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Bafta Craft winners warn of increasing barriers to entry in TV

Satmohan Panesar heads to Paramount+

Quiet start for The Neighbourhood

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Shows in the spotlight: w/c 27 April

Michael Socha & Sheridan Smith - Matty & Leanne (2025 THE CAGE © Element Pictures BBC - Photographer James Stack)

Trail: Believe Me, ITV1

Bafta Craft winners warn of increasing barriers to entry in TV
Satmohan Panesar heads to Paramount+
Quiet start for The Neighbourhood
Shows in the spotlight: w/c 27 April
Critics: The Cage
Trail: Believe Me, ITV1

The Cage traps biggest audience at 9pm

SUNDAY: BBC1 drama opens nearly 1m viewers ahead of average as ITV’s The Neighbourhood dips again

Pivots and pragmatism help indies turn a profit

A majority of respondents report an improved market, with 80% in profit. But consolidation and declining co-pro opportunities remain a concern

Indie Survey Table 2026

Click to view the top performing companies

Long-form content

Channel 4’s next content boss: the early contenders

Ian Katz: the outsider who faced an uphill task

BBC funding models under the microscope

Warp Films sets course with accelerated ambitions

Programming isn’t the problem - it’s how PSBs reach the viewers

Just for laughs: can comedy wins embolden commissioners?

Six key takeaways from Series Mania 2026

Channel 4’s next content boss: the early contenders
Ian Katz: the outsider who faced an uphill task
BBC funding models under the microscope
Warp Films sets course with accelerated ambitions
Programming isn’t the problem - it’s how PSBs reach the viewers
Just for laughs: can comedy wins embolden commissioners?
Six key takeaways from Series Mania 2026

Banijay launches DTC streamer in Germany

This Is a Gardening Show; Race Across The World; Stranger Things: Tales from ’85

Ross Video & Highfield partner on AI-assisted graphics

How it took a village to raise The Neighbourhood

Chernobyl: How Windfall Films captured a nuclear disaster site

How we turned charity shopping and online auctions into a BBC daytime format

How it took a village to raise The Neighbourhood
Chernobyl: How Windfall Films captured a nuclear disaster site
How we turned charity shopping and online auctions into a BBC daytime format

Opinion

Sport does not have a content problem, it has a sameness problem
Mark Keisner, managing director of Multiple, believes there needs to be more experimentation in content
Ian Katz: the outsider who faced an uphill task
Outgoing C4 programming boss delivered more successes than many credit him for – but he never quite got the indie sector on side, writes Chris Curtis
Faraz Osman: Those who cast magic on our screens deserve an award
Casting drives the success of factual TV, but the people involved go unrecognised, unlike their drama counterparts

Veritone adds Veri AI agent to Discovery Content Intelligence

Click the magazine to read about MPTS 2026, traditional TV companies’ efforts to partner with creators; the new types of content being produced with AI; sustainability in post-production; producing for US networks from the UK; what’s happening with Welsh studios; how VFX is approaching AI; and more

Diversity policy

MBI’s diversity editorial policy

EY study reveals how streamers can tackle rising churn
By Jake Bickerton
As 34% of UK consumers plan to cancel a streaming service in 2026, EY’s research identifies key strategies platforms must adopt to retain subscribers
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