Edinburgh Insider: Five Takeaways From The British TV Festival
deadline.comThe 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival draws to a close today, and this year’s event has been full of talking points, some positive and other not so much.
While execs and creatives on the ground said there was a relatively subdued feel compared to some years when there have been real fireworks, there was a cautious sense that the brutal financial landscape for the British television market might finally be turning into a brighter picture.
Indeed, Channel 4 content boss Ian Katz raised spirits and eyebrows in equal measure when he wrote on the eve of the fest that the network’s spending level is back to 2019 levels, while the likes of Charlotte Moore and Anne Mensah shared optimistic views about the future.
Here are our five key takeaways from the Scottish capital. (Ed’s note: this article is replacing this week’s International Insider, which will return in its usual form in seven days.) Risky Business Sherlock and Dear England writer James Graham set British TV gatekeepers a major task in the festival’s key James MacTaggart Lecture slot on Wednesday night: To find a space for “new universes” akin to Harry Potter or the MCU.
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