As scripted execs hit London TV Screenings this week, Richard Middleton explores the industry’s next moves as it navigates a streamer-induced squeeze on spending in the US and across Europe.
Anyone hoping that the start of 2024 would bring blessed relief from the storm of the last 12 months is likely to have been left disappointed.
While 2023 spiralled into something to forget for swathes of the industry, the current year has not shied away from starting with a bang of its own. Companies of all flavours are in cost-cutting mode – Disney is slashing jobs at Pixar, UK broadcaster Channel 4 is overhauling its structure and Paramount is firmly in the retrenchment game.
