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BBC Drama Boss Says It’s Become ‘Tricky’ to Find U.S. Co-Pro Partners, Now Looking to Europe: ‘We Can’t Afford to Fully Fund Shows’
BBC drama boss Lindsay Salt has said the changing economic landscape has made it harder to find U.S. co-production partners.
BBC drama boss Lindsay Salt says the difficult economic landscape is making it harder to find U.S. co-production partners, with European companies increasingly stepping in to fill the gap. “I feel that’s already shifted massively,” Salt said during an in-conversation panel at U.K. television confab Content London on Thursday. Asked whether the BBC continues to be led by creativity rather than budgets, Salt said: “I’m not gonna lie, it’s difficult every day….And everyone’s feeling the pressure, aren’t they?”
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