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Features
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TBI Weekly: A Note From The Editor
Dearest Reader, Well, it has been quite the ride… The lights will soon be turned…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Switzerland is fighting back on sustained pay-TV losses
Switzerland’s pay-TV market fell for a fourth consecutive quarter in 1Q24, with subscriptions down by…
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TBI Weekly: Navigating the changing face of Canada’s content landscape
With a Canadian writers’ strike averted earlier this month, Matt Code, president of Wildling Pictures…
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TBI Weekly: How savvy licensing & value-added originals are boosting Netflix’s numbers
Forget the top 10 lists and watercooler talk, TBI’s Mark Layton delves into the latest…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why ad-supported streaming is set to boom in Latin America
With Netflix having already rolled out its ‘Basic with Ads’ tier in Latin America, all…
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Opinion: The power of good distribution
TBI’s resident format expert Siobhan Crawford wonders why distribution has a bad name in some…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpicking Prime Video’s strategy for ‘Fallout’
Amazon Prime Video’s release of Fallout marked the streamer’s first video game-based TV series. With…
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TBI Weekly: Why commissioners should be hunting their own ‘Baby Reindeer’
With Netflix’s Baby Reindeer currently dominating the cultural water cooler conversation, Anthony Kimble, TBI’s resident…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Can Netflix repeat ‘Squid Game’s success?
Squid Game‘s global success in 2021 reset the ambitions of globe-trotting drama and set new…
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Buyer’s Profile: Neil Friedman, co-founder, ChaiFlicks
In this ongoing series, TBI speaks to key buyers about the shows they want and…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How SkyShowtime’s ad move reveals ambition
With pan-European streamer SkyShowtime rolling out an ad tier across its 22 European markets tomorrow,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Foxtel’s Hubbl is tackling subscriber churn
Australian media giant Foxtel launched Hubbl, a new streaming operating system, last month. Omdia’s Adam…
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Buyer’s Profiles: CME Group’s Igor Draguzet, Peter Chalupa, Iulia Plesi & Marko Došlić
As part of a new partnership with NEM Dubrovnik, this latest installment to TBI’s Buyers…
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‘Fallout’ creators Jonathan Nolan & Graham Wagner on Amazon’s ‘gonzo’ apocalypse & Hollywood’s video game obsession
Amazon is about to enter the video game-to-series fray with an ambitious adaptation of post-apocalyptic…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How crime & sport are slowing UK linear declines
The average linear viewing time in the UK has spent years in decline, but Omdia’s…
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TBI Weekly: OOO in the sunshine of Cannes (eat that London)
As the final MIPTV prepares to be rolled out in Cannes, TBI’s resident format expert…
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Opinion: Nest Productions MD on navigating 2024 as a small UK indie
Derek Drennan, managing director of UK production management firm Nest Productions, gives a “birds eye…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Tubi’s rapid growth stacks up in the US AVOD market
Omdia’s Sarah Henschel delves into the latest viewership figures for Fox-owned AVOD Tubi and what…
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TBI Weekly: Five key takeaways from Series Mania Forum 2024
Series Mania Forum was abuzz this week as execs came together to compare notes on…
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Five key takeaways from Filmart 2024
Rashmi Bajpai, Banijay Rights’ EVP for Asia, shares her five key takeaways from last week’s…
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Opinion: Should there be a small indie quota?
With the UK indie sector in jeopardy, Indielab CEO Victoria Powell raises a call to…
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Buyer’s Profile: Kai Finke, SkyShowtime, chief content officer
In this ongoing series, TBI speaks to key buyers about the shows they want and…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Underlining the value of Netflix’s non-English content
Omdia’s senior analyst Daoud Jackson delves into Netflix’s global viewership data and explores what it…
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TBI Weekly: Why ‘The Wire’s success matters now more than ever
As commissioners look to franchises and mainstream dramas to provide returns on investment, Nick Edwards…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How the big beasts of the global TV & video markets compare
We might be living through a period of retrenchment when it comes to content spending…
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TBI Weekly: How streaming chaos has created a buyers paradise
Not too long ago, it was almost unthinkable that an international streaming service would ever…
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Why it’s time for creators to get immersed in VR
With Apple TV+ recently adding immersive originals to its lineup, Mark Layton delves into the…
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Script to Screen: The Marlow Murder Club
Ahead of the launch of The Marlow Murder Club tomorrow, Mark Layton speaks to creator…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where Nordic TV trends are going next
The Nordic quartet of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have for decades tended to be…
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Opinion: How the under-sixes are leading the digital charge
As kids’ broadcasters expand beyond traditional TV, Francesca Newington, channel director at Narrative Entertainment, says…