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TBI Weekly: Women’s World Cup shows FTA broadcasters’ enduring appeal
The ratings success of the Women’s World Cup shows the power that free-to-air broadcasters around…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix’s rare transparency serves “global inspiration” to producers
Netflix’s unprecedented transparency in detailing its documentary strategy at this week’s Sunny Side of the…
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Exclusive: Discovery “making changes” in commissioning post-UKTV split
Discovery Networks Europe is rejigging its commissioning team on the back of its UKTV channels…
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Sales round-up: Beta scores for drama trio; Wag TV inks 50-hour Polish deal
Germany’s Beta Film seals deals for drama trio Beta Film has struck a series of…
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Cracking down on co-productions
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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Exclusive: Canal+ scales Pyramids series from Pernel, Vivendi Ent
Samuel Kissous’ Pernel Media and Vivendi Entertainment have partnered on a 4K series delving into…
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China’s CCTV-9 boards Zed’s ‘Wild Treasures Of China’
French producer-distributor Zed and China’s CCTV-9 have teamed for blue-chip series Wild Treasures Of China….
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Inside Netflix’s original documentary strategy
Netflix exec Diego Buñuel has called for “insane” contemporary stories that can “punch through the…
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Kew Media Distribution: Beyond ‘Neverland’
Tim Dams explores the rise of documentary powerhouse Kew Media Distribution Halfway through 2019, there’s…
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TBI Factual Hot Picks – June 2019
With Sunny Side of the Doc kicking off in France, TBI Magazine picks out a…