The Media Club · 11 February 2022 · 43 min
The Streamers' Housing Crisis & Albert Certification
- Streaming Content Arms Race
- Studio Space Shortage
- Streamer Regulation
- Climate Change in Media
- Print Magazine Decline
- Factual Entertainment
- Commercial Radio Revenue
- BBC Factual Entertainment
In this episode of The Media Club, host Matt Deegan is joined by media commentator Kate Bulkley and Heat Magazine's entertainment director Boyd Hilton to discuss the week's media news. The main topics include Amazon's new multi-million pound deal with Shepperton Studios, the sustainability certification scheme Albert and its new climate content pledge, and the debate over regulating streaming services following Jimmy Carr's Netflix special. The panel also touches on the decline of print magazines, the state of factual entertainment, and the future of commercial radio. The episode features an interview with Carys Taylor, director of Albert, about how programme makers can address the climate crisis, and ends with the weekly Media Quiz.
Key takeaways
- Amazon has signed a multi-million pound deal with Shepperton Studios for series and movie production.
- Kate Bulkley and Boyd Hilton discussed the sustainability of the streaming content boom and the need for studio space.
- Carys Taylor explained Albert's certification process and the new climate content pledge signed by 12 broadcasters at COP26.
- The panel debated the regulation of streaming services, with Kate Bulkley suggesting a tax on streamers.
- The BBC pulled an episode of We Are England after a crypto entrepreneur's story was questioned on Twitter.
In this episode
- Intro and News Round-up
- Interview with Carys Taylor
- Media Quiz: Ransom
Notable quotes
“I think print will die, but you know, it's definitely plateauing and in many ways declining.”
“The minimum level of quality of TV now has never been stronger.”
“It's a classic supply-demand issue.”
“I think you should tax these people to a certain extent and say, look, if you're putting stuff into our country, you know, we should get a bit of that revenue and we can put it back into our own services.”
“It's not about hectoring, it's not about dictating the solutions. It's about enabling the conversation basically.”
Discussed
Amazon · Netflix · BBC · Albert
Mentioned or recommended
- This Is Going to Hurt
- Lord of the Rings
- Station 11
- The Apprentice
- Too Hot to Handle
- Love Island
- Neighbours
- Home and Away
- We Are England
- Cheers
- Succession
- The Repair Shop
- W1A
- Pilot TV
