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Features
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Viewpoint: Rob Davis, Double Act Productions
Seasoned documentary maker Rob Davis runs through the moral mazes filmmakers come up against when…
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A Rare occurence
Antony Fraser, CEO of Rare TV answers TBI’s questions as to why now is a…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market, part four
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part three
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part two
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part one
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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The Royals – Lionsgate’s regal ambition
E! is best-known for its glossy entertainment programming and awards show coverage, but like many…
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Bassetti’s Banijay: ‘We won’t pay insane prices for prodcos’
Marco Bassetti, who became CEO of Paris-based production group Banijay in April 2013, tells Jesse…
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Twitter Amplified – a new distribution model
It is just over a year ago that Twitter launched its Amplify initiative for content…
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What can Chelsea Handler tell us about Netflix’s next steps?
The evolution of Netflix accelerates faster and faster with every announcement, and with its deal…
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The factual landscape: ducks, docs and digital
The business of selling factual programming is changing – with free-to-air slots for classic factual…
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Viewpoint: How funding schemes are driving UK animation
As the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, UK, kicks off today and calls for a…
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China and UK coming together at the Children’s Media Conference
Trevor Lai will be at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, UK, this week to…
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Sunny (Chinese) Side of the Doc
The screening and copro documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc remains a very French…
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Documentary filming – how much is too much?
Rob Davis, co-owner, Double Act Productions I’m a documentary filmmaker who runs Double Act Productions…
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The copro landscape: Meet the fixers
A batch of one-stop shop consultancies from the UK aimed at facilitating global coproduction has…
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Antena tuned to Romanian TV
The Romanian TV market is ultra-competitive with numerous channels vying for ratings and a slice…
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Josh Sapan’s drama lessons
AMC has struck pay (TV) dirt three times with Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The…
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Starz power
Starz is investing more in programming, reaching out to specific segments of the audience and…
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Thunderbirds are go with first presale
Australia’s Nine Network has acquired the upcoming Thunderbirds reboot. The series, which will be distributed…
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State House opens doors to African drama
Having moved into original entertainment programming, East African pay TV operator Zuku is starting to…
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What next in the Netherlands?
From Big Brother to The Voice via Deal or No Deal and Splash! Dutch producers…
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France: kids TV at a crossroads
With the Annecy animation festival beginning today, Pascale Paoli-Lebailly hears from leading players about the…
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Creatives speaking: Gilles Bannier on Paris
Gilles Bannier was lined up to direct The Tunnel, the Canal+ and Sky remake of…
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Shooting down the pirates
As startling new statistics reveal the scale of the illegal sharing of TV shows, TBI…
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LA Screenings review: big name drama delivers on promise
Last week’s LA Screenings saw international buyers including BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen, TV2…
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Never Tear Us Apart – the INXS series
This miniseries from Shine Australia aims to lift the lid on legendary Australian rock band…
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Kids live-action takes a step forward
The value of investing in live-action programming is becoming abundantly clear to broadcasters around the…
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LA Screenings 2014: The case for drama
New CSI, NCIS, Marvel and DC Comics series suggest the US networks are sticking to…
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Viewpoint: Todd Lituchy – a pilot’s progress
The concept of US networks adapting international scripted series for the American market is nothing…