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Surviving in the new order

Many producers involuntarily flinch when they learn a senior executive at a broadcaster is moving on, and Nick Catliff, managing director of London-based prodco Lion Television, may be able to explain why. He compares the ensuing unease in the production industry to living 'under the court of Louis the XV.' When a new channel head takes the throne, Catliff says producers are left to wonder 'Who's up, who's down? Am I in, am I out? Is this good news or bad news for me?'

January 1, 2008

Many producers involuntarily flinch when they learn a senior executive at a broadcaster is moving on, and Nick Catliff, managing director of London-based prodco Lion Television, may be able to explain why. He compares the ensuing unease in the production industry to living 'under the court of Louis the XV.' When a new channel head takes the throne, Catliff says producers are left to wonder 'Who's up, who's down? Am I in, am I out? Is this good news or bad news for me?'