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Edinburgh Insider: Five Takeaways From The British TV Festival
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix, Prime Video and James Graham were among those making headlines at the Edinburgh TV Festival this year.
While execs and creatives on the ground said there was a relatively subdued feel compared to some years when there have been real fireworks, there was a cautious sense that the brutal financial landscape for the British television market might finally be turning into a brighter picture. Some heart will be taken from Channel 4’s Katz, who said British IP would be under threat if broadcasters stop taking risks, and suggested the UK industry is too reliant on American I.P., a potentially harmful situation as market contraction continues across the pond. Things ramped up a notch on Friday morning, when the two keynote speakers, consumer champion Martin Lewis and former Countdown icon Carol Vorderman, railed against the TV industry’s treatment of working classes.
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