Claudia & Tess' Strange Exit, AI Presenters & Talent Agencies Go Digital

Heather Fallon and Alex Segal join Matt Deegan

On this week’s podcast our guests are Broadcast Magazine’s Heather Fallon and InterTalent’s Managing Director Alex Segal.

We’re covering the bizarre way Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced their Strictly departure, why Channel 4’s AI presenter experiment might have fooled more people than expected, and whether Warner Brothers Discovery is really up for sale. Also on the show, STV’s clever soft launch strategy with podcasts, Ofcom’s broadcasting code non-reversal, and why Celebrity Traitors is absolutely smashing it with 7.5 million overnight viewers.

Plus in the Media Quiz, welcome to pitch madness with our new “Shark Den” game show format.

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Further reading:

• Strictly’s Tess and Claudia Wrongfoot The Media With Announcement

• Warner Bros Discovery sale on the cards

• Podcasts coming to Netflix... but are they ready for them? And what’s behind the platform’s poor earnings report?

• Ofcom keeps politicians as presenters rule

• DAZN’s Champion’s League Bid

• Global’s Upfronts Reveal More Commissions

• Channel 4’s new news podcasts

• Channel 4’s AI Prank

• 100 Choices Coming To The US

• STV Radio launches podcast ahead of station

• Matt’s Take on the RAJARs

• Alex’s Substack: Dealmakers

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This week you can read his RAJAR blog