Supported by competitive tax incentives and institutions such as Creative Scotland, which provide funding, infrastructure and relationship-building support essential for international collaboration, Scotland has become an increasingly attractive partner for producers worldwide.

With the recent release of a new set of joint environmental guidelines under the Nordic Ecological Standard (NES), the collective of five Nordic countries (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland) has demonstrated a clear commitment to embedding sustainability across more sectors of the screen industry.

Originals for YouTube. Do you need to develop a new slate altogether? While catalogue monetisation is now well understood, using YouTube for original production remains the great mystery for many. Yet the platform is increasingly fertile ground for new scripted and unscripted projects both short form and long form.

If the TV sector had its own Collins Dictionary word of the year, there’s no doubt as to what the 2025 entry would be: YouTube. From its buzzy debut at MIPCOM to dominating the conversation in most panels and editorial, the platform has shape-shifted from blackhole video bank to a central pillar of the future of content.