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International Sales of British TV Programmes Reach New High
Sales of British TV shows such as Frozen Planet II and Ru Paul’s Drag Race helped UK TV exports reach their highest level of £1.853 billion in 2022-23, a 22 per cent increase on the previous year, according to Pact’s annual UK TV Exports Report.
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland and All that Breathes Lead Grierson Winners
The Grierson Trust has announced the winners of the 2023 British Documentary Awards in association with All3Media.
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BBC Leads Nominations for RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023
The BBC leads the way in the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023, sponsored by Apple TV+, which take place on December 4th.
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The Fast Lane: How F1 TV Tackled Live Streaming at Scale
Surely, this should be easier? It’s a question many of us will have asked, and it is one that F1’s streaming team asked at IBC2023, talking about the technical difficulties of live streaming racing events, reports Andrew Williams.
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Netflix Ad Tier Hits 15m Monthly Users
Netflix says it has reached 15 million global monthly active users for its cheaper, ad-supported tier.
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Paramount to Combine My5 and Pluto TV Platforms in UK
Paramount is to combine Channel 5’s broadcast video-on-demand (BVOD) service My5 with its FAST service Pluto TV in the UK in 2024.
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GB News signs former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is joining GB News as a presenter, programme maker and commentator.
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Disney to Sell India Operation to Rival Reliance Industries - Reports
Disney is reportedly set to sell its India operations to local rival Reliance Industries which is controlled by billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani.
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Apple TV+ Hikes Streaming Prices
Apple TV+ has become the latest streaming service to raise its the subscription price.
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Netflix Exceeds Expectations with Near-9m Subscriber Rise
Netflix added 8.76 million global subscribers in the third quarter, taking its total subscriptions to 247.15 million.
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WBD Max European Launch Set for 2024
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is to launch its Max streaming service in 22 European countries in Spring 2024, followed by launches in France and Belgium later in the year.
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BBC Blames Soap Cancellation on ‘Super Inflation’ in Drama Production
The BBC has cancelled daytime soap Doctors after 23 years on air, blaming ‘super inflation in drama production.”
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German Broadcasters ARD and ZDF Launch Streaming Network
German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have officially launched a joint streaming network which allows viewers to watch their shows on either of their platforms.
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ITV Launches Linear Addressable TV Ad Offer
ITV has started offering linear addressable advertising across its ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe networks in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households.
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Industry Trends
The Future of Cinema: Doom or Boom?
Covid-related venue closures and the giant rise of streaming have cost the cinema culture a significant loss in audience numbers, and now with the aftershock of the Hollywood writers’ strike, cinema needs an innovative force if it is to avoid a prolonged decline in viewership, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Meta Rolls out Generative AI Tools for Advertisers
Meta Platforms has begun rolling out generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text for all advertisers.
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Global Streamer Content Spend Up 7% to $42bn
The major global streaming platforms will invest $42bn in original and acquired film and TV content in 2023, according to research by Ampere Analysis.
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IBC Changemakers Podcast: F1 Cars, a Yellow Bear and Supporting Young People
In episode Seven of the IBC’s Changemaker series of Podcasts, Actors and Changemakers, Lisa Kelly, Head of Content Innovation & Development, Children in Need, BBC, speaks to Nadira Tudor about how Pudsey Bear will be stepping into a sim-rig to drive supercars, and dancing his way through this year’s appeal.
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Sports Rights Ownership Fragments as Western Market Spend hits $35bn
Broadcast rights to popular sports competitions are increasingly being split across a growing number of services in major Western markets, according to research from Ampere Analysis.