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Digital-first creators, formats and AI are reshaping the entertainment landscape. At TellyCast 2025, Engine Pop captured a clear shift: digital is the television business. From creator studios to Light Mode™ Storytelling, a new content economy is emerging built on agility, authenticity and emotional connection.

Purpose isn’t a tagline, it’s a system. The leaders reshaping industries are embedding purpose into ownership, products, and infrastructure to build growth that lasts.

Attention isn’t gone it’s rewired. The battle isn’t speed vs craft, but how we build stories that deliver both.

The Edinburgh TV Festival 2025 wasn’t about revolution - it was about reckoning. Digital is no longer the add-on; it is the main stage. From Channel 4’s call to protect creative ecosystems to Shonda Rhimes’ reminder that storytelling reflects organisational power, the Festival made clear what’s at stake. For Engine Pop, having worked inside and alongside these shifts for years, the message was simple: survival now depends on strategy, bravery, and foresight.