TBI Weekly: Making sense of an eventful Series Mania 2023
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Record attendances, a juggernaut of top European and international execs, plus protestors’ running battles with police across Lille, made this year’s Series Mania Forum one to remember, writes Richard Middleton .
If there was any doubt before, the record crowds at SERIES MANIA Forum this week underlined its ‘must-attend’ status in the scripted schedules of European execs and, increasingly, those from further afield.
But there was no ignoring that it was taking place against a backdrop of turbulence: across Lille and beyond, pension protestors fought with police as tear gas filled the air.
Inside the Grand Palais, the air was thick with talk of what might come next, as the industry continues to grapple with the basic economics of streaming.
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