Hotcam owners, Henry Coulam and Pete Green, sat down with Televisual to discuss the industry, innovation and how they see the future for Hotcam. Here’s what they had to say…
When we went into business together, we committed to some basic principles which can essentially be boiled down to always putting the programme first. But with such fervent belief in our mission statement, we knew we’d need to truly recognise and address some of the inequality and welfare issues in our sector if we were going to be able to sleep at night. We think that you should be able to put the programme first, but it shouldn’t have to be at all costs – especially for the people who are making it.
Our industry is fundamentally a gig economy, with freelancers working project to project. At best, it’s a wonderful mish mash of creatives and technicians collaborating to create brilliant shows – but at worst, it’s a chaotic landscape with little sense of permanence where mental health problems and financial hardships can easily take root.
