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Reports
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Talking drama: The Other Guy
The Other Guy is, at its core, a comedy-drama about love (or, more specifically, a…
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Making Amazon tick
Amazon’s original content strategy is a risk but could pay off in a big way,…
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We’re going on a millennials hunt
With Planet Earth II beating reality TV programmes to audiences – including those crucial, lucrative…
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Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
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The kids OTT tidal wave
As technology continues to blur the line between linear and OTT, the opportunities for content…
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The pilgrims of coproduction at Contecta Fiction
Much like the determined pilgrims of Galicia’s famous Camino de Santiago, Spanish-language TV companies in…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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Factual Hot Picks
Following the Sunny Side of the Doc event in La Rochelle, France, TBI profiles five hot…
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Captive audience: the Spanish SVOD boom
Spain’s drama production sector is moving swiftly towards international television’s top tier, fuelled by the…
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J.P. Bommel on NATPE Europe
J.P. Bommel became leader of US-based industry markets organisation NATPE in August 2015, initially joining…
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Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
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The view from the Riviera
It’s hard to find a more beautiful and glamorous location to shoot than the Côte…
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LA Screenings 2017 in pictures
The LA Screenings are over for another year, with most acquisitions executives now back in…
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Taking Bull by the horns
Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this…
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Branded with an indie label
The LA Screenings was set up initially as an opportunity for the major US studios…
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LA Screenings 2017: Military procedure
International broadcasters are desperate for American procedurals, and this year the Hollywood studios believe they’ve…
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Show stoppers
The golden age of TV drama has meant more programmes in production, and with resources…
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Comedy at the crossroads
Comedy has not had the same uplift in budgets and ambition as straight-up scripted fare,…
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Emerging kids studios
In spite of the challenges, some studios that had been offering services on a work-for-hire…
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HBO Europe: Root’s cause
HBO Europe is well established as a producer in central and eastern Europe, and has…
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Doubling down on All3Media International
In her first interview since returning to run All3Media International, Louise Pedersen tells Stewart Clarke…
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In the Spirit of French animation
A few years back, Eric Jacquot and Armelle Glorennec’s French animation company Blue Spirit emerged…
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TBI Interview: Mark Linsey’s Studios system
The BBC’s production arm has become a commercial subsidiary, changing its business model for the…
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Script to Screen: Guerrilla
The story of how John Ridley’s passion project became Sky and Showtime’s latest star attraction,…
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NBC’s alternative all stars
Amid the golden age of TV drama, NBC has done something remarkable in launching and…
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Master’s key
With a credit list stretching longer than dozens of other writers combined, 80 year-old Andrew…
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Gap Year financing
A February screening allows Entertainment One to showcase the fruits of a sustained investment in…
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UK Screenings: ITV’s Formats Festival
ITV Studios began showcasing its latest wares to international buyers in London in 2011. With…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: in deep water
Ocean will be the focus of the Tuesday night activity for buyers at the BBC…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: big drama in Liverpool
Buyers will get a first look at some of 2017’s most-anticipated dramas at BBC Worldwide…