Category: Genre & Focus Reports
Programme makers are facing a battle to patch together budgets that will allow them to bring stories of conflict to the screen. Pippa Considine reports
Spring 25
True crime documentary has seen huge growth across broadcasters and streamers of all stripes. But producers must always look to new formats, new precincts and new perspectives
Winter 24
In a tough market, drama producers are being inventive to piece together funding models and production savings. Pippa Considine reports
Winter 24
Factual TV has been hit hard by the downturn, but some green shoots do seem to be peeping through. Pippa Considine reports
Autumn 24
Entertainment TV has seen some big new hits recently but, like other genres, it has felt the purse strings tightening. Pippa Considine reports
Summer 24
The specialist factual genres of science and history are serving up shows with global appeal and are driving innovation with new shapes and new formats to stay ahead
Summer 24
How both the terrestrial broadcasters and the streamers have been making big bets recently on scaled up mega formats
Spring 24
Sports docs have been on an unstoppable rise. For producers, the trick now is to keep finding new angles, new precincts and new formats
Spring 24
While most genres have hit hard times of late, live TV sports and events are booming. And with a major summer of sport ahead, there’s more to come
Spring 24
TV Drama has been hit by cutbacks at home and strikes abroad, but producers are now looking ahead to a new normal. Pippa Considine reports