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TBI Tech & Analysis: Diving into Amazon’s unique streaming strategy
Amazon has been in the global streaming game for years but it has always trodden a…
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Five key takeaways from Festival de la Rochelle
French drama is booming and the Festival de la Rochelle has clearly benefitted, with this…
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TBI Weekly: The problem with the UK’s format isolationism
With MIPCOM on the horizon, European format specialist Siobhan Crawford offers a plea to UK…
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TBI In Conversation: Uniting US & Israeli talent at the first-ever Scripted Israel
The first-ever Scripted Israel summit kicks off in Los Angeles on Monday, with the four-day…
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Opinion: When content meets fandom – the risks and rewards of fan engagement
Joe Moring, head of community & Partnerships at SHARE Creative, explores the pros and cons…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how French content sales shifted in 2021
Unifrance’s annual report revealed a swathe of findings last week, not least that French TV…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Picking apart Western Europe’s pay-TV & OTT markets
Western Europe’s pay-TV and OTT operators secured more than 300 million subscribers in 2021, with…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Reappraising Disney+ Hotstar’s potential in India
India’s streaming industry offers huge subscriber potential but lower average revenues per user, and operators…
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TBI Weekly: Unscripted paper format creators you need to know (part 2)
Format creatives and their ideas are in demand, but where can you find them and what…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Forecasting Eastern Europe’s pay-TV staying power
Online video is growing much faster in Eastern Europe than pay-TV services, but the latter…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Exploring viewing habits across Europe
Over recent weeks, TBI has brought you exclusive insights around content consumption in the US…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Digging into the UK’s record linear declines
While the conversation about the future of content consumption rumbles along, TBI continues its dig…
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TBI Weekly: Why HBO Max & Hulu’s rights-sharing deal adds up
HBO Max and Hulu’s decision to share ‘co-exclusive’ streaming rights to breakout comedy hit Abbot Elementary can…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Netflix turned ‘Stranger Things S4’ into a billion-hour bonanza
Netflix hit Stranger Things returned for a much-anticipated fourth season in May and, according to…
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Opinion: The perfect storm driving international content demand in the US
Anthony Kimble, co-CEO of UK- and US-based production and financing company Arrested Industries (formerly Fugitive),…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: What Channel 4’s rising ad revenue spells for privatisation potential
While the UK government looks to privatise commercial broadcaster Channel 4, citing an unsustainable funding…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why MBC took a 30% stake in Greece’s Antenna Group
Middle East broadcast giant MBC Group recently invested almost $240m to take a stake in…
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Three key content takeaways from NEM Dubrovnik
Alisa Joseph, SVP of strategy and business development at US-based licensing & data firm Whip…
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Opinion: Atwater Capital’s Carol Lim on private equity’s interest in local language
Carol Lim, principal at US-based investment firm Atwater Capital, explains why streaming giants must think…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why cost & immobility might hamper Disney+ in South Africa
Disney+ rolled into South Africa last month but the combination of a high price and…
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Opinion: Content… where for art thou?
European format expert Siobhan Crawford pulls back the curtain on where to look for content and puts…
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TBI In Conversation: A Welsh perspective and gov’t dissatisfaction ahead of the Wales Screen Summit
With the first-ever Wales Screen Summit (Copa Cyfryngau Cymru) launching tomorrow, TBI’s Mark Layton caught…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Digging into Netflix & Amazon’s int’l strategies
Tim Westcott, Omdia’s senior principal analyst, digital content and channels, delves into the differing…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why SVOD giants have embraced non-US content
Tim Westcott, Omdia’s senior principal analyst, digital content and channels, explores why Netflix and Amazon…
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TBI In Conversation: John Irwin talks Shakira, TikTok & NBC’s ‘Dancing With Myself’
John Irwin, president of LA-based production house Irwin Entertainment, talks to TBI’s Mark Layton about…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How producers can outfox the NFT scammers
After a recent NFT scam led to a halt in production, consultant solicitor Julian Wilkins…
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How Collective Media gave new wings to Smithsonian’s ‘Air Warriors’
Andrew Barron, series producer at UK factual prodco Collective Media Group, discusses taking over production…
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TBI In Conversation: How India reinvented US anti-hero ‘Ray Donovan’
Locomotive Global’s Sunder Aaron tells TBI’s Mark Layton what lies behind India’s scripted formats boom…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking Netflix’s most-watched shows in Q1 2022
Netflix suffered a battering from investors after its first quarter 2022 results, but how did…
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Opinion: FOMO, formats & the market
European format specialist Siobhan Crawford questions just how much the fear of missing out on…