
An alternative view of the TV and content business, through a development lens. From Jonathan Glazier, TV format consultant and executive producer.
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Mipcom found that digital-first formats have talent but no structure. Two shows, one in Bondi and one in Singapore, show why that gap matters.
TL;DR: The format business is making far fewer new shows than it did ten years ago, and digital-...
Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs, Channel 4 a quarter of its staff, and ITV is sitting on finished episodes. It feels like one crisis. It’s five.
The causes are a streaming correction, ad money moving, consolidation, p...
MIPCOM 2026 and the new route to broadcast
TL;DR: At MIPCOM The Wit reported that new formats are down 62% since the 2013-14 peak, back to 2008 levels. But renewals are up. Fewer new ideas are being made, and more of the ones that are made...
Where will TV be this time next year?
No, the date isn’t a typo. This is a preview of MIPCOM 2027.
The latest industry figures reveal a troubling contradiction.
Production revenues are rising, but the independent companies that create tomorrow’s television face an increasingly uncertain future.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
TV format consultant and executive producer. Former BBC Head of Light Entertainment and International Formats. Forty years making entertainment television. Writes Format Forward and altMedia.
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