Format Fever, Sky's Gamble, and The Creator Economy Grows Up

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May 1, 202653:47News & Politics

200 companies pitched for the BBC and NBC's next global format - and the winner is a partnership between Expectation and Plegazoid. CMG Productions' Claire McArdle, making her debut today, on what it takes to design some...

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