After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Jan Salling
1 min read
FRAPA’s Jan Salling boards BBC Studios
FRAPA head Jan Salling has joined BBC Studios to run production out of the Nordics. …
2 min read
Op-ed: SVT’s immigrant-focused catch-up service is a lesson in inclusion
Can a public broadcaster’s vast archives of premium content be used to help accelerate the…
3 min read
Viewpoint: Factual TV in a post-truth era
Jan Salling, CEO, Missing Link Media & co-chairman, FRAPA Donald Trump has become a leading…
3 min read
Viewpoint: factual TV in a post truth world
Twenty-sixteen saw some fascinating and somewhat worrying developments in terms of truth and the media…
1 min read
FRAPA preps producers’ guide to format protection
Format protection association FRAPA is preparing a guide to the legal options available to producers…
1 min read
FRAPA membership grows 35% in a year
Formats industry body FRAPA has grown its membership 35% in the past year. This spike…
2 min read
Nordic World rejigs after ‘challenging period’
Nordic World has promoted Ann Christin Siljan and Paulina Eklund in a restructure that follows…
2 min read
Salling, Gurin replace Absolutely’s Geneste at FRAPA
The Format Recognition and Protection Association has replaced Patty Geneste as chair, with Nordic World…
1 min read
Nordic World’s Dictator conquers Europe
Edgy social experiment format Dictator has been picked up by NRK in Norway and SBS…
2 min read
Nordic World ‘disagreement’ leads to Geneste exit
Nordic World has terminated a consultancy agreement with Patty Geneste just weeks after completing a…
1 min read
Nordic World opens up shop in NY, eastern Europe
Nordic World has opened offices in New York and Budapest as part of an ongoing…
9 min read
Content crunch – the fight for rights
As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke…
1 min read
Nordic World seals indie first-look deals
Nordic World has agreed first-look deals with four indie producers in Denmark and Sweden. The…
1 min read
Nordic World strikes UK formats deal
Distributor Nordic World has entered into a first-look partnership with recently-formed UK format creation outfit…
10 min read
TV’s conscious effort
Cruel critiques and manufactured conflict have been replaced by supportive smiles, warm hugs and a…
1 min read
Dining with the Enemy format goes international
Nordic World has sealed the first international deals for local versions of edgy cooking format…
1 min read
Nordic World hires drama chief, readies MIPTV slate
Distribution alliance Nordic World has hired a veteran Scandinavian channels executive to bolster its drama…
1 min read
Nordic World ties up Scandi trio
Scandi sales alliance Nordic World has scored exclusive distribution deals with a trio of local…
1 min read
Endemol options Dirty Old Towns format
Endemol has optioned community makeover format Dirty Old Towns in several European territories. The format…