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Features
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Moore to the story
Sci-fi guru Ronald D. Moore is launching his first major new cable dramas since Battlestar…
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NATPE Miami: US Hispanic originals, part 2
Execs from NuvoTV and Televisa USA reveal how they taking Hispanic culture in the US…
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Mosko, the capital of Sony TV
In 2001, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer closed most of Sony’s TV production business. Just…
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Originals and English reshape US Hispanic TV
TV channels chasing US Hispanic viewers are programming an ever increasing amount of original content…
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NATPE 2014: TV Globo
Brazilian media giant TV Globo is heading to NATPE. Ahead of the start of the…
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NATPE Miami: Marcos Santana interview
Ahead of the NATPE Miami market, which kicks off next week, TBI spoke to Marcos…
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Who gets grounded by Fox’s pilots dismissal?
Will Kevin Reilly’s decision to pull broadcast network Fox out of the pilots development business…
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Viewpoint: A healthy take on lifestyle TV
A few recent industry news headlines: • Discovery Networks purchases Takhayal Entertainment including its flagship…
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Viewpoint: Terrestrial commissions? Not for me
My friend, a commissioner at a prestigious terrestrial channel, was mystified. Why weren’t the top…
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Executive predictions: TV on 2014
As another eventful year in television draws to a close, leading industry figures – including Warner…
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Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
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2013 in review
In the final part of our review of the most memorable moments of this year,…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part four
Twenty-thirteen was in many ways a landmark year for television, with shows from across the…
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Foxtel takes First place
Foxtel’s director of programmes Brian Walsh tells Jesse Whittock about the Australian pay TV leader’s…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part three
In the third part of a review of 2013, we look at the ever changing…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part two
In the second part of our week-long rundown of the year that was in television,…
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Analysis: Is Rising Star the new X Factor?
Rising Star has set the formats world alight with deals for local versions agreed in…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part one
In this week-long series of articles, TBI editors Stewart Clarke and Jesse Whittock take a…
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International broadcasters mark the death of Nelson Mandela
International broadcasters have moved swiftly to unveil special programming to mark the death of Nelson…
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Red hot channels in Asia
Asian pay TV is growing at a fast clip with subscriber numbers on the rise…
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Asia’s super heroes
Are Asian television companies finding new ways to reboot the animated boys’ action genre? Jesse…
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Formatting the future of Chinese content
Beryl Yan is head of programme strategy at Hunan TV, one of China’s largest broadcasters….
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Factual: The platform and content revolution
The world of factual entertainment is being disrupted every bit as much by the digital…
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Content with a (re)purpose
Matt Bowman, commercial director of digital content services firm RRsat Europe, says legacy programming can…
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Marvista sees double
MarVista has just hit double figures – and figures miniseries, kids, features and TV movies…
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Transmedia by numbers
Children’s love of great TV content shows no signs of abating but young audiences are…
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Kids TV seriously
Today’s kids have an endless array of entertainment choices. From Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting…
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Comment: Are newspaper giants the new pay TV channels?
The news back in September that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had bought the iconic Washington…
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TV’s conscious effort
Cruel critiques and manufactured conflict have been replaced by supportive smiles, warm hugs and a…
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DreamWorks into TV: Awesome and Classic
In diversifying away from movies, DreamWorks has made two key acquisitions, the multimillion dollar deal…