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EP100 – Jon Mountague – Comedy Commissioning Editor at Sky.
Season 1, Ep. 100
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Jon Montague (@montiQu) is the head comedy commissioner at Sky TV. He heads up a team of diligent commissioning editors who are tasked with finding and making funny shows to entertain their 11 million subscribers. More recently Jon has also dipped his toe into podcasting and we got into what it's like making high end, high budget TV programs by day and low budget, low tech podcasts by night and how that's given him a new outlook on the internet, content and more.
I got him on to talk about...
-What makes a hit show on Sky and how he measures a hit show.
-Do they take unsolicited scripts?
-What makes a hit (to him and his team)?
-How he uses Edinburgh to scout for new talent
-What’s it like making TV for 11 million subscribers and then going home to make an episode of his niche podcast to a significantly lower number of subscribers.
AND MORE
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This interview would be good for anyone looking at developing a TV show and isn't sure where to start or the process after writing it or a comedy fan who wants to know how much work and how many hurdles there are to get a show on the TV. It would also be useful in knowing the difference between a public and a private service broadcaster and why that matters when pitching for shows.
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