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TBI In Conversation: Autentic MD on the future of factual
Autentic MD Patrick Hörl tells Richard Middleton how his German factual producer and distributor responded…
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TBI In Conversation: TikTok’s European chief on brands, formats & drama
TikTok has exploded into the public consciousness like few – if any other – video-led…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Peacock takes flight as subs flock in
NBCUniversal’s streamer Peacock might have had its feathers ruffled by the global pandemic affecting its…
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Diversity: Nurturing conversation around representation
In the second instalment of her new monthly column, the Creative Diversity Network’s executive director…
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TBI In Conversation: Globo director Patricia Pedrosa on female-driven drama
Patricia Pedrosa, director of Brazilian scripted series All Women In The World (aka Todas As Mulheres…
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Go big or go small? Sales chiefs talk global deals
Covid-19’s impact on production coincided with US studios going direct-to-consumer, creating what appeared to be…
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Future-proofing formats; securing sales in a pandemic
With the pandemic upending the TV industry across the world, Mark Layton finds out what…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How voice-controlled devices affect content consumption
The proliferation of content available to viewers has been a hallmark trend of the past…
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Blue Ant’s Julie Chang on a post-pandemic prediction
Julie Chang, VP of international co-productions at Blue Ant Media and interim EVP at Blue…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Insider insight
TBI’s Distributor’s Survey 2020 has provided deep insights into how the global content business is…
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Cartoon Forum: The Highlights Reel
Cartoon Forum may have moved online this year, but that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 5: Conclusion
Few areas of the content business have adapted as quickly over recent years to the…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 4: Kids
Few areas of the content business have adapted as quickly over recent years to the…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 3: Formats
Few areas of the content business have adapted as quickly over recent years to the…
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Who’d launch a distributor in Covid times?
Kate Beal, CEO at UK-based Woodcut Media, gives TBI the inside line on why her…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 2: Unscripted
Few areas of the content business have adapted as quickly over recent years to the…
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TBI Distributor’s Survey 2020 – Part 1: Scripted
From Mumbai, Sydney and Dubai, to LA, Stockholm and London, TBI’s Distributor’s Survey this year…
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Show of the Week: Tell Me Who I Am
With a globe-trotting story spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s and action taking place…
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TBI Weekly: Five takeaways from the UK production census
UK trade body Pact today unveiled its annual production census, revealing record figures driven largely…
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How Dutch producers welcomed audiences for ‘The Hit List’
In the concluding part of this two-part series, Vincent ter Voert, CEO at Dutch producer…
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How Tuesday’s Child kept the music playing through Covid
In the first of a two-part series, Karen Smith, MD at Tuesday’s Child, tells TBI…
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Lat Am drama: Talking it out
Spanish-language scripted product is in demand and Latin American producers already widely renowed for their…
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TBI In Conversation: Building an American ‘Utopia’ with Sharon Levy
TBI’s Mark Layton speaks to Sharon Levy, president of unscripted and scripted programming at Endemol…
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Diversity: A black life
In this new monthly column for TBI, the Creative Diversity Network’s executive director Deborah Williams…
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Distribution focus: Who’s doing what this fall?
As Covid-19 continues to hamper international travel and affect the traditional events calendar, TBI checks…
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Well-being: You can’t wear a crown if your head is down
In this latest well-being column, corporate wellness coach Tracy Forysth provides five physical exercises to…
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TBI In Conversation: CuriosityStream CEO on going public & quadrupling its content
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton talks to Clint Stinchcomb, president & CEO at US-based CuriosityStream,…
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How ‘Mr Bean’ became a global brand & an online phenomenon
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Mr Bean, the Tiger Aspect-owned comedy show that has…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for linear TV’s Covid boom?
Covid-19 enforced lockdowns around the world had propelled viewing figures for linear networks skywards but…
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Digital UK’s Jonathan Thompson on the challenges facing new BBC chief Tim Davie
Jonathan Thompson, who leads the development of the UK’s digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, reflects…