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TBI Weekly
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TBI Weekly: Navigating the changing face of Canada’s content landscape
With a Canadian writers’ strike averted earlier this month, Matt Code, president of Wildling Pictures…
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TBI Weekly: How savvy licensing & value-added originals are boosting Netflix’s numbers
Forget the top 10 lists and watercooler talk, TBI’s Mark Layton delves into the latest…
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TBI Weekly: Why commissioners should be hunting their own ‘Baby Reindeer’
With Netflix’s Baby Reindeer currently dominating the cultural water cooler conversation, Anthony Kimble, TBI’s resident…
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TBI Weekly: How ‘Gomorrah’ put Italian drama on the map
Few shows have done as much to put Italian TV drama on the map as…
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TBI Weekly: The evolution of ethics in true crime filmmaking
Nick Mavroidakis, executive producer at UK factual indie Woodcut Media, explores how the past decade…
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TBI Weekly: How creative coproductions can help to temper turbulence
As the industry battles through the ongoing turmoil of 2024, tapping into the benefits of…
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TBI Weekly: MIPTV – The one that got away
MIPTV wrapped its 61st and final edition this week, capping a tumultuous recent few years…
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TBI Weekly: OOO in the sunshine of Cannes (eat that London)
As the final MIPTV prepares to be rolled out in Cannes, TBI’s resident format expert…
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TBI Weekly: What’s driving Europe’s factual revolution?
US docuseries have helped to revolutionise factual content over the past decade but the genre’s…
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TBI Weekly: Five key takeaways from Series Mania Forum 2024
Series Mania Forum was abuzz this week as execs came together to compare notes on…
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TBI Weekly: Why ‘The Wire’s success matters now more than ever
As commissioners look to franchises and mainstream dramas to provide returns on investment, Nick Edwards…
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TBI Weekly: How streaming chaos has created a buyers paradise
Not too long ago, it was almost unthinkable that an international streaming service would ever…
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TBI Weekly: It’s been a bright London TV Screenings… but are storm clouds on the horizon?
London TV Screenings is drawing to a close today after a week of deals, dialogue,…
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Checking the industry’s pulse ahead of London TV Screenings
We are just days away from the start of London TV Screenings and BBC Studios…
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TBI Weekly: Why producers really need to get over their YouTube fears
ITV Studios and Welsh broadcaster S4C joined the billions of younger viewers flocking to YouTube…
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TBI Weekly: How three deals underline opportunity in a turbulent market
It has been a busy week of news over the past seven days, from the…
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TBI Weekly: All eyes on the buyers
We might only be in early February but it already feels as if 2024 will…
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TBI Weekly: Five Spanish-language shows on the acquisition trail
With Spanish-language shows taking centre stage at Content Americas this week in Miami, TBI picks…
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TBI Weekly: Six shows to add to your acquisitions wishlist
We’re barely into 2024 and the Miami content markets are already bustling, with NATPE Global…
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TBI Weekly: How global execs are picking their paths to growth in 2024
As the next 12 months unfold, it is clear that competition across all facets of…
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking the key trends for 2024
The next 12 months will define the future of the content industry, as streamers, broadcasters…
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TBI Weekly: TBI’s favourite shows of 2023
The year is coming to a close, which means that it is once again time…
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TBI Weekly: Why keeping busy during the downturn could lead to 2024 success
While we wait for the industry to bounce back, indies could benefit from leaning into…
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TBI Weekly: Why AI, copros & soft money can deliver a better 2024
As NEM Zagreb wraps up the industry calendar for 2023, TBI’s Richard Middleton explores the…
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TBI Weekly: Why Korean docs are next to ride the Hallyu Wave
Sam Joyce, acquisitions and content strategist at factual distributor TVF International, explains why Korean documentaries…
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TBI Weekly: Why ethics should lie at the heart of true crime
As the global popularity of true crime soars, Mark Layton reports on conversations this week…
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TBI Weekly: Reliving the ’90s and the ‘everything that came after’ in Formatland
As 2023 nears its final month, TBI’s format expert Siobhan Crawford relives her youth by…
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TBI Weekly: How cuts are forcing TV to dance to a very different beat
It is easy to forget that investors barely blinked at enormous streaming losses until last…
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TBI Weekly: Seven ‘niche’ streamers that commission original content
Partnering with a major streamer to take your content worldwide can be a major ambition…
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TBI Weekly: Why branded content will take centre stage in 2024
With MIPCOM in the rear view mirror and the industry now looking ahead to 2024,…