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TV
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High-end TV production spend in the UK hits £1.2bn
High-end TV (HETV) production spend in the UK reached £1.2bn in 2018, up by 4%…
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Diversifying TV: the practices improving workplace inclusivity
As the industry works towards ensuring a more diverse workforce, UK and US execs tell…
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TBI Distributors Survey 2018: part one
Distributors large and small have again revealed their views on the major issues that are…
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Global TV and video service revenue to reach $559bn in 2022
Consumer and advertising spend on TV and video services will grow 14% globally from US$490…
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Kiri & Love Island among the most watched UK titles in 2018
The UK’s most watched broadcasted titles for the first half of 2018 have been revealed…
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Apple chief predicts cord cutting boom as it preps TV projects
Cord cutting will accelerate at a “much faster rate than is widely though,” predicted Apple…
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UK’s high-end drama boom leads to £2.6m in levy funds
The UK’s booming production schedule in television drama saw a record £2.6 ($3.63) million paid…
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Just 20% of French viewers used SVOD in last year – study
The VOD360 study from Médiamétrie has shown that over the last twelve months only 20%…
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Feisty T-Mobile plans ‘disruptive new TV service’
T-Mobile in the US has acquired TV technology company Layer3 TV and has announced plans…
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Poland the ‘top Euro market for OTT TV’
A higher proportion of people watch over-the-top video on their home TV sets in Poland…
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Zee buys nets as Reliance exits general ents TV
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has acquired a pair of channels from Indian compatriot Reliance Capital, confirming…
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Internet advertising overtakes TV
Internet advertising accounted for greater market share than TV for the first time ever, in…
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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…
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Telcos are ‘taking over pay TV’
Telecoms companies will account for over half of all pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe…
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TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week
Though a combined ‘AT&Warner’ equals a distribution and content monolith, just image the scale if…
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TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week
Our exclusive Distributor Survey 2016 has been top of the agenda this week on TBIVision.com…
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Idris Elba prodco makes unscripted hire
Idris Elba’s UK indie, Green Door, has hired seasoned ITV and Leopard Films producer Miles…
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ZEE expands US presence with Dish deal
Indian media giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises has expanded its reach in the US through a…
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So You Think You Can Dance auditions in India
An Indian general entertainment channel is set to launch a local version of talent format…
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TBI December/January 2015/16
Television’s big questions: TBI asks the industry’s most influential players for their takes on the…
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News brief: Zee explores Who’s Asking?
Indian broadaster Zee has licensed a local version of Israeli studio gameshow Who’s Asking? from…
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TV to succeed PC as top online video platform
TV is on track to succeed the PC as the top platform for watching online…
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MIPTV News: Crime pays for Cineflix Rights
UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights has sold titles from its crime programming catalogue to international broadcasters….
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New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
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BSkyB to make sports channels available without subscription
BSkyB is making its sports channels available on a pay-as-you-go basis for £9.99 a day…