Twitter and BuzzFeed are joining forces to produce “#What2Watch,” a new Twitter-based show made in Britain and dedicated to reviewing the latest content on television. The joint project, unveiled at the Edinburgh Television Festival on Thursday, will be a live, weekly 40-minute show and is set to launch later this year.
“Our audiences are really passionate people who love TV,” said Dara Nasr, managing director of Twitter in the U.K. “And they’re not just loving watching it; they’re talking about it, engaging with other people who are talking about it…and having that moment of community….It’s the perfect show for us.”
“#What2Watch” follows another Twitter-BuzzFeed collaboration, the live-on-Twitter morning talk show “Am to Dm by BuzzFeed News.” The new show was born of a gripe that Scott Bryan, a television editor at BuzzFeed U.K., posted on Twitter earlier this year, noting that...
“Our audiences are really passionate people who love TV,” said Dara Nasr, managing director of Twitter in the U.K. “And they’re not just loving watching it; they’re talking about it, engaging with other people who are talking about it…and having that moment of community….It’s the perfect show for us.”
“#What2Watch” follows another Twitter-BuzzFeed collaboration, the live-on-Twitter morning talk show “Am to Dm by BuzzFeed News.” The new show was born of a gripe that Scott Bryan, a television editor at BuzzFeed U.K., posted on Twitter earlier this year, noting that...
- 8/23/2018
- by Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
UK producer behind Palme d’Or winners I, Daniel Blake and The Wind That Shakes The Barley to discuss creative talent.Click here to register for Media Summit
Rebecca O’Brien, producer of more than 15 films by Ken Loach, is to speak at the Mbi Media Summit on June 7.
The Sixteen Films producer will sit on a panel titled Creative Talent: Finding them, growing them, keeping them, which will explore the importance of equipping new and emerging British talent with the skills to remain competitive on the international stage.
O’Brien was on stage with Loach at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday after their latest feature, I, Daniel Blake, won the coveted Palme d’Or.
It marked a decade since Loach won the festival’s top prize with The Wind That Shakes That Barley, also produced by O’Brien.
The panel, chaired by Creative Skillset CEO Seetha Kumar, also includes writer/director Lucy Brydon; The Agency...
Rebecca O’Brien, producer of more than 15 films by Ken Loach, is to speak at the Mbi Media Summit on June 7.
The Sixteen Films producer will sit on a panel titled Creative Talent: Finding them, growing them, keeping them, which will explore the importance of equipping new and emerging British talent with the skills to remain competitive on the international stage.
O’Brien was on stage with Loach at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday after their latest feature, I, Daniel Blake, won the coveted Palme d’Or.
It marked a decade since Loach won the festival’s top prize with The Wind That Shakes That Barley, also produced by O’Brien.
The panel, chaired by Creative Skillset CEO Seetha Kumar, also includes writer/director Lucy Brydon; The Agency...
- 5/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
Twitter exec Bruce Daisley and BuzzFeed UK editor-in-chief Janine Gibson will be among the keynote speakers at this year’s Media Summit.
Organised by Screen publisher Media Business Insight, the two-day conference in June will gather leaders from across film, TV and advertising to debate the future of the creative industries.
Gibson will discuss the changing world of online content on a panel that will also include The Times’ head of digital strategy Alan Hunter and The Lad Bible marketing director Mimi Turner.
Twitter European vice-president Bruce Daisley will explore trends in social media and how they can be harnessed by content makers.
There will also be a separate panel discussion on the explosion in international drama, which will feature former Kudos boss Jane Featherstone and Neal Street Productions co-founder Pippa Harris.
A session on virtual reality will consider whether Vr will live up to the hype, with those discussing the anticipated ‘revolution’ including Alex Mahon, CEO of...
Organised by Screen publisher Media Business Insight, the two-day conference in June will gather leaders from across film, TV and advertising to debate the future of the creative industries.
Gibson will discuss the changing world of online content on a panel that will also include The Times’ head of digital strategy Alan Hunter and The Lad Bible marketing director Mimi Turner.
Twitter European vice-president Bruce Daisley will explore trends in social media and how they can be harnessed by content makers.
There will also be a separate panel discussion on the explosion in international drama, which will feature former Kudos boss Jane Featherstone and Neal Street Productions co-founder Pippa Harris.
A session on virtual reality will consider whether Vr will live up to the hype, with those discussing the anticipated ‘revolution’ including Alex Mahon, CEO of...
- 4/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
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