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Features
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Testing times for talent
Louise Berg, senior associate, Reed Smith LLP Talent shows have featured on our televisions screens…
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TV’s Big Questions: has the wave of M&A been positive for the industry?
Industry consolidation continued apace in 2015. The biggest deal, announced last year and effective from…
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TV’s Big Questions: has the wave of M&A been positive for the industry?
Industry consolidation continued apace in 2015. The biggest deal, announced last year and effective from…
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EU’s copyright changes can be cause for cheer
Compact Media’s CEO, David Johnson, argues last month’s communication from the European Commission on new…
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TV’s Big Questions: are the main markets still relevant?
Distribution is changing. The Frank brothers have created a digital rights trading platform, TRX, which…
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TV’s Big Questions: is the golden age of TV drama over?
We asked the industry whether the drama golden age had hit its peak and it’s…
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TV’s Big Questions: which digital platform made the most impact in 2015?
“I am in no doubt that Netflix in particular has completely changed the way we…
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Seven hurdles Netflix must overcome before it is a global player
This week, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, announced its launch in 130 more countries, bringing its total…
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Join the QYou
The QYou is aiming to bridge the gap between millennials-focused short-form online video and traditional…
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Canadian TV’s Annus Horribilis?
For the past 30 years the Canadian TV and film industry has been protected with…
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TV’s Big Questions: what development took you by surprise in 2015?
This time last year, we asked the TV industry what the defining trend of 2015…
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Australia’s drama landscape
Known for its soapie successes in Neighbours and Home & Away, contemporary, high-end projects from…
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Viewpoint: MCNs should go beyond YouTube
Miles Weaver, director of product marketing at TV tech firm Piksel, which recently co-launched GetBeyond.US…
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Call to live-action
Alison Homewood speaks to broadcasters and producers about the impact that the new kids live-action…
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Randi Zuckerberg talks Dot.
Randi Zuckerberg is a tech entrepreneur who, having worked at Facebook, the company her brother…
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An Asian Viu on OTT
Hong Kong-based telco and pay TV operator PCCW made an aggressive OTT play this October…
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China: full speed ahead
As new drama coproduction and digital opportunities open up in China, TBI speaks to the…
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Exporting in Asia
ATF is the biggest TV market in Asia. Ahead of the trip to Singapore, TBI…
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Viewpoint: festivals – do distributors care?
As the founder and managing director of boutique factual distributor Scorpion TV, David Cornwall has…
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Doors open for French formats
France’s TV formats are finding growing success in the global market, in tandem with a…
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Formats Ireland
Ireland is emerging as a solid format creating hotspot, as its small local market forces…
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South Africa’s Southern styling
South Africa has become a key strategic territory for international players, while local producers seek…
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Viewpoint: the seven deadly sins of scripted formats
K7 Media founder Keri Lewis-Brown provides some hints on what constitutes a hit, and where…
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Is the hype around OTT over the top?
Last week two landmark announcements signalled the pace of change in the pay TV industry…
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Going (digital) native
Why are television’s biggest groups spending millions of dollars on YouTube talent-focused multichannel networks? Jesse…
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Wanted: procedural series
Demand remains high for procedural drama, but the supply from the US is slowing. Stewart…
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Kaplan’s international vision: creator-led content
Days into her new job as Discovery’s international content supremo, Marjorie Kaplan tells Stewart Clarke…
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In depth: The Last Panthers
Act 1 Sky and StudioCanal are hoping for rich international pickings with starry new international…
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Pulse quickens
Thomas Benski is intent on turning multiplatform producer Pulse Films into a key television programming…
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Taking stock of Turner
Turner Broadcasting System EMEA is heading for its best year, both in terms of ratings…