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• ATF: what's driving the Asian content boom
  Yeow Hui Leng, group project director for the Asia TV Forum & Market, spoke to C21 from the Singapore event to give her take on the boom in demand for content from Asia.
• Bad Wolf hungry for another epic trilogy
  Transatlantic prodco Bad Wolf is aiming to build on the success of His Dark Materials and A Discovery of Witches by adapting another literary trilogy.
• Kelly Webb-Lamb on steering Mothership
  Kelly Webb-Lamb reveals her ambitions for her new company Mothership Productions and her thoughts about government plans to privatise UK public broadcaster Channel 4.
• Toon trends: the arrival of the metaverse
  C21 heard from European producers about the impact of the metaverse on animation and what it means for the future of the industry. Here's what they had to say.
• Lesson from Content London: never waste a crisis
  At a time when unscripted is becoming trendy again thanks to the economic storm clouds gathering over drama, C21 looks at the key talking points from the inaugural Formats & Factual strand at this week's Content London.
• Pitch perfect: 10 new drama projects at Content London
  CONTENT LONDON: A run-down of the 10 drama projects seeking finance and other partners that were selected out of more than 90 submissions from 33 countries to take part in the C21 International Drama Series Pitch this week.
• Yellow helps Ukraine find its voice in Finland
  Finland’s Yellow Film & TV is leading a drive for international producers to do more to help their counterparts in the previously burgeoning Ukrainian industry.
• Top unscripted trends to watch for at Content London
  To mark the launch of the Formats & Factual sessions at this week’s Content London, C21 picks out five key trends in unscripted programming that will set the agenda at C21’s event.
• Toon trends: the big challenges ahead for animation
  C21 spoke to producers in Europe to discuss the biggest issues facing the animation sector, including competition, talent shortages and restricted budgets.
• Halcyon days for high-end scripted
  Matt Loze of Halcyon Studios discusses what the next three years will look like in high-end scripted against the backdrop of a US presidential election and maturing AVoD market.
• A picture of Spanish animation
  The Spanish animation industry is gaining prominence thanks to an increase in production and attractive tax incentives. But what does the future hold for the business?
• IDTV takes format creation into The Unknown
  Marc Pos of All3Media-backed Dutch prodco IDTV discusses psychological social experiment series The Unknown and his philosophy for creating formats that both entertain and intellectually stimulate audiences.
• Yeti set to leave its footprint on true crime
  Welsh indie Yeti Television is aiming to avoid the sensationalist tropes of ‘horror porn’ in true crime as it grows its slate of series and one-offs following a move into the genre.
• Helium sets out to elevate scripted
  Mark Fennessy, the former co-CEO of Endemol Shine Australia, discusses his Sydney-based prodco’s pipeline of new shows, many of which have music at their core.
• Cashing in on your catalogue
  FAST channels are providing new opportunities to rights owners with libraries of programming they are unable to exploit on TVoD or SVoD, says Dutch content services provider ODMedia Group.
• Kids' TV sets out to master the metaverse
  The children’s TV sector is evolving constantly due to changing viewing habits and advancements in technology. But what impact will the latest of these innovations, the metaverse, have on the business?
• Setting a fashion for inspirational TV
  Backstreet Boy AJ McLean talks about his role as host of The Fashion Hero: A New Kind of Beautiful and why the series is more than just a fashion show.
• TIMS&B's Savcı and Sağyaşar on Turkish trends
  C21 talks industry trends with Turkish producers Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar, chairman and CEO respectively of TIMS&B Productions, the Istanbul-based prodco behind hit dramas such as Bitter Lands and Magnificent Century.
• Spanish firms explore the Americas
  Spanish companies such as Animal Federation, The Mediapro Studio and Onza are zeroing in on the Americas to capitalise on a gold rush around Spanish-language content.
• Channel 5's Milkshake! marks quarter century
  Channel 5’s preschool strand Milkshake! turns 25 this year. Louise Bucknole, general manager for kids and family at parent company Paramount UK & Ireland, explains why the programming block is still relevant in the digital age.

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