simon walker is chief executive at marquee tv. and, simon, for listeners who don't know, what exactly is marquee tv? thank you, katie, good to be here. marquee tv is netflix for the performing arts — but, as i think we'll discuss, that shorthand doesn't work any more when netflix has eaten the world. so i like to think of us as the ultimate arts companion in this niche of lovers of performing arts and culture. thanks, we'll talk about that later. julia alexander, you are a senior strategy analyst at parrot analytics, welcome. and i believe you also co—host the podcast downstream — what sort of things do you cover in that? absolutely, i look at the shifting trends and shifting strategic moves in hollywood as they prepare for tomorrow and move away from the past. wow, love the sound of that. we will also talk to you both later, but also here is kamal ahmed, editor in chief of the news movement, a new venture. until earlier this year, kamal was the bbc�*s editorial director — and before his bbc days, he was at the sunday te

simon walker is chief executive at marquee tv. and simon, for listeners who don't know, what exactly is marquee tv? thank you, katie, good to be here. marquee tv is netflix for the performing arts — but, as i think we'll discuss, that shorthand doesn't work any more when netflix has eaten the world. so i like to think of us as the ultimate arts companion in this niche of lovers of performing arts and culture. thanks, we'll talk about that later. julia alexander, you are a senior strategy analyst at parrot analytics, welcome. and i believe you also co—host the podcast downstream — what sort of things do you cover in that? absolutely, i look at the shifting trends and shifting strategic moves in hollywood as they prepare for tomorrow and move away from the past. wow, love the sound of that. we will also talk to you both later, but also here is kamal ahmed, editor in chief of the news movement, a news venture. until earlier this year, kamal was the bbc�*s editorial director — and before his bbc days, he was at the sunday te

you're the chief executive of marquee tv. i guess you're at the high—culture end, you know, broadcasting the likes of opera and ballet — how do you fit into the market alongside the giants? thanks, katie. if you indulge me with some historical perspective, i'm old enough that i've seen the beginning and middle of the streaming wars — i was the bbc�*s first head of on—demand in 1997, would you believe, when there really wasn't any on—demand. at that point in time, netflix wasjust shipping and did ten more years... i remember doing a piece on channel 4 news where the question was, "can netflix work" back when it launched. i think i thought it would, but there were doubts. i hope you bought shares. sadly not. obviously they were another ten years, 2007, before they actually started to do on—demand. and there was a really interesting phase where the original broadcasters like the bbc were very advanced, actually, in this. but it does feel like the streaming wars — and, to make a silly analogy, if you think about t

simon walker is chief executive at marquee tv. and simon, for listeners who don't know, what exactly is marquee tv? thank you, katie, good to be here. marquee tv is netflix for the performing arts — but, as i think we'll discuss, that shorthand doesn't work any more when netflix has eaten the world. so i like to think of us as the ultimate arts companion in this niche of lovers of performing arts and culture. thanks, we'll talk about that later. julia alexander, you are a senior strategy analyst at parrot analytics, welcome. and i believe you also co—host the podcast downstream — what sort of things do you cover in that? absolutely, i look at the shifting trends and shifting strategic moves in hollywood as they prepare for tomorrow and move away from the past. wow, love the sound of that. we will also talk to you both later, but also here is kamal ahmed, editor in chief of the news movement, a new venture. until earlier this year, kamal was the bbc�*s editorial director — and before his bbc days, he was at the sunday tel

simon walker is chief executive at marquee tv. and simon, for listeners who don�*t know, what exactly is marquee tv?

simon walker is chief executive at marquee tv.

seeing its primetime viewer numbers plummet by almost 50 percent over the last year. marquee stanley armstrong has the story trust. they say it takes years and only seconds to break and for ever to repair for us mainstream media. those seconds have turned into months of nose, diving, viewing figures amid a crisis of confidence. on saturday, eights hop, cnn reports to ridicule reports of supply chain disruptions by taking a pop at average joe, the supply chain, she exclaims, looking for milk for 2 year old. look at this amazing, overflowing abundance hate were spawns. such contempt from you, media for the current difficulties faced by so many has led to wide spread condemnation with many americans bemoaning and out of touch media that is alienating its own audience. i don't see a thing, therefore this thing must not exist. this person calls himself a journalist, can't wait to hear a 3rd person commentary on gas prices. everything's fine in my bubble of reality. his milk is 300 percent the price it was 2 years ago, but wages have only gone to 3 percent. and inflation is outpacing growt

don't have enough money. >> with letterman, i felt like i was watching a thing that hadn't been on tv before. >> okay, what would you like, ma'am? >> i told you, the three cheese pizza sale. [ bleep ]. >> it felt edgy before i was probably old enough to appreciate what edgy was. >> and a burrito supreme with no meat. is that correct? >> she's gone already, chief. >> i actually went to go see david letterman. >> and now, david letterman! >> and dave was great, and paul shaffer was awesome. i remembered looking at the cameras going, hopefully it just turns around and i'll be on tv! and i remember taping it at home, and i'd bring it to parties. and it was like a white blur. and i'm like, that's me, dude, i'm on television, didn't you see me? >> all we were ever told was that there was no way that our show could compete with jay's show. but in the first year, we became the number one show. so cbs was delighted. >> for the first time, the entire history of late night, nbc is not in first place. >> meanwhile, they're trying to figure out, who do we want in the 12:30 time slot after jay leno