SVT airs several big US shows and recently bought The Bible and Bates Motel. Stephen Mowbray is the Swedish public broadcaster’s head of programme acquisitions and a regular att…
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Miniseries strikes back
A few years ago, it looked like scripted miniseries were heading for the scrapheap. With networks favouring TV movies, returning series and fast-movin…
Viewpoint: Patty Geneste
Patty Geneste, chairman, FRAPA and CEO Absolutely Independent and Gertjan van Valen, marketing & sales director, Absolutely Independent, indulge in so…
Tax breaks fuel UK’s global production hub ambitions
When UK Chancellor George Osborne sat down on March 20 having presented his Budget, the huzzahs of television producers should have been heard even ab…
Shooting Starz
Starz has built a solid slate of original programmes in recent years with the Spartacus franchise a cornerstone. As that comes to an end the cable net…
France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are keeping TV as a core business but experimenting with dig…
Viewpoint: Is Channel 4’s content strategy fit for purpose?
Nick Thomas, principal analyst, TV & Digital Media, at Informa Telecoms & Media asks whether Channel 4’s content strategy is fit for purpose. If soc…
The new super groups: Red Arrow Entertainment
In the second part of our two-part report on emerging international production groups, TBI talks to the executives behind Red Arrow Entertainment, the…
The new super groups: Argonon
In the first of a two-part feature on emerging production super groups, Stewart Clarke talks with James Burstall, CEO of UK-based Argonon, which today…
Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids full of factual entertainment and observational docs. Histor…
Sky Vision takes ITN series to MIPTV
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MIPTV News: Prime sells Hollywood show to BSkyB
UK satcaster BSkyB has picked up a series about iconic film directors from Prime Entertainment Group. The show will be part of Prime’s MIPTV slate a…
MIPTV News: Todd Lituchy’s New Media Vision aims to go Fame High
New Media Vision, the consultancy and distribution business run by former Disney and Viasat executive Todd Lituchy, is launching a new feature doc abo…
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