The Media Club · 28 June 2024 · 43 min
Are YouTubers about to steal your supper?
- YouTube Copycat Formats
- Podcast Growth
- TV Industry Challenges
- Juno Studios Launch
- Robert Winnett and The Telegraph
- Today Programme Racing Tips
- Election Coverage
- Media Quiz
In this episode of The Media Club, host Matt Deegan is joined by Rebecca Cooney, Insights Editor at Broadcast, and entertainment producer Rina Dayalji. They discuss the rise of YouTube copycat formats and the concerns of TV executives, particularly Banijay's Lucas Green, about the threat to traditional TV. The conversation also covers podcast growth, with Edison research showing 30% of the UK population listening to podcasts weekly, and the potential for podcast formats to translate to TV. Other stories include the launch of Juno Studios by four former Netflix executives, Robert Winnett's return to The Telegraph, the end of racing tips on the Today programme, and a media quiz featuring Greg James, Jay Rayner, and Nadine Dorries.
Key takeaways
- Banijay's Lucas Green expressed concern about YouTube copycat formats, sparking debate on how TV should respond.
- Edison Research shows 30% of UK population listens to podcasts weekly, with top 25 reaching half of listeners.
- Four former Netflix executives launched Juno Studios, a full-service entertainment company.
- Robert Winnett reversed his decision to leave The Telegraph for The Washington Post.
- The Today programme ended its daily racing tips, prompting criticism from The Racing Post.
In this episode
- Intro and News
- Main Discussion: YouTube Copycats
- Podcast Growth and Formats
- Juno Studios Launch
- Robert Winnett and Telegraph
- Today Programme Racing Tips
- Media Quiz
- Outro
Notable quotes
“if you want to keep a society together, it's having free access to these services where prominence is not about the person who can pay the biggest check.”
“I would like to see at the end of the five or maybe ten years of Labour, if we were to come into government, that you would have fewer people relying on such an insecure work pattern.”
“I kind of think it feels a bit like, you know, like the old TV dinosaur saying, well, that's not fair. Look at them.”
“I literally gave them a round of applause, just sat in my garden while I was reading it because it was four women. Four women running a company. Hallelujah.”
“I just think we have to start mixing these things up. So, make it secular, change it if you want, but switch it up again then in a year's time, and then that way it'll keep running.”
“I just think, you know, my dad loved horse racing, he did, he really did. Um, but I just, it is the gambling element, like, how did that how did they get away with it for that long?”
Discussed
Banijay · YouTube · Juno Studios
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- Uncanny
- The News Agents
- Peter Crouch Podcast
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- The Chase
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- Graham Norton Show
- The Big Breakfast
- Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
- Thought for the Day
- Today programme
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