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Soho Media Club and Outernet London partner for 2023 BE YOU Festival
Mumbai: Soho Media Club has unveiled a new collaboration with Outernet London, the recently opened media and culture district in central London.
Located next to Tottenham Court Road tube station and hidden four stories under the centre of London, HERE, part of London’s new Outernet district, will host the BE YOU Festival on 13 July 2023. Outernet London is the new culture, arts and media district which features the most advanced immersive screen technology in the world.
Media champions including actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer Sir Lenny Henry; radio & television presenter and filmmaker, Mobeen Azhar, award winning disabled drama producer, Bryony Arnold and television and radio presenter, Melvin Odoom will participate in compelling fireside chats and interactive panel discussions during this one-day festival of media culture.
BE YOU is designed to spark honest conversation about the whole slate of film, TV and multimedia cultures, including the visible and hidden challenges of diversity, inclusion, belonging wellbeing, having your voice heard and inspiring and nurturing this and future generations of talent.
A mix of over 200 industry heavyweights and newcomers come together in Soho to discuss the challenges of media culture and celebrate successes. Everyone attending is encouraged to participate in frank discussion, get stuck into candid conversations, share ideas and express themselves, so that attendees leave feeling empowered and armed with ideas, inspiration and contacts.
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend ground-breaking sessions in HERE, view thought-provoking content from talented filmmakers in the Pop Space and join the BE YOU Festival Party at the Lower Third.
Featured speakers include:
● Sir Lenny Henry, Actor, Comedian, Singer, Television Presenter and Writer
● Bryony Arnold, Award Winning Disabled Drama Producer
● Mike Whittaker, CTO, Outernet
● Debbie Ramsay, Commissioning Editor, Youth Strand, News & Current Affairs Channel 4
● Islah Abdur-Rahman, Actor, Filmmaker, Presenter, thecornershopnetwork ● Angela Ferreira, Managing Director, Douglas Road Productions ● Des Gayle, BAFTA Award Winning Producer and Founder, Altered Gene ● Ria Hebden, Television Presenter and Broadcaster
● Anne Morrison, CEO and Creative Director, Nevision
● Fatima Salaria, TV Executive
● Neil Mullarkey, Actor, Writer and Comedian and Founder of Comedy Store ● Navi Lamba, Head of Development BBC Comedy, BBC
● Ted Evans, Writer & Director
The Festival will come to a joyous end, with multi-award winning gospel group Volney Morgan & New-Ye performing at the BE YOU Party which takes place at the Lower Third, Outernet.
Outernet CEO and originator Philip O’Ferrall said, “Since opening, the district has played host to an enormous range of immersive cultural and arts experiences. We are hugely excited to work with Soho Media Club to host the BE YOU Festival. It’s vital we support and grow film and TV talent and move the dial towards a more inclusive and representative media workforce.”
Soho Media Club co-founder Jaisica Lapsiwala said: “Being adjacent to Soho, with all of its diversity and vibrancy, our collaboration with Outernet amplifies our commitment to driving equity and inclusion and dismantling barriers. It is the perfect destination for the media community to come together to have their say and change the narrative of film and TV culture.”
BE YOU takes place on 13th July 2023 in Soho, London.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
