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Reports
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: entertainment and formats in the spotlight
Formats are taking centre stage at BBC Worldwide Showcase this year. Tracy Forsyth and Sumi…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: show and tell in Liverpool
With Showcase less than a week away, BBC Worldwide’s president of global markets, Paul Dempsey,…
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Worldwide kids: Miami and Liverpool beckon
With trips to Miami and Liverpool coming up, Henrietta Hurford-Jones, BBC Worldwide’s director of childrens,…
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Sovereign drama
Top drama producers tell Jesse Whittock about the small screen’s enduring fascination with royalty. The…
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Hari joins the distribution club
Hari International introduced its first cartoon series Grizzy and the Lemmings at MIPJunior last year,…
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Curious World turns to international
Publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launched its Curious World app a year ago, with a…
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Awards winners: Golden Globes vs. Emmys
US TV award ceremonies generate column inches and marketing collateral for channels, producers and stars,…
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In the spotlight: Ash Atalla
Ash Atalla has shows lined up for Sky, the BBC, Channel 4 and is looking…
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Realscreen analysis: is TV ready to play happy families?
As the values of the understated Obamas make way for those of the ostentatious Trumps,…
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What went down at NATPE Miami
NATPE welcomed the usual mix of buyers, sellers, programme-makers and hustlers to Miami last week….
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Prison sells
Prisons have long been a source of fascination for TV producers – as illustrated by…
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Keshet International adding to the MX
In December, Keshet International’s Asia chief, Gary Pudney, told TBI about the distributor’s plans for…
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The Terror to spread on AMC
AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll tells TBI about his plans to grow global channels AMC…
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Award winner: The Night Manager
Arms and espionage drama The Night Manager scooped three Golden Globes last night to go…
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TBI Kids: Year in Review
Undeniably, 2016 was the year digital platforms established themselves as key kids entertainment market gamechangers….
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TBI Digital: Year in Review
Twenty-sixteen was bookended by subscription VOD services taking their limited offers and launching them globally…
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TBI Factual: Year in Review
If scripted TV dominates the headlines at the moment, 2016 served up a few factual…
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TBI Formats: Year in Review
The best-sellers, the trend makers, the battles, the emerging territories, the industry favourites… here is…
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ATF: done deals as Asian market expands
As the dust settles on another Asia Television Forum, TBI runs down some of the…
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Asian docs evolution underlines region’s potential
Amanda Groom, MD of The Bridge, which facilitates deals between Asian- and English-language partners, reports…
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Regulate to accumulate
Singaporean regulator the Media Development Authority merged with the country’s information-communications body this year. Having…
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Asian ambitions: Keshet International
Gary Pudney joined Keshet International last year to run its Asian office. He says the…
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Asian ambitions: All3Media International
All3Media International has opened up in Asia ahead of ATF and now has a local…
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Asia’s Television Forum
Yeow Hui Leng, senior project director of Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore organiser…
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IPCN’s live stream dreams
Live streaming have become big business in China, with hundreds of new apps allowing connected…
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The Story Lab’s next chapter
The Story Lab, which is set to become a key player in production financing, wants…
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Prepare to launch
With more programming in production than ever, the need to market and sell a show…
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Done deals in the week Trump won
Its been a seismic week for global politics with the election of Donald Trump as president-elect…
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Entertainment India
The Indian TV market is growing. Ratings are improved, there are more regional services and…
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TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week – 4 November 2016
Could Eurosport become the ‘Netflix of sports’? That’s what cable giant Discovery Networks claims in…