The Telly Awards Podcast

In our latest podcast episode, Telly’s Managing Director Amanda Needham sits down with Gavin Bridge, operator and Chief Analyst of the Substack The FASTMaster and former VP of Media Research at CRG Global. The FASTMaster is a monthly newsletter full of the latest news and analysis of FAST– free, ad-supported streaming TV. If you have any doubts about how well-regarded The FASTMaster newsletter is in the industry, know this: shortly after recording this conversation, Gavin was hired as the Creative Lead, 1P/Exclusive FAST at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios. Listen as Gavin provides his expert analysis on the FAST channel model, and how small creators can create their own streaming channels for their work.

In the latest Telly Awards Podcast, Amanda sat down with Claudia Fisher, Managing Director of Whalar DACH. As a global creator company, Claudia leads Whalar’s strategic operations and business development in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Listen in as she goes in depth on the strategy behind staying on top of the latest trends,  the breakneck speed of social content and localizing for regional markets as part of a global strategy. 

In the latest Telly Awards Podcast, Amanda sat down with Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch + Release. More than just a content licensing agency, Catch + Release both enables the licensing of online UGC content by simply inputting a URL while automating the onerous process of obtaining consent from and paying the creator. Listen in as Analisa explains taking her business from a small agency to a VC-backed tech startup.

In our latest podcast episode, Amanda sat down with Isaac Zablocki, who leads our partners at The ReelAbilities Film Festival.  Isaac explained what it’s like to run the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with disabilities and the importance of designing inclusive festivals. The festival runs from April 3 – 10 in NYC and tickets are still available.

In this episode, we discuss social impact film distribution sales and campaigns with Sarah Moses, Founder of Together Films, international leaders in the social impact entertainment space. We discuss what impact is and how to measure it, the differences between a commercial marketing campaign and an impact campaign, and how to create commercial success with an impact story. 

Michael Cioni, co-founder of Strada, a media accelerator in the AI space, spoke with Telly’s Managing Director Amanda Needham on Episode 4 of the Telly Awards Podcast. Listen in as they dig into the difference between utilitarian AI versus generative AI, and the way Strada’s new workflow solves the daily drudgery of transcoding, transcribing, translating, and tagging footage.

Our third episode of the season is out now! In this episode, we discuss the creator economy and influencer marketing with Becky Owen, Chief Marketing Officer at influencer agency Billion Dollar Boy. We discuss where and how the money is moving in advertising, the real difference between mini, midi and maxi influencers, and the needs of creators as demand for their work rapidly expands.Season 3 of the Telly Podcast will present micro conversations in 10 minutes or less with experts reframing our industry on a macro level. Hosted by Managing Director Amanda Needham, the conversations will range from AI tools to those building a creator economy on TikTok.

In our latest episode, Liz Hynes, a late night TV writer (Last Week with John Oliver) and a Writer’s Guild of America- East council member breaks down the recent writer’s strike. Tune in to hear Liz describe the negotiations with studios for a new contract and the future of the industry post-strikes. If you’re wondering whether writers use AI or ChatGPT to spitball ideas, and why it’s taboo to write a rain scene, listen now.