C21Podcast

Brandon Riegg on Netflix's search for shiny-floor formats, gameshows and growing focus on sports; AMC Networks' Kristin Dolan on figuring out effective content monetisation models for the era of streaming; and Universal International Studios' Beatrice Springborn and Roma Khanna on emerging from the US writers' and actors' strikes and their roadmap for 2024.

Banijay's Marco Bassetti on the European production giant's launch of a dedicated sports division, changing relationship with streamers and broadcasters, and ongoing M AND A activity; Netflix's Lina Brounéus on the streamer's evolving EMEA content acquisitions strategy; and Atlantique's Nathalie Perus on seeking out more international coproduction partners.

Ravi Ahuja, chairman of Global Television Studios at Sony Pictures Television, plus Cineflix's JC Mills and James Durie, Asylum Entertainment's Jodi Flynn, Critical Content's Jenny Daly, Blink49's Toby Dormer, Creative Chaos's Ilan Arboleda and Photoplay's Karen Radzyner – all from Content London 2023.

The OA's Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij on reuniting for new Hulu/Disney+ drama A Murder at the End of the World; Beat Shazam creator Jeff Apploff on new CBS gameshow Lotería Loca and why he's not afraid of AI; and David Crean on the types of drama Irish pubcaster RTÉ is keen to develop heading into C21’s Content London next week.

Stranger Things' Shawn Levy on collaborating with Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight on Netflix's All the Light We Cannot See; award winning actor Adrian Lester on the Birmingham Film AND TV market and his fears about AI; and Fiction Factory's Ed Thomas and S4C's Gwen Gravelle on new Welsh-language dark comedy drama Pren ar y Bryn/Tree on a Hill.

Fabula Pictures' Nicola De Angelis on why Italian drama hasn't reached its potential and the coming TV industry tsunami; Skybound's Marge Dean on the rise of adult animation; Banijay's Lucas Green on the UK return of Big Bother; and PBS Kids' Sara DeWitt on reaching young audiences via YouTube and gaming.

Imagine Documentaries' Sara Bernstein on the way the industry's changed since she left HBO; Night Train Media's Herbert L Kloiber on the copro and co-financing specialist's roadmap; Papercup's Amir Jirbandey on 'human-in-the-loop' AI dubbing; and Sort Of creator Bilal Baig on ending the CBC/Max comedy-drama and representation within TV.

Bosch creator and bestselling author Michael Connelly on the character's enduring appeal and his lawsuit against the makers of ChatGPT; Electric Entertainment's Dean Devlin on AI, FAST and Roland Emmerich; Terra Mater Studios' Michael Frenschkowski on reimagining Tarzan; and Lineup Industries Julian Curtis on Mipcom 2023.

In this second episode from Mipcom in Cannes this week: Dori Media Group's Nadav Palti, Abacus Media Rights's Will Stapley, BBC Studios' Melanie Rumani and the C21 team on the big stories and themes that informed this year's market and those that will continue to shape the international TV business beyond.

In part one of a special Mipcom 2023 double bill: Amazon MGM Studios Distribution's Chris Ottinger, Emmy-winning showrunner Frank Doelger, Banijay's Christian Wikander, Asacha Media Group's Marina Williams and Helium's Mark Fennessy all give their views on the hot topics shaping the international TV business at the annual confab in Cannes.

The C21 team looks ahead to the hot topics that will shape Mipcom 2023 in Cannes next week; Satisfaction Group founder and French TV star Arthur Essebag on winning this year's International Formats Business Gold Award; showrunner Morgan O'Neill on NCIS: Sydney; and Pango Productions' Bailey Mackey on how All Blacks fans are looking to crash the French Riviera.

Blumhouse TV's Gretchen Palek on the celebrated horror maker's move into natural history with Plimsoll Productions; WaterBear Network's Poppy Mason-Watts on the challenges facing environmental-themed programming; and Humble Bee Films' Stephen Dunleavy on new series Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough.

Metaphysic's Tom Graham, Toon2Tango's Jo Daris and Sixteen South's Colin Williams on the impact of artificial intelligence on the TV business; and Warner Bros Discovery's Zia Sands on the latest developments in the Cartoon Network owner's EMEA kids division.

50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy's Baz Ashmawy on his new dramedy, Faithless, billed as a mixed race Irish Two and a Half Men centred on grief; Plimsoll Productions' James Smith on becoming 'head of adventure' at the celebrated wildlife documentary maker; and Tiger Aspect's Tom Beattie and Sandbox Kids' Ellen Solberg on the impact of AI on animation.

GRB Studios' Gary R Benz and Media Ranch's Sophie Ferron on the merger of their distribution businesses ahead of Mipcom; Crayola's Victoria Lozano on the company's launch of its own content studio; and Yellow Film AND TV's Olli Haikka on how the Arctic Circle producer is navigating testing times at home and abroad.

Skybound Entertainment's Rick Jacobs on growing The Walking Dead franchise, acquisition plans and getting closer to fans through crowdfunding; Måns Månsson on directing Estonia, a major new drama about Europe's worst peacetime maritime disaster; and The Africa Channel's Ava Hall on the US cablenet's programming priorities and expansion roadmap.

Dan Snow, broadcaster and creative director of History Hit, on making zeitgeisty factual content and the threat AI poses to on-air talent; Woodcut Media's Kate Beal on efforts to make more ethical true crime programming; and Rex's Lana Salah and Chris Reindorp on their plans for the UK factual and formats label.

Michel Nillesen and Jasper Hoogendoorn of IDTV – the Dutch All3Media subsidiary behind The Traitors – on the hit show's journey to screen; formats veteran Phil Gurin on why he's backing the US writers' strike and his fears about AI; and Cineverse's Yolanda Macías on the latest trends shaping free ad-supported streaming.

ITV director of social purpose Susie Braun and Fremantle global sustainability manager Katy Tallon on how the TV industry can make a positive impact on the environmental; and former CBS News president Susan Zirinsky on taking up the same role at premium documentary offshoot See It Now Studios.

Banijay Iberia's Pilar Blasco on why, rather than being a threat to the TV industry, AI offers new creative opportunities; and, from Content Budapest, Network4's Nick Doff, United Media's Tatjana Pavlović, Warner Bros Discovery's Dorota Eberhardt, and M7's Bill Wijdeveld on the trends shaping CEE pay TV.

Former Berlanti Productions, AMC and Fox exec David Madden on building out Wattpad Webtoon Studios and the impact of the US writers' strike; and director Anthony Hemingway, ColorCreative's Talitha Watkins, Color Of Change's Rashad Robinson and Exile Content Studio's Nando Vila on bringing representative stories to screen.

From Content Budapest, wiip's David Flynn on the kinds of projects the Mare of Easttown maker is looking to develop for the international market; and TV Polska's Marcin Skabara, Czech TV's Jan Maxa, LTV's Jana Semjonova and LRT's Gytis Oganauskas on how Central and Eastern European pubcasters are coping with competition and exploring copros.

Warner Bros Discovery's Jamie Cooke, AMC Networks' Katalin Radóczy, A+E's Izabella Wiley, CME Group's Igor Draguzet, BluTV's Mustafa Alpay Güler, Go3's Jan Wykrytowicz and Telekom Srbija's Jasmina Lakobrija on their content strategies for Central and Eastern Europe and the challenges and opportunities they see across the region.

Film. UA's Victoria Yarmoshchuk, Paprika Studios' Akos Erdos, United Media's Tatjana Pavlović, Global Agency's Izzet Pinto and Drugi Plan's Nebojša Taraba at C21's inaugural Content Budapest event in the heart of the Hungarian capital.

Nicely's Scott Kirkpatrick, Propagate's Catalina Ramírez Chaves and Thunderbird's Richard Goldsmith on the fast-changing US independent distribution sector; Bunim/Murray's Julie Pizzi and Rupert Dobson on the challenges facing unscripted; and RMVista's Rose Marie Vega, Locomotive's Sunder Aaron and the BBC's Angie Stephenson on adapting The Cleaning Lady, Ray Donovan and Ghosts.