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TBI Weekly
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TBI Weekly: SVOD leaders lay out the year’s offensive
With Hulu revealing its latest plans and figures during its Upfronts presentation this week, it…
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TBI Weekly: Comcast joins the M&A race
This week, Comcast kicked off a bidding war by formally offering £22bn for Sky and…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix expansion lies in local productions
This week, Netflix has revealed the extent of its local production ambitions while showing that…
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TBI Weekly: Winding down from MIPTV
MIPTV may have had an impact on your days this week, as the industry experienced…
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TBI Weekly: Looking ahead to MIPTV
This week has been packed with news about new hires, departures, SVOD take-ups and business…
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TBI Weekly: Where is Apple’s TV distribution strategy?
This week, Apple’s launch date for its slate of original programming was revealed to be…
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TBI Weekly: Everyone’s looking at toons for grown-ups
This week, Hulu’s deal with Nick Weidenfeld, the former Adult Swim head of development, shows…
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TBI Weekly: The billion dollar US pay TV drop
This week, damning numbers hinting US pay TV may face significant trouble in its near…
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TBI Weekly: The OTT ‘arms race’ heats up
This week, it seems that almost every major TV player is claiming their stake in…
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TBI Weekly: Why BT’s move away from drama might not be a bad idea
This week, BT boss Gavin Patterson (above) pledged that he would not invest in original…
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TBI Weekly: Originals propel local SVOD success
This week, MTG revealed its Nordic SVOD service Viaplay has seen positive results as the…
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TBI Weekly: BBC Worldwide Showcase and the UK Screenings
The BBC Worldwide Showcase is, by some distance, the largest international programming market held by…
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TBI Weekly: Brand power could hold key for the future of TV
This week, it’s become clear that simply having quality content is no longer enough to…
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TBI Weekly: The future is female for global prodcos
Production companies with a female focus are cropping up at a startling rate as female perspectives…
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TBI Weekly: Beauty is power for Netflix
This week, it was impossible to ignore Netflix’s seemingly unstoppable rise as the company’s value…
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TBI Weekly: Facebook’s traditional values gnaw at NATPE crowd
This week, Facebook made a good fist of appearing far more like a broadcaster than…
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TBI Weekly: Sub success for SVOD players
A range of stories from this week highlight that a push in original content is…
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TBI Weekly: TV biz devours Netflix stats
By a mile, the most read story this week has been Netflix’s publication of a…
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TBI Weekly: How Disney-Fox affects the international scene
There’s no guarantee The Walt Disney Company will end up buying the entertainment assets of…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix looks to China – again
This week it has become apparent that Netflix is looking to China once more, but…
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TBI Weekly: ProSiebenSat.1 looks to the future
Germany’s ProsiebenSat.1 is among many large international broadcasters wrestling with the challenges of transforming into…
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TBI Weekly: Foxcatcher – will the Murdoch empire sell?
November has been dominated by headlines about the future of 21st Century Fox and the…
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TBI Weekly: the Mouse chases the Fox
It was revealed this week that Fox has been in talks with Disney about selling some of…
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TBI Weekly: OTT players threaten British content
This week ended with BBC chief Tony Hall once again warning of the threat OTT…
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TBI Weekly: accusations cost Price his Amazon job
This week, the company most affected by sexual harassment claims outside The Weinstein Co. is…
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TBI Weekly: What happens to The Weinstein Company?
This week was undoubtedly dominated by news that Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the…
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TBI Weekly: Uncertainty ahead for DHX
After weak quarterly financials, Canada’s DHX Media is eyeing a sale or merger of the…
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TBI Weekly: TV pays respect to top execs
Two prominent execs sadly passed away this month, with many in the industry paying respects for…
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TBI Weekly: new faces at Fremantle
FremantleMedia’s unscripted team in London will soon have a very different look, with Liam Humphreys…
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TBI Weekly: The best of Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum took place this week, bringing in some of the best animators, distributors, producers…