AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Stratagem Vertical's Brandan Dennehy and Pantheon Media Group's Jen O'Connell predict further consolidation in legacy media in 2026, meaning fewer buyers as the industry contracts.

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Stratagem Vertical's Brandan Dennehy, Candy Jar/Inkitt's Lily Darragh Harty, My Drama's Julia Smyrnova and Ben Pengilly see the microdrama boom continuing next year, broadening out as new players and territories enter the space.

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Banijay's Patrick Holland, Done+Dusted's Melanie Fletcher, The Growth Partners' Vanessa Chapman, Pantheon Media Group's Jen O'Connell, Zandland's Ben Zand, Plimsoll's Andrea Jackson and Gloria Calderón Keller offer a wide range of perspectives on what to expect in 2026.

With heritage superbrands, spin-offs and reboots dominating the unscripted space, TV executives fear it may be game over for paper formats. In this show, we ask industry luminaries if there is an 'apocalyptic' lack of appetite for fresh, untested ideas, or whether heritage formats can co-exist with new IP in a mixed ecosystem.

From reading scripts to now writing them, more actors than ever are turning to screenwriting to tell the stories they want to be a part of. C21 hears from Genevieve Barr, Andrei Alén and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson about their upcoming projects, how they took their first steps into writing and the advice they would give to other actors following in their footsteps.

The impacts of climate change are being felt ever more widely around the world, but is the content industry doing enough to create the stories that reflect the world we now live in? C21 investigates the challenges and what could be done to shift the dial.

As India’s entertainment industry evolves, C21 investigates the challenges and opportunities defining one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse content markets, where social video and web series are booming and billions of dollars’ worth of potential is waiting to be tapped.

TV is undergoing existential change, usurped by a new 'creator economy' as younger viewers flee to YouTube, so what must the industry do to survive? C21TV headed to Mipcom in Cannes to find out, speaking with 'media cartographer' Evan Shapiro, ProSiebenSat.1's Henrik Pabst, World of Wonder's Fenton Bailey and more.