BBC & TikTok: Empowering Social Creators
Thursday 16 November, 12:00 am
End Time: 11:00 am
Downstairs Theatre
The BBC and TikTok have combined forces to recruit new digital content makers via the BBC Creator Lab initiative.
Join Controller Youth Audience, Fiona Campbell, TikTok’s Head of Entertainment, Edward Lindeman, and digital entrepreneur James Blake as they discuss the importance of building new pathways for talent development within Television, and how a younger generation of creators can help drive audience success in linear and online.
The panel will also discuss the opportunities and challenges facing creators transitioning into a new media – including James’ experience with hit BBC Three documentary Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang.
William Crawley
Panel
Fiona Campbell
Head of Youth Audiences, BBC
James Blake
Digital entrepreneur and star of ‘Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang’
Edward Lindeman
Head of Entertainment and News, TikTok