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Pay TV outshines piracy in MENA
Piracy remains a major problem in the Middle East and North Africa, despite the many…
John Hendricks: still curious
John Hendricks tells Stewart Clarke about CuriosityStream and how it will harness the ‘third evolution…
Pitching over the pond: a UK perspective on US TV
British producer Nerd TV’s co-founder and managing director Jago Lee on why American-style processes are…
Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
XiveTV: at the factual frontier
John Hendricks will not have the factual streaming space to himself with CuriosityStream, with industry…
Viewpoint: an experience to remember
Cesar Suero, account and business development director at creative digital specialist Rawnet NY on why…
The state of the kids VOD industry
Nick Walters, founder and CEO of kids SVOD service Hopster, identifies the trends driving the…
The time is now for emerging markets
For decades the industry’s think tank for original formats has rested in the hands of…
Guilty pleasures
Murder. Bloodlust. Revenge. Jesse Whittock listens to testimony from leading executives and gathers evidence to…
Small Town America: don’t ignore local TV
British drama is currently the toast of Los Angeles and New York, with shows like…
Adult licence
Licensing and merchandising is intrinsic to children’s TV production, but what market is there for…
Atresmedia’s dramatic entrance
DeAPlaneta-controlled Atresmedia has coproduced The Refugees with BBC Worldwide, while The CW will adapt its…
Dipping into the Pick’n Mix
Established French media group Kabo Family is taking its hybrid comedy formats to the global…
Supply and demand in Latin America
TBI and Eurodata TV look at the latest trends in TV viewing in Latin America…
Silberwasser’s three-point plan
Luis Silberwasser joined Telemundo in late 2014 as president of the US Hispanic network. A…
MGM: A lion in the TV jungle
Of all of the Hollywood studios, none has been bought and sold as many times…
Year in Review, part three: 2015
This week, executives from across the board have revealed the moments that defined the industry…
2014 Year in Review, part two
What were the moments that defined 2014 for individual companies in the international TV space?…
Regal ambitions
Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…
Last word: Matthieu Viala, Makever
Matthieu Viala, CEO of French drama producer Makever, on why changes to viewing habits means…
2014 Year in Review, part one
In the first part of a three-part special on the moments of 2014 and those…
K-content: head on
The first South Korean content wave broke the country’s shows into China, Japan and across…
TV Formats: Made in China
A decade ago China was considered the enemy of the international formats business, but today…
How coproduction returned to Wales
S4C’s CEO Ian Jones explains the conditions that have seen internationally-coproduced drama return to Wales….
In kids TV, a great concept simply isn’t enough
Everyone in the television industry will agree to two things when it comes to kids…
Ob doc formats dissected
The observational documentary – or docu-soap – has brought big characters and weird and wonderful…
Kate Beal: the work experience experience
Work Experience – it’s that rite of passage into the mystical world of TV. We…
Viewpoint: Simon Flamank, Bob & Co.
Veteran kids TV financier and producer Simon Flamank explains why piecing together investment on an…
Viewpoint: Simon Flamank, Bob & Co.
Veteran kids TV financier and producer Simon Flamank explains why piecing together investment on an…
Laughter track
When international TV executives describe this as the Golden Age, they’re usually thinking of US…