{"id":6295,"date":"2018-06-11T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/twofour-groups-melanie-leach-andrew-mackenzie\/"},"modified":"2018-06-12T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:33:19","slug":"twofour-groups-melanie-leach-andrew-mackenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/twofour-groups-melanie-leach-andrew-mackenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview with Twofour Group\u2019s Melanie Leach &#038; Andrew Mackenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Leach, chief executive of Twofour Group, and Andrew Mackenzie, the company\u2019s chief creative officer, sat down with <em>TV Formats\u00a0<\/em>to discuss the current market for entertainment across the television landscape. 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