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TBI Weekly
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How RTL Group is competing on streaming
US media giants are targeting Europe with their streamers but incumbent operators are making moves…
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TBI Weekly: Exploring a new dawn for Portugal’s drama industry
From tax breaks to co-pros and burgeoning Atlantic alliances, Portugal’s drama business is attracting increasing…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking Netflix & Amazon’s European drama plans
WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal are ramping up competition in an already crowded streaming ecosystem in…
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Unmasking AVOD’s format potential
Could AVOD provide a fertile new breeding ground for fresh unscripted ideas? Tim Dams finds…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why Netflix chose its new viewing metric
Netflix recently revealed a swathe of new data reflecting its most-watched shows using a new…
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TBI Weekly: What CJ ENM’s deal for Endeavor says about Korea’s burning ambition
South Korea’s CJ ENM said earlier this year that it wanted to become a global…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Who’s watching what on Netflix?
Netflix remains the largest global streaming service, yet many details of how its content is…
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TBI Weekly: Why US SVOD saturation matters for global production
US viewers have been gobbling up content at unprecedented rates over the past few years,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Disney+ fits into South Africa’s SVOD boom
South Africa’s SVOD landscape has seen rapid growth over recent years with global players joining…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Exploring emotion in family’s SVOD subscriptions
Streamers are competing on all programming fronts to attract and retain subscribers, but families remain…
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TBI Weekly: What’s next for Africa’s blooming drama business?
From the impact of streamers such as Amazon, Showmax and Netflix, to the acceptance of…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Breaking down US OTT live-streaming & on-demand trends
The way in which audiences consume content has changed dramatically over the last few years,…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from Italian drama market MIA
Italian drama festival Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) wrapped its seventh edition earlier this week, with…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: The global view on TV household share decline
Consumer behaviour is changing and a younger audience base is increasingly turning away from the…
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TBI Weekly: How AVOD can solve factual’s funding gap
Talking to commissioners and producers at MIPCOM this week, it’s clear that factual is in…
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TBI Weekly: For the love of God, buy a format!
Back in August, Siobhan Crawford, head of sales & acquisitions at Belgian distributor Primitives, questioned…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for Lat Am as OTT overtakes pay-TV?
Adam Thomas and Sarah Henschel, analysts at TBI sister research group Omdia, reflect on the…
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TBI Weekly: Exploring Germany’s fast-evolving scripted sector
Germany’s content business is booming, with scripted programming fast becoming a key tool for incumbent…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how US streamer content compares
The world’s biggest media market is a battleground between online giants Amazon and Netflix, yet…
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TBI Weekly: Looking back at Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum brought its 32nd edition to a close yesterday, following a packed schedule that…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How feature production is evolving worldwide
News that Netflix has struck a new long-term deal at Longcross Studios in the UK…
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TBI Weekly: Is C4 future a ‘local, little issue’?
When BBC chairman Richard Sharp described the potential privatisation of UK broadcaster Channel 4 as…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: What Disney+ Hotstar’s Indonesia success tells us about global streaming
Disney+ Hotstar has stormed into Indonesia with incredible success since launching last year, while other…
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TBI Weekly: What attending a post-Covid event feels like
NEM Dubrovnik offered another indicator that the face-to-face events circuit is beginning to spark back…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Diving into Asia & Oceania’s streaming potential
Pay-TV is stagnating in Asia and growth has already largely come to a halt in…
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TBI Weekly: What we learned from SeriesMania in Lille
SeriesMania in France wrapped yesterday following a three-day Forum that welcomed drama professionals from across…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from Edinburgh TV Festival 2021
The 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival again made headlines this week, with US-based streamers using the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Predicting the future & effects of digital ad growth
Online advertising will account for more than 70% of worldwide ad revenue by 2025. As…
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TBI Weekly: Forging a fresh path in the epic fantasy boom
With a slew of new epic fantasy shows on the horizon, Britannia exec James Richardson…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Italian viewers are adapting to OTT
Italian viewers are expected to continue their migration to OTT services over the next…