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• Pointing the way
  Next-generation studio Indigenous Media has joined up with Scandal star Kerry Washington to launch a drama on Facebook Watch.
• Middle ground
  Turkish imports plus a lack of local commissioners have made the Middle East a tough place for scripted producers. But there are reasons for optimism.
• Baring FAANGs
  As Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google step up their efforts to reach children, should the industry be welcoming, wary or worried?
• Out of this world
  Live event shows and rights negotiations with streamers were high on the factual agenda at a soggy MipTV and MipDoc in Cannes.
• Facing up to Facebook
  As Facebook steps up its efforts to attract viewers, the industry remains torn on whether mass migration to mobile will sound the death knell for traditional TV.
• Alive and kicking
  MIPTV: Live-action scripted programming was top of the agenda for children's buyers in Cannes this week as the genre enjoys a shot in the arm thanks to SVoD. Nico Franks reports.
• Rights still reign
  MIPTV: The continuing surge in the quantity and quality of drama didn't stop rights being the talk of the town at MipTV.
• Ones to watch
  Richard Middleton trawls through the new releases at MipTV and picks out shows worth screening, ranging from a look at the life of Adolf Hitler to a Ricky Gervais gameshow.
• Ground-breaking Beeb
  BBC drama chief Piers Wenger discusses risk taking, live viewing, agenda setting and copros. Richard Middleton reports.
• True to formats
  UK format exporters have faced considerable competition in recent years, but new buyers and production companies suggest a secure future. Ryan Watson reports.
• Show stoppers
  Nico Franks picks out 21 shows worth keeping an eye out for in Cannes during next week's MipTV, featuring a bionic guinea pig, aspiring spies and a mystery-solving granny.
• Simon's top cat
  One of YouTube's first break-out animated hits and now in its 10th year, Simon's Cat is gearing up to make the move to longform.
• Solving true crime
  Anthony Hemingway, director of Unsolved, USA Network's true crime drama about the murder of rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac, discusses the genre.
• Blossoming Belgium
  Format development is cooling down in the Netherlands but hotting up across the border in Belgium, the duo behind Lineup Industries tell Ryan Watson.
• Imagina branches out
  Imagina US, the Americas division of European production firm Imagina Group, has begun a push into children's content to fill gaps it has identified in the market. Nico Franks reports.
• Partners in crime
  Red Marble Media's Kevin Fitzpatrick and Stephen Dost talks about ripping up the rulebook in the trendy but usually heavily formatted true crime genre.
• Talking Turkey
  Ozge Bulut Marasli of Kanal D and its production companies on the popularity of Turkish drama and her company's global expansion plans.
• Power to the format
  Topics such as people power, AI and the reinvention of reality to take on drama led the debate about unscripted at INTV in Jerusalem.
• Planning Alibi
  Heidi Schorn at Canadian indie Alibi Entertainment, talks about her move from eOne, international expansion and the evolving domestic picture.
• Cable connections
  Three US cable execs reveal their development strategies in the face of the OTT onslaught and the kinds of show they’re looking for.

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