{"id":713604,"date":"2026-06-19T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713604\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:13:11","slug":"bbc-cuts-annecy-animation-international-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713604\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Cuts & Annecy Animation: International Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGood afternoon Insiders, welcome back to another edition of the international newsletter with Max Goldbart steering things before heading to the Annecy<\/a> International Animation Film Festival. Read on, and sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeep BBC<\/a> Cuts <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Dear<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tBBC drama \u2018Dear England\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBBC\/Left Bank\/Justin Downing<\/p>\n

\n\tDevelopment spend slashed: It\u2019s been a rough week for staff at the embattled BBC. Folks at the British broadcaster already knew deep cuts and thousands of layoffs were coming, but it was all made to feel rather real when more information was revealed by new Director General Matt Brittin, who is clearly rolling his sleeves up just a month into the top job. In an all-staffer setting<\/a> out that \u201cthe scale of savings requires tough choices,\u201d the former Google executive announced plans to slash commissioning spend across the BBC\u2019s TV, radio and news divisions by \u00a380M ($107M) over the next two years. The reality of this is programs including 50-year-old institution The World Tonight being cut<\/a>, top presenters leaving and, as Jake revealed Wednesday, a depressing plan to cut TV development spend by 15% per year<\/a>. BBC content chief Kate Phillips told suppliers about the latter in an email that revealed up to 150 hours of original\u00a0network TV content will vanish. Some producers have unsurprisingly reacted with dismay, with industry insiders who we spoke with feeling that small, bold and risky ideas could lose out by the development cull and that it will be harder to bring through the next generation of talent. But Brittin clearly isn\u2019t messing around. The broadcaster has repeatedly communicated the stat that 94% of the UK population use the BBC every month, yet fewer than 80% pay the \u00a3180 annual licence fee, and so it needs to bridge the gap. A tough period lies ahead for the new BBC boss. They sure make baptisms fiery at the BBC.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnimation Nation<\/p>\n

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\n\tOff to Annecy: The Annecy International Animation Festival kicks off Sunday in one of the most gorgeous parts of France, and U.S. studios and streamers will be descending in droves. Annecy is relatively unique in the fest being just as much about the fans as it is the industry and with huge favorites like the new Minions movie and age-old hits like King of the Hill on show, it\u2019s easy to see why. However, that doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t plenty industry talking points. Myself and Melanie, who will both be on the ground, had a think about what\u2019s getting the animation industry chatting and our analysis can be found here<\/a>, with AI, China and the next generation of IP all among our pointers. The likes of Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal will be out in full force in France, with fare including the new Ghostbusters series, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, Forgotten Island and Minions & Monsters on show. Netflix also hosted an Annecy do in L.A. for those who can\u2019t make it to Europe and is clearly looking to make a splash with some buzzy content. Eyes peeled on the site all next week for reporting from the biggest few days in the animation calendar.<\/p>\n

\n\tAPOS Takeaways <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"ReelShort<\/p>\n

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\n\tSecond screening: The APOS Asian TV Summit in Bali is a perfect opportunity to keep fingers on the pulse of a continent that always provides a gleam into the next big global trend. In 2026, it was microdramas \u2013 those shlocky short-form quick bites that have got Hollywood talking \u2013 that were dominating chatter. Our Asia expert Liz Shackleton was in town for the bringing together of the great and the good of the industry \u2013 including Andy Serkis <\/a>\u2013 and she reported on an intriguing content deal between microdrama platform ReelShort and Korean studio Showbox<\/a>, alongside a talk from ReelShort boss Joey Jia<\/a>. The APOS crowd are always thinking into the future and one of the more blue sky sessions questioned<\/a> how second screens are rewiring Southeast Asia\u2019s attention span, a topic that has certainly been occupying Hollywood of late<\/a>. \u201cThis is not a story about decline, and it is not disruption. It is a story about reallocation,\u201d said Media Partners Asia CEO Vivek Couto. All APOS coverage can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Insider Interview: \u00a0L\u00e9on Marchand <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"L\u00e9on<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQuad Lab, Clox Productions, France 2<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat do you do after winning five medals and becoming the face of your home Olympic Games? That\u2019s the question we find\u00a0L\u00e9on Marchand\u00a0grappling with at the start of a three-part doc about the swimming prodigy.<\/p>\n

\n\tStewart sat down with the French swimming icon to chat about the doc and how he went about re-discovering motivation and purpose. \u201cAfter Paris, a lot of people probably thought I had reached a destination. In reality, I found myself asking new questions: who am I when I\u2019m not racing, when I\u2019m not in the pool, and what remains when everything slows down?,\u201d L\u00e9on told Deadline. >>>Read The Interview<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Essentials<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Cher<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udf36\ufe0f\u00a0Hot One: The unlikely pair of Cher and Bob Geldof are in talks to join<\/a> animated feature Fly Squad \u2013 First Strike!<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udf36\ufe0f\u00a0 Another Hot One: Dermot O\u2019Leary\u2019s Toto the Ninja Cat books are being made into<\/a> an animated series by Studiocanal and Superprod.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udf36\ufe0f A third: Darick Robertson, co-creator of\u00a0The Boys\u00a0comic books and exec producer on the TV series, is joining new superhero universe<\/a> Crestar and the Knight Stallion.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udcd6 Analysis: TF1 is officially on Netflix, marking the start<\/a> of a watershed deal between a U.S. streamer and one of Europe\u2019s biggest commercial broadcasters.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u26bd World Cup latest: Plenty of drama on the pitch and some off it, with the Iran team forced to leave<\/a> the U.S. immediately after their game with New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u274c Banned: Social media in the UK <\/a>for teens\u2026 big tech firms reacted with dismay<\/a>, but agents are more measured<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udfd5\ufe0f Fest latest: For all of Stewart\u2019s Monte-Carlo coverage, including Kurt Russell on Taylor Sheridan, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udfd5\ufe0f More fests: The Edinburgh International Film Festival has launched a conference<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udf7f Box office: Christoper Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey broke BFI IMAX records<\/a> within 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83c\udf74 Journos who lunch: Controversial CBS News chief Bari Weiss had a cheeky sandwich with <\/a>BBC Today host Justin Webb during a recent trip to London.<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f And finally: Thoughts out to the family of Roger Cook<\/a>, the legendary\u00a0journalist credited with creating the \u2018doorstep\u2019 interview technique.<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Insider<\/a> was written by Max Goldbart and edited by Jesse Whittock. Send any tips, comments or ideas for international coverage to jwhittock@deadline.com<\/a> and mgoldbart@deadline.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good afternoon Insiders, welcome back to another edition of the international newsletter with Max Goldbart steering things before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[207650,274996,8827,88,272800,92],"class_list":["post-713604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-annecy","tag-annecy-international-animation-film-festival","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-international-insider","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}