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‘Fleabag’ Producer Sets Out How New Indie TV Finance Models Will Take Hold, As Euro Execs Talk Pitching & Packaging — MIA Market
'Fleabag' producer Joe Lewis has outlined how independent television financing will become a dominant model in the future.
“Amplify is a company that will move into the co-production space, but truly independently financing TV is the actual solution to the problem that studios, producers, creators and even distributors have,” said Lewis. During the panel, hosted by Turning Point CEO Carlo Dusi, several international execs debated the key changes producers should be making to get shows away in an era of shrinking budgets and less buying, noting collaboration, pitching and packaging were all in various states of evolution. Elsewhere in the chat, Fifth Season ‘s SVP, Head of Scripted Television Strategy, Arvand Khosvani, said his CJ ENM-owned company had found more and more producers in need of strong advice, as market changes continue to sweep through the international production world and the largest media businesses seek sustainable profitability.
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