Media Moment: Analysis & Insights
At Media Moment, we enjoy covering the business of social and streaming platforms from a UK perspective. (So many Google searches end up on a US-based publication which isn’t always relevant)
Our goal and mission is to help you be smarter around new media. We cut through the noise and make it easier for you to identify key insights and trends.
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TikTok And Channel 4 Tie-up: What’s It All4?
Channel 4 has long garnered the following of younger audiences that other broadcasters could only dream of. Still, Channel 4 is reaching out for more by expanding its in-house content creation unit, 4Studio, and building ties with rising platform giants such as TikTok.
Fully Focused on Youth-Generated Content
Co-founded in 2010 by Nick Bedu and Teddy Nygh, Fully Focused Productions is a non-profit, youth-driven production company. Through diverse and unique content, they’ve grown their YouTube channel, Million Youth Media, to 380K subscribers and have now been commissioned to produce a 4-part comedy series for the BBC.
Lights, Corona, Action: How the Pandemic Affected Film and TV Production
No doubt the past year has been a challenging one for the UK entertainment industry. 2020 got off to a strong start, with the industry heading towards a record spend of £1.08 billion in the first quarter, but then the pandemic resulted a 21% decline from the year before. Fortunately, though, the last quarter of 2020 had the second highest three month spend on record.
It’s A Sin: How the Channel 4 Show Succeeds
Not only has Channel 4’s It’s A Sin broken viewing records for the broadcaster, it also encouraged four times as many people to order HIV tests compared to previous years - and it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So how does the show succeed so well and what other noteworthy LGBTQ dramas are out there?