Here Comes Pod

Insigniam founding partner Nathan Rosenberg is this week's guest on Here Comes Pod. Nathan has advised over 85,000 individuals and 12% of the world's biggest companies on organisational transformation, business breakthroughs and executive coaching. From a career as a military pilot to advising Hollywood studio senior management, Nathan has some fascinating insights into the human f

Antony Root came on to Here Comes Pod this week to talk about a storied career at the BBC, ITV, Working Title, Sony Pictures and HBO. In the week that Dr Who hit global screens we talked about script development on this iconic show, the role the BBC plays in curating British writers, breaking into the US TV market and the evolution of HBO as it brings Max to the global market. Enjo

In this episode of Here Comes Pod, Will Harrison shares insights from a stellar career that has included senior roles at media giants including Warner Brothers, Disney, HBO Europe and Britbox UK. All of these media companies have strong brands and there is no one better placed to discuss the importance of media brands and the power of franchises than Will, and so this was a big top

Here Comes Pod has attempted to provide answers to some of the important questions in the media business, and this week's query is: who advertises TV to the advertisers? In the UK the answer is Thinkbox, and CEO Lindsey Clay joined me to explain how the the company, established by the UK's commercial broadcasters and recently joined by the streamers, advocates for TV as a key marke

When Netflix launched Formula One: Drive To Survive it heralded the golden age of sports access documentaries. This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Box To Box Films co-founder James Gay-Rees, is very much in pole position to talk about this golden age. Having started his film career at Miramax, James then segued into producing award-winning documentary features like Senna, Amy and

This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Marc Lorber, has a truly global perspective on the TV business. In a career that has included stints at some of the world's leading studios - Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Disney and WBD - Marc has produced both scripted and non-scripted TV series on every continent on the planet. Whether it was spotting the potential of original series like Motherl

On this episode of Here Comes Pod I was joined by one of the titans of the global media industry, Hans-Holger Albrecht. We talked about his first TV job at CLT, forerunner of German TV powerhouse RTL; his role as President and CEO of Modern Times Group overseeing the Nordic satellite broadcaster Viasat and launching Viaplay; his experience transforming telco Millicom into a lifesty

This week's episode of Here Comes Pod tells the Legend of Lisa Opie, (un)charting her TV career that started at BSB and Sky and went through the levels at Flextech, Channel 5, Two Four and BBC Studios. Now MD of two of Ubisoft's UK studios Leamington and Reflections, Lisa shares her thoughts on her working life in TV and how her move across to the video games industry was a call of

Bobby Charlton was a legend on the pitch for Manchester United and England, a World Cup winner, European Cup Winner and England's leading goalscorer for decades. When his playing career ended he was a trusted advisor to the Manchester United board and a TV pundit. But one of his other lasting legacies was the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools, which provided coaching and holiday breaks

This week's guest on Here Comes Pod is a star of the big screen and the small screen. Billy Campbell's leading role in Cardinal reminded audiences of a talent seen in movies like The Rocketeer and Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as standout TV series like Dynasty, The 4400 and The Killing. His next role is in Canadian thriller Something Undone, once again portraying a character with