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MIPFormats Hot Pick: No Sleep No FOMO

Distributor: The Story Lab Producer: Gleam Productions Broadcaster: Viu (Asia) Logline: Two celebrities have 60 hours in a new city to complete the ultimate bucket list, all on zero sleep Few of us envision checking off the items on our bucket list in 60 hours but that’s the task at hand for two celebrities in […]

MIPFormats Hot Pick: Mums Make Porn

Distributor: Passion Distribution Producer: Firecracker Films Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Logline: Mothers of teenagers are given the tools to write, direct and produce their very own porn film Channel 4’s bold 3 x 60-minute doc series tackles an important issue in a humorous and relatable way, confronting the realities of how porn is made, as […]

MIPFormats Hot Pick: Race Across The World

Distributor: All3Media International Producer: Studio Lambert Broadcaster: BBC Two (UK) Logline: Pairs of travellers must race to the Far East without taking a single flight and without the use of smartphones Race Across The World finds a group of contestants working in pairs to get themselves from London to Singapore without air travel or their […]

MIPFormats Hot Pick: The Secret Song

Distributor: Vivendi Entertainment Producer: DMLS TV Broadcaster: TF1 (France) Logline: An unassuming celebrity is surprised by a famous friend or family member who serenades them with a favourite song A pilot for shiny-floor format The Secret Song debuted on French commercial broadcaster TF1 in late December to become the best launch of a new unscripted […]

Katzenberg’s 20-year journey to short-form domination

Jeffrey Katzenberg is the superstar Disney alum who has built a 30-year reputation for the quality of his work as a film executive, producer and media proprietor – and now he’s taking on short-form. He speaks to Kaltrina Bylykbashi about why his work on premium platform Quibi may be his most enduring yet Quibi was […]

Wild Money: The new rules of play in distribution

Distributors are under greater pressure than ever, needing to be nimble, innovative and cash-rich – all at the same time. TBI gathered distributors of shows such as Bodyguard and Leaving Neverland to discuss all things content: what’s cutting through, what they’re walking away from and why they’re stepping in where commissioners are falling short How […]

Why content execs are winning in Hollywood

Hollywood is facing some of the most drastic executive restructuring it has ever encountered, with regime changes at Disney and NBCUniversal setting the scene for the industry’s next SVOD-focused chapter. Manori Ravindran reports on why content, and not digital, execs are getting the top jobs As Hollywood digs itself out of a seismic 18-month period […]

Aftercare or afterthought?: Unpacking duty of care on youth-skewing formats

With TV’s biggest entertainment format facing backlash over its aftercare practices, do casting directors and producers need to re-examine duty of care for youth-targeting formats? Manori Ravindran investigates In a competitive entertainment landscape that finds channels jostling for the coveted 16-34 demographic, youth-skewing formats are among the toughest to cast – and, as evidenced by […]

Making a physical gameshow for Netflix

Kieran Doherty joint-MD of Stellify Media, producers of Blind Date and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, explains how the Sony-backed prodco scored a gameshow commission with Netflix.    It all started when Stellify joint-MD Matt Worthy had an idea for a gameshow where you are not allowed to move – and if you do move, something […]

The big business of dubbing

Quality dubbing will be the key to the continued growth of international drama consumption, and SVODs and networks alike are doubling up in investment in the business to get ahead of the curve. Kaltrina Bylykbashi reports In the past two years, the dubbing business has exploded, outpacing subtitling for the first time as a result […]

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