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The Media Show: Discovery on their shift to streaming

Discovery on their shift to streaming

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Discovery on their shift to streaming

JB Perrette, head of Discovery International; plus Netflix's Bridgerton.

American streaming services dominate our viewing, even though many of their programmes are British-made. Discovery International's CEO tells Amol Rajan why streaming is now such a vital part of their strategy. Plus executive producer and director Julie Anne Robinson on making Netflix's Bridgerton, an American version of a British period drama devised by Hollywood "super-producer" Shonda Rhimes.

Guests: JB Perrette, Discovery International president and CEO; Julie Anne Robinson, executive producer and director, Bridgerton; Manori Ravindran, International Editor at Variety.

Studio engineer: John Boland

Producer: Hannah Sander

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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