As the long-anticipated US writers’ strike gets underway, Walking With Dinosaurs creator Tim Haines, founder and creative director at UK indie Loud Minds, reminds us that there’s still a script in ‘unscripted’ programming. After months of back and forth, the writers’ strike has finally begun in the US. I have followed press reports on the […]
It has been a painful week for many in TV as job cuts bite, while some are exiting the original content business altogether. TBI casts an eye back on the key events and looks ahead for some sources of comfort. By any measure, it has been a fairly rough five days for those working in […]
MIPTV might have been quieter than previous years but news was in no short supply. From FAST’s increasing demands for exclusivity, to “painful” market corrections and factual tape becoming more valuable than gold dust, it was an event that saw keynotes and sessions produce genuine headlines. Here are six key takeaways from MIPTV 2023. Is […]
With the chances of a US writers strike rising by the day, Arrested Industries co-CEO and founder Anthony Kimble provides his latest take on life in LA and reflects on the ability of C-suite execs to wangle their way onto red carpets This has been my first full awards season since relocating to Los Angeles […]
Following on from last month’s column, TBI’s format guru Siobhan Crawford talks IP preservation and how to avoid losing your rights. OK, where were we? You know how love makes you do crazy things? So does IP. A good idea is a good idea. And let me make this perfectly clear: this gives you power. […]
Record attendances, a juggernaut of top European and international execs, plus protestors’ running battles with police across Lille, made this year’s Series Mania Forum one to remember, writes Richard Middleton If there was any doubt before, the record crowds at Series Mania Forum this week underlined its ‘must-attend’ status in the scripted schedules of European […]
With new tax incentives for TV and film announced in the UK government budget this week, Robin Hilton, partner at media & tech law firm Sheridans, reveals how the new legislation will help the country to flex its production muscles. There was not much about this week’s UK budget that had not already been leaked. […]
It’s almost a decade since Amazon Prime Video struck a pact with the BBC that kept Ripper Street on the air. As the SVOD rollercoaster delivers its latest banking turn, Richard Middleton explores whether we’re returning to the early days of streaming. Streaming has lost its way, that much is clear. Not, of course, if […]
As buyers depart the UK capital following the biggest London TV Screenings to date, TBI picks out six key highlights from a frenetic week of activity. The London TV Screenings began as a way for UK-based distributors to make the most of international buyers who were in town for BBC Studios’ Showcase. That event now, […]
Berlinale is becoming a key event on the international circuit and this year’s 73rd edition of the German festival came at an opportune time. Nick Edwards tests the waters to find out what execs & creatives have made of 2023 so far. The TV wing of the Berlinale film festival marked the first major European […]
