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Matthew Humberstone
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Queens Of Love
There’s plenty of twists on the relationship show at this year’s MIPCOM (see TBI’s Hot…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Marrying Millions
Launched in July, Lifetime’s new reality show Marrying Millions is either about true love or…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: In A Man’s World
In this #MeToo era, new format In A Man’s World feels timely and likely to…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Meat The Family
Tapping into concerns about the natural world, food production, animal welfare and what we eat,…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Comedians Giving Lectures
It’s like a TED Talk – but with jokes. Comedians Giving Lectures launched on UKTV…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Parent’s Evening
A parents’ evening is often one of the most stressful events of an academic year…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Don’t
Picked up by ABC in the US, new game show Don’t is currently in the…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Five Guys A Week
With its arresting title, dating show Five Guys A Week sets out to transform the…
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Photo gallery: Content Innovation Awards 2019
Check out the photographs from the Content Innovation Awards 2019.
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Content Innovation Awards 2019: The content visionary – Jane Millichip
Sky Studios COO Jane Millichip took Sky Vision revenues from £8m to £240m in seven…
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Content Innovation Awards 2019: The agenda-setter – Keli Lee
Few have had as much impact improving the diversity of a studio’s content pipeline than…
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Content Innovation Awards 2019: Development dynamo – Izabela Ianelli
Endemol Shine Brazil’s digital strategy manager Izabela Ianelli has worked in TV since 2010 and…
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Content Innovation Awards 2019: The individual winners
This year’s Content Innovation Awards, which took place on Sunday, 13 October at The Majestic…
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‘No rules’ and a new chapter for Sky Studios
With the backing of Comcast and knock-out collaborations such as Chernobyl, pay-TV operator Sky and…
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Greta’s green wave reaches kids’ TV
As Greta Thunberg hits the US and Noga Levy-Rapoport beats the drum for climate change,…
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Inside the Endemol Shine sale saga
The ongoing saga of the Endemol Shine sale could be nearing an end, with a…
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TBI Well-being: How to survive MIPCOM
In this month’s Well-being column, former BBC Studios exec and corporate wellness coach Tracy Forsyth…
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Why this year’s MIPCOM could be an industry game-changer (Column)
Drive co-MD Lilla Hurst breaks down the top trends du jour – from the end…
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BBC’s content chief talks up iPlayer plans, benefits of extended rights window
BBC content chief Charlotte Moore has outlined how on-demand service iPlayer will become central to…
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Disney, Amazon and Netflix face off over ads
Disney and Amazon are reportedly at an impasse over the availability of the former’s soon-to-launch…
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BBC readies fourth revamp of iPlayer in 12 years
The BBC is working on a total overhaul of its iPlayer streaming service, the broadcaster…
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Avalon hires Lionsgate’s Laura Kennedy as CEO
Avalon Group has hired Lionsgate Television’s chief operating officer Laura Kennedy as CEO. Avalon founders…
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Brett Weitz appointed GM of truTV
TBS and TNT general manager Brett Weitz has had responsibility for truTV added to his…
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Endemol Shine scores sales for VR format ‘Your Home Made Perfect’
Endemol Shine Group has struck its first international deals for VR property makeover series Your Home…
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Murdoch, Snider and Featherstone team to launch Sister
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone have teamed up to launch Sister, a global…
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Jan Koeppen handed Disney DTC reins for EMEA
Jan Koeppen has been promoted to president of The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East…
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DAZN hires Stewart Walker for global rights partnerships
Sports streamer DAZN has announced the hire of Stewart Walker EVP global rights partnerships. In…
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Moonbug taps ProSiebenSat.1’s Nicolas Eglau to lead EMEA
Family entertainment brand Moonbug has appointed former ProSiebenSat.1 exec Nicolas Eglau as its head of…
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DAZN strikes distribution coup with Comcast
Sports streamer DAZN has announced availability on Comcast’s Xfinity Flex and Xfinity X1 platforms. This…
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French joint SVOD Salto sets out exec leadership
France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, has set out its exec leadership, one month after…