITV Studios’ Mike Beale, Fremantle’s Michela Di Mondo and Fifth Season’s Ava Knight
From C21's Content Canada, Fox Entertainment Global president Prentiss Fraser details her growth strategy and sense of the international TV business right now [02:25]; Blink49 Studios' Adam Steinman, ...Show More
8) Content Canada: Blue Ant’s Michael MacMillan, Amazon MGM’s Brent Haynes, Corus’ Rachel Nelson and Bell’s Carlyn Klebuc talk strategy and opportunity
From C21's Content Canada, Blue Ant Media's Michael MacMillan discusses the company's recent move to go public via a reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Studios and the state of the international TV busin...Show More
9) Expectation’s Peter Fincham, Red Planet Pictures’ Alex Jones and Tim Key discuss The Chelsea Detective, Death in Paradise and the forensics of ‘cosy crime’
Former BBC One controller, ITV director of television and co-founder of independent producer Expectation, Peter Fincham [01:02], and Red Planet Pictures co-CEO Alex Jones and executive producer Tim Ke...Show More
10) Locomotive Global’s Sunder Aaron and Rarefied Studio’s Kalpana Malviya discuss India’s $6bn content opportunity; Pernel Media’s Samuel Kissous on financing The Au Pair
Sunder Aaron [01:46] from Locomotive Global – producer of Netflix India Ray Donovan remake Rana Naidu – and Kalpana Malviya [12:11] of Rarefied Studio, discuss the Indian marketplace and US$6bn conten...Show More