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TBI Weekly
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TBI Weekly: How TV is finding fresh talent in “bedroom creators”
The hunt for the next big thing in TV doesn’t always necessarily mean snagging the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How & why streamers are driving LGBT+ content
Netflix, the BBC and HBO Max have today been revealed as leading the way when…
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TBI Weekly: Are we in the midst of a watershed moment for streaming?
Streaming has become the prevalent force among content-hungry consumers over the past few years, but…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for UK broadcasters in a post-Covid world?
Aled Evans, senior analyst at TBI sibling Omdia, last week offered a snapshot of how…
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TBI Weekly: What next for the novel adaptation boom?
With drama producers around the world being forced to put filming on hiatus, development has…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Five takeaways reflecting consumption changes
Viewing habits are changing rapidly but how has the soaring number of streamers affected linear…
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TBI Weekly: Gunning for a global return to production
Shows around the world that had been put on hold because of Covid-19 are resuming…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: What did younger viewers watch under lockdown?
New research focused on viewers under the age of 34 claims to offer an insight…
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TBI Weekly: Delving into Netflix’s results & its global insights
Prior to Netflix, there were exceptionally few TV-related companies that provided a global reflection of…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking content & consumption habits during lockdown
Fateha Begum, associate director at TBI sibling Omdia, breaks down the latest findings from its…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from a week with the kids
From $15m funding slates to discussions about driving diversity, the past week has provided plenty…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Running the rule over Banijay’s Endemol Shine deal
Omdia’s senior research analyst Aled Evans reflects on Banijay’s $2.2bn acquisition of Endemol Shine Group…
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking Banijay’s scale play for Endemol Shine
Banijay’s pursuit of Endemol Shine Group dragged on for nearly two years but now, with…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Pulling back the curtain on online content sales
Ian McKee, CEO of online distribution service Vuulr, provides a sneak peak into some of…
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TBI Weekly: Will China’s media giants push Netflix out of Asia-Pacific?
Netflix is, for now, the undisputed global king of streaming, boasting close to 183 million…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: A week in numbers from the US to Singapore
Covid-19 has deeply impacted media around the world and while some sectors have made the…
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TBI Weekly: Six Reasons Why Adult Animation Is Set To Flourish
Adult animation is a well-worn medium but the unique combination of a global production shutdown,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how Disney+ struck gold in the UK
Disney+ might still be less than three months old in the UK but that hasn’t…
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TBI Weekly: Five Covid-19 takeaways as LA resumes production
Producers in the Hollywood state might be able to return to shooting from today –…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How OTT is impacting distributors’ thinking
The launch of streamers such as Disney+, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock has underlined…
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TBI Weekly: What next for BBC Studios as boss Tim Davie departs?
Newly appointed BBC director general Tim Davie had been seen by many as the leading…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking Amazon Prime & Hulu’s next moves
Amazon Prime Video and Hulu might look like similar streamers on the surface but underneath…
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TBI Weekly: What HBO Max’s Amazon dispute tells us about SVOD’s
WarnerMedia’s roll-out of HBO Max earlier this week went without a hitch, even if its…
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TBI Weekly: Five reasons why TikTok is the one to watch
It has been a busy week for social media darling TikTok, which has become the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for Netflix & Disney+?
Netflix and Disney+ are among the few services to have seen an upside to lockdown…
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TBI Weekly: Why co-productions matter in a Covid-19 world
Daryl Talbot, CEO and co-founder at Bondi Vet and Paramedics prodco WTFN, tackles the key…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Breaking down the numbers for 2019/20
2019 might seem like a different world to the Covid-19 dominated landscape we live in…
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TBI Weekly: A writer’s view on lockdown in Santa Monica
Cold Courage writer Brendan Foley reflects on his personal experiences of Covid-19 under lockdown in…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Painting Covid-19’s impact by numbers
Lockdown might be the new normal for large swathes of the world’s population but its…
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TBI Weekly: How one exec turned his Covid-19 crisis around
Former Discovery Networks International exec Adam Jacobs stepped down from his role at UK indie…