Your complete round-up of coverage from Content London 2025
C21’s Content London, the world’s leading development marketplace and conference, returned for its 13th 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:
AI will drive new wave of consolidation post-WBD takeover, warns Zucker
Versant execs Cori Abraham, Blake Levin set out content stall for E!, USA, Oxygen
Vice Studios taking unscripted IP into scripted realm with $500m credit facility
Equity moves toward possible UK strike over AI as talks with Pact hit sticking point
Bloys talks distinction between HBO’s SVoD/network originals, renewed local-language focus
State of California ‘has failed’ the TV and film industry, says Frank Spotnitz
It’s a myth that young people aren’t interested in TV, says TikTok exec
Poznick shines light on Barbara Broccoli talks that led to 007: Road to a Million
Jack Thorne: Adolescence may have struggled to sell abroad due to buyers’ risk aversion
RTVE films its first microdrama for Playz, looks to make platform vertical in 2026
France TV’s Manuel Alduy uninterested in microdramas but confronts French demand for snackable content
Shrinking and The Penguin both claim C21 Drama Awards double
Hat Trick hands AI tools to comedians as it eyes ‘collapsed’ development cycle
Sky unveils Free Willy-inspired docuseries coproduction with HBO, Raw
Risk aversion leading to copycat commissioning – Banijay’s Patrick Holland
Broadcasters should be ‘truthful, not neutral’ on climate change, Climate Consensus finds
UKTV’s Nightingale calls for motoring series to complement Bangers & Cash
Vertical content commissioners looking beyond romance, targeting male viewers
SkyShowtime recommissions Where the Sun Always Shines as copro ambitions grow
BBC seeks UK comedy entertainment format for iPlayer and BBC Two
New8 welcomes collaboration with UK broadcasters after dipping toe into English-language series
Zandland’s Ben Zand laments ‘nightmarish’ lack of trust in mainstream, legacy media
Podcasting now on a par with TV and streaming, claims Goalhanger co-founder Jack Davenport
Proven IP, mega franchises and legacy brands remain priorities for major studios
Just 50 microdrama apps forecast to survive as platforms consolidate
Tresor, Cowshed Collective agree digital-first formats deal at Content London
Content London speakers advise on how best to work with YouTube
UK studio chiefs urge ‘phased builds’ as Marlow approval reignites oversupply debate
HBO Max content chief Sarah Aubrey eyes ‘pulpy, sexy’ projects
The biggest content successes come from taking risks, says Disney’s Eric Schrier
Sky’s Meghan Lyvers on the lookout for ‘guilty pleasure’ scripted series
Indian producers call on global partners to coproduce, invest and think bigger
Belgium’s VRT all a-flutter about homing pigeon drama pact with Taiwan
Climate Spring’s Lucy Stone shares tips on getting climate crisis stories greenlit by stealth
M&A experts see investor confidence slowly returning to TV production
Chris Packham urges UK broadcasters to raise climate alarm with national briefing
US enduring ‘lot of fear around storytelling’ says actor-director Gloria Calderón Kellett
November, Captcha take Drama Series, Formats Pitch prizes at Content London
Disney’s Jilly Pearce seeks younger-skewing dating formats for Hulu
Studio Ramsay looking to next generation of creators as it moves beyond food shows
Viewers ‘won’t give a shit’ if content is produced by AI or humans, claims FAST expert Stephen L Hodge
Fifth Season takes global rights to Chris Brancato’s MGM+ original The Westies
BBC Studios Entertainment hires Fernando de Jesus to head development label
Acast UK, Little Dot Studios create YouTube initiative to grow podcast revenue
New IP still faces uphill battle despite Traitors’ success says Workerbee’s Murray
BBC Studios aboard Kiwi comedy series New Zealand Spy, reveals Zai Bennett
Indies shouldn’t view Banijay, All3 as ‘threat’ in new ‘age of collaboration,’ says Patrick Holland
Commissioners running scared of horror genre is a ‘missed opportunity’
Australia’s ABC seeks content for parents of young kids to keep them on ABC iView
Learn from Skibidi Toilet to get greenlight in age of AI, recommends Adam Cunningham
FAST growth remains robust despite the rise of YouTube and microdramas
Belgium’s VRT commissions local version of All3Media International’s Sort Your Life Out
AMC, RUV, Super Channel among buyers of Sphere Abacus drama ahead of Content London
Comedians and creatives to unpack screen industry attitudes to climate crisis
Drama Series Pitch 2024 finalist A Girl from Tallinn goes into production
Alliance formed to set global quality and ethics standards for microdramas
Adolescence leads the pack as Rose d’Or Awards celebrate global creativity
CMPA, Pact call for enhanced Canada/UK collaboration amid industry uncertainty
Sameer Sippy, Service Street partner to adapt Bollywood classics as microdramas
