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NATPE Europe Buyers Briefing: Kai Gahler
Name: Kai Gahler Title: acquisitions executive, Kanal 2, Estonia TBI: What channels do you buy…
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Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
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In-demand chart: Spain (June 5-11, 2017)
Spain’s demand chart has thrown up a surprise – half of the overall most demanded…
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The view from the Riviera
It’s hard to find a more beautiful and glamorous location to shoot than the Côte…
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In the spotlight: The Shield creator and Timeless writer Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan was destined to revolutionise US crime drama when he dreamed up The Shield…
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LA Screenings 2017 in pictures
The LA Screenings are over for another year, with most acquisitions executives now back in…
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In-demand chart: UK (May 22-28, 2017)
Hulu drama The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian tale of female struggle, featuring Mad Men’s…
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Taking Bull by the horns
Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this…
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Branded with an indie label
The LA Screenings was set up initially as an opportunity for the major US studios…
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LA Screenings 2017: Military procedure
International broadcasters are desperate for American procedurals, and this year the Hollywood studios believe they’ve…
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How Loaded went from Israel to Channel 4
Hillbilly TV co-founders Kate Norrish and Polly Leys recall how their UK drama business begn,…
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In-demand chart: France (May 7-13, 2017)
Netflix holds a domination position in French digital demand expressions. The streamer takes all ten…
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Show stoppers
The golden age of TV drama has meant more programmes in production, and with resources…
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Comedy at the crossroads
Comedy has not had the same uplift in budgets and ambition as straight-up scripted fare,…
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Emerging kids studios
In spite of the challenges, some studios that had been offering services on a work-for-hire…
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In-demand chart: Greece (April 23-29, 2017)
Greece is yet another territory in which Game of Thrones rules over rival factions. The…
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HBO Europe: Root’s cause
HBO Europe is well established as a producer in central and eastern Europe, and has…
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Doubling down on All3Media International
In her first interview since returning to run All3Media International, Louise Pedersen tells Stewart Clarke…
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In the Spirit of French animation
A few years back, Eric Jacquot and Armelle Glorennec’s French animation company Blue Spirit emerged…
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TBI Interview: Mark Linsey’s Studios system
The BBC’s production arm has become a commercial subsidiary, changing its business model for the…
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In-demand chart: Austria (April 9 to 15, 2017)
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why went straight in at number one in the latest in Demand…
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Script to Screen: Guerrilla
The story of how John Ridley’s passion project became Sky and Showtime’s latest star attraction,…
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NBC’s alternative all stars
Amid the golden age of TV drama, NBC has done something remarkable in launching and…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Spies
Espionage has perhaps never been more relevant than it is in 2017, with fake news…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Game of Clones
For Luci Sanan, global formats director at new-kid-on-the-block sales house The Story Lab, picking up…
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In-demand chart: France (March 12-17, 2017)
Taking demand expressions as the measurement, Netflix is driving the narrative in France. The platform’s…
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In-demand chart: Belgium (Feb 26-March 4, 2017)
If you work in television and happen to be in Brussels this week, chances are…
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Jamie, FoodTube and the changing face of MCNs
K7 Media’s Clare Thompson asks what the demise of Jamie Oliver’s FoodTube tells us about…
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Master’s key
With a credit list stretching longer than dozens of other writers combined, 80 year-old Andrew…
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Gap Year financing
A February screening allows Entertainment One to showcase the fruits of a sustained investment in…