Your complete round-up of coverage from Content London 2024
C21’s Content London, the world’s leading development marketplace and conference, returned for its 12th edition this week, with delegates and speakers from around the world attending for three days of networking and insights into defining your future in The New Content Economy.
To help you catch up on the trends that emerged and the announcements made at the Kings Place conference centre, here are the links to C21’s comprehensive coverage:
Next version of OpenAI’s Sora coming ‘very soon’ with potential to upend film, TV
AI will bring about the ‘greatest IP theft in history’ in 2025 says Simon Mirren
Take a leaf from Taylor Swift’s book, Sir John Hegarty tells Content London
Baby Reindeer wins drama category at d’Ors as Netflix takes trio of prizes
PBS’s Masterpiece turns to Europe as UK broadcasters change strategies
Bring me your ‘holy sh*t ideas’ says NBCUniversal’s unscripted EVP Corie Henson
Australia’s ABC seeks int’l drama partners, warns against ‘overreliance on soft money’
Canada’s the CBC looks for romance in stories, sees opportunity in procedurals
ID preps Aaron Hernandez special as Sarlanis goes ‘toe-to-toe’ with streamers in true crime
Česká Televize joins Slovakian political drama Our People out of ‘moral duty’
Slow Horses, Baby Reindeer, Men Up claim Drama Awards as BBC proves worth against streaming giants
BBC orders Open Water, on the hunt for the ‘next Happy Valley’ says Lindsay Salt
Don’t be too locally authentic if you want a show to travel, warns Fremantle’s Richter
WBD’s Oflaz reveals Max will be rolled out in Turkey next year to replace BluTV
Carnival Films hires Noemi Spanos as creative director, promotes Marianne Buckland
US-based Fifth Season to distribute MDMA docuseries The Prophet of Ecstasy
NRK working on pair of drama series tackling societal issues with Banijay’s Rubicon
Battle of Hastings drama King & Conqueror producers tout international appeal
C21’s Big Picture to launch AI initiative to determine industry response to climate crisis
James Norton calls for school arts funding to support UK’s place as ‘cultural powerhouse’
AI can cure TV industry’s ‘Stockholm syndrome’ by improving work/life balance
How Calliope can get AI and IP owners out of a scrape
Amazon MGM Studios’ Anderson highlights brand opportunities in unscripted
Fenton Bailey hits out at streamer algorithms: ‘all the biggest shows are accidental’
Content partnership head Neil Price: ‘Put full TV episodes on YouTube to grow your reach’
Hyphenate wants to build ’20 more Eva Longorias’ as it develops Latina talent
Channel 4 seeks digital-first content for Channel 4.0 on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram
Media MDs’ Lawrence: commissioners who axe diverse shows acting ‘like dinosaurs’
Little Dot Studios to increase focus on History Hit video podcasts for YouTube
Sony’s Eli Holzman reveals unscripted renewals rising as US buyers shun new ideas
The Sidemen’s right hand calls for online creator recognition
Prodcos have a place in the new creator economy, says BBC Studios’ O’Donnell
Sky on the hunt for more returnable tentpole dramas and access-led factual
Meta: platforms are losing out as power moves from ‘corporations to individuals’
UKTV identifies ‘urgent opportunity’ for original drama on its U&Dave channel
Propagate’s Silverman reveals plans to invest and develop in ‘exploding’ doc space
UK unscripted market has not ‘flatlined’, claim senior formats executives
Euro drama bosses discuss high-end scripted collaborations as budgets squeezed
Moon&Back developing Nashville-based spin-off to K-pop format Made in Korea
Creators ‘harnessing creativity’ better than TV, says ITV America’s David George
Paramount+ branded hub to launch in Korea on streamer Coupang Play
US nets no longer ‘printing money’ but cable remains ‘healthy’, says WBD’s Finch
Canada’s Boat Rocker boards upcoming BBC Scotland, Sky NZ thriller The Ridge
BBC set to focus on domestic IP for next big unscripted bet, says Syeda Irtizaali
Quintus Studios to ramp up commissioning, Content London delegates told
Shortlisted formats pitch in at Content London
Spoilt for choice at the Content London Drama Series Pitch
Netflix highlights spending $6.8bn on European content between 2020 and 2023
Up to 30% of social content will be AI-generated in 2025, says Adam Cunningham
Ampere forecasts global commissioning slump will ‘bottom out’ and stabilise in 2025
BBC Children’s commissions TV drama based on Marilyn Kaye’s Gifted novels
RTÉ and BBC visit The Walsh Sisters in adaptation of Marian Keyes’ novels
NBCU takes US, UK, Australia rights to develop French strategy format The Power
A transatlantic meeting of minds for unscripted
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now lines up Aussie mystery drama Scrublands: Silver
Goalpost Pictures promotes Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne to joint CEOs
BossaNova adds Revolutionary Leader doc Bobby, Danny & Atlanta Tim to slate
Canada-UK panel highlights opportunity for more copros, consider Trump’s impact
ZDF, NPO, VRT pre-buy Rabbit Films drama ahead of Content London premiere
