MIND THE GAP

A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT UK VIDEO VIEWING

Happy Monday Peaceniks. It’s Tea Time!

I am concerned about the state of TV in the UK. I am concerned as in involved – I have spent a good deal of time and energy focused on UK TV in the last few years, working with various organizations and companies there, poring over data, and offering advice on strategy when asked, and even when not asked. I am concerned as in apprehensive – the UK’s television ecosystem is not just important to the UK, in my studied opinion, the British TV community provides some of the best and most important television and film content in the world. Specifically, the BBC is now the only reliable, global, independent English-language video news organization on the planet. Generally, the UK production and commissioning community makes many of the highest quality entertainment programming and formats in the world. I feel this is all at risk. And I am concerned – alarmed that many who work in and run the UK TV business are not as fully aware of the specific risks th…