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The largest pay-TV providers in the US, representing about 95% of the market, lost about 305,000 net video subscribers in the first quarter of the year.

Sorgente: Pay-TV in US loses 305K subs in Q1

Brazil’s Globo tackles the body-swap format in La Fórmula (The Formula), which sees a scientist transform into a younger version of herself after taking a unique elixir. DQ chats to leading actors Drica Moraes and Luisa Arraes about playing very different versions of the same character.

Sorgente: Seeing double

The growth of vMVPD subscription OTT services shows no sign of stopping and is set to claim a subscriber base of 400 million at the end of 2018

Sorgente: vMVPD services help pay-TV providers maintain subscribers

Executive producer Sophie Gardiner and director Vanessa Caswill tell DQ about taking a new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women from page to screen in just 12 months.

Sorgente: Little time

The cast of Picnic at Hanging Rock, led by Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer, discuss reimagining Joan Lindsay’s classic novel as a new six-part event series.

Sorgente: No ordinary Picnic

As the final season of Bron/Broen (The Bridge) arrives in the UK, actors Sofia Helin and Thure Lindhardt, creator Hans Rosenfeldt and head writer Camilla Ahlgren reflect on the success of the internationally acclaimed series.

Sorgente: End of a Saga

Strengthening their nascent alliance, Telefónica and Atresmedia are moving forward with the production of El Embarcadero, Movistar+’s next original series.

Sorgente: Telefónica, Atresmedia move forward with first content partnership

With the third season of Netflix’s The Crown about to begin production, creator and writer Peter Morgan explains why he keeps going back to the royal family and discusses the pitfalls of depicting real people.

Sorgente: Royal appointment

A Los Angeles illustrator sketches out the not-very-big problems he overhears in daily conversations.

Sorgente: This Artist Instagrams Illustrations of #FirstWorldProblems … and They’re Hilarious

Facebook is working on a management reorganization that would create a new unit around blockchain technology, led by three high-profile executives.

Sorgente: What’s the Deal With Facebook and the Blockchain?

Google’s new “Duplex” technology presents a significant tipping point for machine intelligence–powered virtual assistants.

Sorgente: How Google’s Eerie Robot Phone Calls Hint at AI’s Future

Sorgente: The Netflix generation doesn’t do compromise

Sorgente: Christopher Nolan on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — ‘The punk rock of movies’

The television landscape is awash with series set in alternative – and not particularly bright – futures. Stephen Arnell casts his eye over the dystopian series on screen, and also finds sci-fi series with a more optimistic outlook.

Sorgente: Dystopian blues

At its annual Brandcast, YouTube has revealed its next slate of ad-supported originals.

Sorgente: Will Smith to take a jump into YouTube with original series

A few companies are already using machine learning to try to anticipate blockbusters.

Sorgente: Could Artificial Intelligence Predict the Next ‘Avengers: Infinity War’?

Televisione e coding (il linguaggio dei programmatori) sono ormai inseparabili. I modelli di successo dei prossimi anni, Netflix in testa, sono da cercare nelle start up che siano in grado di mischiare i dati dei social con i nuovi format della tv. Mentre autori e registi sono convinti che la televisione sia ancora un lavoro che ha a che fare con le macchine da presa e con le luci, gli imprenditori tv più svegli del pianeta stanno correndo velocemente da un’altra parte.

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