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Analysis: Netflix-Warner Bros reactions and warnings

Industry observers say ambition must not end at $83bn (£62bn) price tag

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Unpacking the impact of Australia’s new streaming quotas

Industry reacts to new legislation that marks a first for the English-speaking world

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Impact production: What is it & why is it needed?

Turning on-screen stories into off-screen outcomes is a process that’s gaining momentum, writes ImpactWild founder Cherique Pohl

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How BBCS & Globo are leveraging Brazil’s ‘factual moment’

BBC Studios’ Paula Teruko and Globo’s Gabriel Jacome unpack companies’ first co-production

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Pact: UK TV exports break £2bn mark for first time

Sales into the US soar as co-productions stabilise amid ‘challenging’ market

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Treating trauma: How Bataclan survivors sparked hope on screen

Oscar winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade on turning the true story of hostages from the 2015 Paris terror attacks into a hit miniseries

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Retracing Levison Wood’s Last Burma Star journey

How the explorer and historian Alex Bescoby raced to recognise veterans from a largely forgotten chapter of WW2

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How Spain, Italy & France are driving a format revival

Exclusive data points to increasing unscripted format buying across key European territories

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Switching The Witcher: the monster show returns

On the set of Netflix’s fantasy epic, execs open up about replacing stars, creating visceral worlds and why battles are like ballroom dancing

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Fear factor: Unpacking Netflix’s Nightmares of Nature

Series producer Doug Mackay-Hope and director Nathan Small on the streamer’s new genre-blending series

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Who’s in the mix for Warner Bros Discovery?

It has been a tumultuous 12 months for David Zaslav’s company with a future that remains unclear as suitors circle

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Five takeaways from Netflix’s Q3 earnings call

Live sports, M&A, the pros and cons of AI, and Brazilian tax law among key topics

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How Mipcom 2025 provided a new perspective

Blue Ant Studios’ Diane Rankin says adaptability and grit are delivering returns in a shifting landscape

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Mipcom 2025: Industry takeaways from Cannes

Senior execs from around the world reveal the key talking points from this year’s event and what’s in store for 2026

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Interview: Bad Wolf enters a new phase

How the Red Eye indie is adapting its budgets, but not its ambitions, in the face of funding challenges

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Mipcom unveils delegate numbers, outlines London plans

Event director Lucy Smith says embrace of creator economy marks Cannes event’s ‘biggest step change in a generation’

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How AI is making inroads into kids content

The children’s TV sector is approaching the technology with optimistic caution – keen to exploit its benefits but wary of the drawbacks

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Free Nelson Mandela: How music reframed an iconic story

Rogan Productions uncovers what is believed to be former South African leader’s first TV interview

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Commissioners look for safe bets amid TV drama downturn

Leading TV executives on how they are navigating a changed landscape

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Regulating kids’ content in a YouTube world

Broadcast gauges industry reaction to Australia’s decision to restrict how under-16s use the platform and its likely impact on producers

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Taking a bite out of YouTube innovation

Streamers and broadcasters want to work with YouTube talent, while producers see it as a place to collaborate with content creators and IP owners