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Features
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How the European Writers Club is opening doors & why it’s needed
Getting scripted shows off the ground has never been easy but squeezed budgets and streamer…
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TBI Weekly: What’s working & what isn’t in international coproductions
Cold Courage scribe Brendan Foley reflects on what’s working and what isn’t in the emerging…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why FAST is suited to children’s audiences
Omdia’s Tim Westcott explains why FAST channels go hand-in-hand with children’s programming, takes a look…
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MIA director Gaia Tridente on 2023 event & what to expect
MIA Ahead of Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA)’s return to Rome next month, event director Gaia…
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking the reality of being a producer
TBI’s man in LA, Arrested Industries CEO Anthony Kimble, draws a line between the hugely…
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Opinion: How to cash in from digital demand
Creating and cashing in from digital demand shouldn’t be a headache for producers, says Derek…
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Script to Screen – The Continental: From The World Of John Wick
With The Continental launching on Peacock and Prime Video tomorrow, Mark Layton talks assassin hotels,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Viu & Netflix are riding South-East Asia’s rapid ad revenue rise
The growing availability of high-speed internet and the rising popularity of smartphones and other digital…
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TBI Weekly: Why cutting a deal with brands can deliver on documentaries
Tapping into brand’s budgets can open up swathes of opportunities, with documentaries one area offering…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how streaming revenue will reach $569bn by 2028
Global online video services will continue to make massive revenue gains over the next five…
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TBI Weekly: Ahead of MIPCOM, does anyone actually have any money?
As the industry gears up for MIPCOM in a month’s time, TBI’s resident format expert…
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Opinion: Why ‘light crime’ is arresting audiences in Germany and beyond
With German audiences increasingly tuning in to more upbeat, less violent, crime programming, Kerstin Grünwald,…
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TBI Weekly: Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist revealed
The Content Innovation Awards 2023 shortlist has been unveiled ahead of the ceremony at MIPCOM…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How the UK’s linear decline supports a streaming surge
The way we watch content is changing fast as eyeballs shift from linear programming on…
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TBI Formats: Banijay Productions Germany on Euro opportunities, reality boom & ‘Big Bounce Battle’
After four years away from German screens, Banijay’s physical competition format, Big Bounce Battle, returned…
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TBI Weekly: What Barbie teaches us about branded content
TBI’s resident branded content expert, Luci Sanan, explains what the global success of Barbie tells…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How linear’s light is fading amid on demand boom
Viewing habits around the world are changing fast as eyeballs shift from linear programming on…
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TBI Weekly: Why not all press is good press for TV formats
The power of a good press release. Headlines raise brand awareness, keep content alive in…
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TBI Kids: Why ‘Shasha & Milo’ was a “love at first sight” co-pro for Banijay & Pingo Entertainment
It was “love at first sight” for Benoît Di Sabatino, after being introduced to Shasha…
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TBI Weekly: Why the UK is sleepwalking towards losing public-service kids’ content
Kids’ content veterans Anna Home and Greg Childs, the chair and director, respectively, of The…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Behind the numbers of Netflix’s Q2 2023 results
After Netflix massively exceeded analyst expecations to gain almost six million new subs, Omdia’s Matthew…
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Opinion: How the BBC can lead the way in the post-PSB world of kids’ programming
Joe Godwin, former director of BBC Children’s and current board member of the Children’s Media…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Can Hollywood afford to eschew AI?
The American film and TV industry is facing a renewed crisis, one that is erupting…
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TBI Weekly: Will US strikes provide the great Hollywood reset?
Actors union SAG-AFTRA joined the Writers Guild of America this week in downing tools, as…
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Opinion: Mapping the Nordic market & what it means to Formatland
Consolidation has been rife across the industry over recent months, so who better than TBI’s…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Making sense of North America’s pay-TV & streaming landscape
North America’s pay-TV & streaming landscape is shifting fast. Sarah Henschel, principal analyst at Omdia,…
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TBI Kids: ‘Odo’ producer Sixteen South on partnering up to get creative
Belfast-based children’s producer Sixteen South is focusing on international co-productions in order to grow its…
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TBI Kids: Lupus Films on unwrapping a “rich world” for ‘Mog’s Christmas’
London-based animation studio Lupus Films is diving back into the works of Judith Kerr for…
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Opinion: The case for kids’ linear in the streaming age
In a rapidly evolving media landscape, it is common to hear claims that linear TV…
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What Buyers Want: Lauren Whitelaw, head of programming , OUTtv
With a flurry of markets, conferences & co-production-focused events taking place this month, Mark Layton…