Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Alas, I can only find a small violin for these <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> workers, as the latest whinge is <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> companies are not making as many unscripted shows (i.e low budget reality TV, reality crime "documentaries"), <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ITV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITV</span></a> is unhappy that shows like <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LoveIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsland</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TOWIE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOWIE</span></a> are pulling in less ad revenue and reducing their budgets - now middle class white people who exploited the working classes for these shows are having to do "normal" jobs amongst the same ordinary folk..</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/07/tv-producers-industry-crisis-case-studies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/mar</span><span class="invisible">/07/tv-producers-industry-crisis-case-studies</span></a></p>