TBI December 2017/January 2018

The latest issue includes

Top 10 stories of 2017: A look back at the stories, themes and narratives that defined last year, from the emergence of Apple as a player in original content to the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal

Award winner: Cathy Payne The Endemol Shine International CEO picked up the Content Leader of the Year prize at TBI’s Content Innovation Awards in October last year, and here she talks about the changing face of distribution

Award winner: Christina Jennings TBI picked Shaftesbury Films’ boss as a Lifetime Achievement winner just before MIPCOM. She tells Jesse Whittock about funding models, Canadian regulations and producing for primetime

TBI interview: Giorgio Stock The president of Turner in Europe, the Middle East and Africa tells Jesse Whittock about a record year for the business,which is repositioning as a content owner rather than a broadcaster

Casting the net Television has been improving diversity on screen to great success, but what about behind the cameras? Kaltrina Bylykbashi speaks with key casting directors about what should happen next

Lupe Fiasco The US rapper-turned-producer tells Kaltrina Bylykbashi about how he’s fusing his passion for Asia with creative ambition to create a new production house

Lat Am formats Latin America may be best known for telenovelas and scripted content, but there is an increasingly good unscripted scene in the region, Emiliano de Pablos reports