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Hollywood is over: Time for creators to take charge

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Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies

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BFI publishes AI recommendations for UK screen sector

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Behind the scenes: Andor

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Amazon names Nicole Clemens as Head of International Originals

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Media's known unknowns: Why five key things we know make the future so uncertain

Features The Bends

The Bends: Hollywood studios unite to fast-track Veo 3 education

News Maria Kyriacou and Bert Habets

Maria Kyriacou confirmed as Chairwoman of ProSiebenSat.1

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Mandy Walker elected President of American Society of Cinematographers

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FlightStory: Forget the creator economy, this is the era of the creator founder

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IBC Accelerators: A Framework for Generative AI in Broadcasting

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ITV overhauls production of daytime shows

News Zai Bennett, Kate Ward

BBC Studios unveils unscripted restructuring and international focus

Features Michael B. Jordan as Smoke in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “SINNERS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release

Behind the scenes: Sinners

Features (L-R) Samantha McMillon, COO, Quay Street Productions; Amber Haque, Presenter and Documentary Maker; Iain MacLeod, Executive Producer, Continuing Drama, ITV; Pam Cavannagh, CEO, Purple Productions; Michael Jochnowitz, Interim Editor of Unscripted Commissioning, BBC; Emma Morris, Executive Editor of Morning Live and The One Show, BBC Studios; Rick Murray, CEO, Workerbee and Chair: Gethin Jones, BBC presenter, Morning Live

Neglect of working class comes home to roost in British TV

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MPTS 2025 reveals a media industry struggling to keep pace

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Delyth Evans confirmed as Chair of S4C

News Lennie James as Barrington Walker in Mr Loverman

Mr Loverman, Mr Bates vs The Post Office lauded at BAFTA TV Awards

News Tim Davie

Mark Burnett and Nick Clegg among speakers for RTS Cambridge Convention 2025

News ScreenSkills has named Working Title’s Head of Film & TV Production Sarah-Jane Wright as the new Chair

Working Title’s Sarah-Jane Wright to chair ScreenSkills’ film fund

Interview The Wood Fuzzles

Secret Level: Storyboard to screen without ever picking up a camera

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Alice Webb named CEO of MediaCity

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Creative Cities Convention: Concern and caution expressed by UK TV over tariff threat

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Behind the scenes: 1992 and the colourist of Seville

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Channel 4 sets out AI principles

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Lucinda Hicks named CEO of Sister Group

News Trump announces 100% tariffs on films made outside of America

Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside America

News Alex Mahon, Channel 4

C4 boss Alex Mahon lined up for live entertainment role

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Banijay in talks about ITV acquisition – reports

News Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer, Rivals and Slow Horses lead BAFTA Television Craft Awards

Features (L-R) Joseph Quinn, Michael Gandolfini, Joe Macaulay, Henrique Zaga, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Noah Centineo, Taylor John Smith, Adain Bradley, Cosmo Jarvis, Charles Melton

Behind the scenes: Warfare

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Alex Mahon steps down as CEO of Channel 4

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Comcast’s Peacock platform hits 41m subscribers

News EastEnders

EastEnders wins BAFTA Television Craft Special Award

Features Behind the Scenes: Bella Ramsey and Isabela Merced in The Last of Us

Behind the scenes: The Last of Us II

News The 98th Oscars will take place on March 15, 2026

Academy updates artificial intelligence guidance for Oscars

News Mara & Milo: Magic & Mayhem

Dimension Studio develops end-to-end AI production pipeline

News EIF backs Together fund

EU invests €25m in Together fund to back European producers

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UK MPs call for streamer levy to boost film and high-end TV industry

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Fremantle launches AI label Imaginae Studios

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Grass Valley promotes Jon Wilson to CEO

News Moonage Team (L-R Will Gould, Frith Tiplady, Matthew Read)

ITV Studios acquires majority stake in Moonage Pictures

News Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer leads nominations for BAFTA Television and Craft Awards

News Claudia Winkleman received this year's Outstanding Achievement Award

Winners announced for RTS Programme Awards 2025

News Jellyfish Pictures produced the animation for Dreamworks Animation’s Dog Man

Jellyfish Pictures files for administration

News The report found that spend is moving out of daytime entertainment

Pact voices concern about the future health of the production sector

News Tom Cruise awarded BFI Fellowship

BFI to honour Tom Cruise with Fellowship award

News BBC, BT, IMG and ITV fined for colluding on freelance sports rates

BBC, BT, IMG and ITV fined for colluding on freelance sports rates

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NAB preview: Agentic AI poised to steal the show

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Behind the scenes: Squid Game 2

News Sarah McGettigan, Head of Sales, Versa Studios

Versa Studios names Sarah McGettigan as Head of Sales

News US President Donald Trump signed order to cut funding to USAGM

President Trump signs order to cut funding for Voice of America

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Cinesite secures $215m funding package

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CVP partners with Joe Ransom to launch short film competition

Features Stephen Graham and Philip Barantini

Behind the scenes: Adolescence

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BBC leads nominations for RTS Programme Awards 2025

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Shadowbox Studios hires Mike Mosallam as Chief Operating Officer

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Mediawan takes majority stake in Slow Horses producer See-Saw Films

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What drives global viewership? Key insights from 2024

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Kickstart Day 2025: BBC’s Marianna Spring on the fight against disinformation

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Balancing act: Insight from UK's leading women-powered M&E businesses

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ITV leads way at RTS Television Journalism Awards

News Chris Bird has been with Prime Video UK for more than 14 years

Chris Bird to step down as Director of Prime Video UK

News Garden Studios

Garden Studios opens four new sound stages

News Kate Phillips, BBC Director Of Unscripted

Kate Phillips named BBC Chief Content Officer on interim basis

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Wary eye on AI: Post cautiously embraces new generation of tools

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Oscars 2025: Craft winners

News Versa Studios

Versa Studios Manchester opens doors

News Charlotte Moore

BBC Content Chief Charlotte Moore to leave for Sony and Left Bank roles

Features Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones in Train Dreams, edited by Parker Laramie

Behind the scenes: Editing Sugar Babies and By Design in Premiere

News Ed Lachman and his daughter, Bella

Edward Lachman wins ASC Outstanding Achievement Award for Maria

News Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

Netflix to invest £1bn on film and TV in Mexico

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Dramatic closure of Technicolor VFX has been decades in the making

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Amazon MGM Studios takes creative control of James Bond franchise

News Namit-Malhotra, DNEG

DNEG Group’s Brahma acquires AI developer Metaphysic

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Scouting for the volume

Opinion BBC Broadcasting House

Beeb Watch’s Roger Bolton: “If you don’t have sufficient technical knowledge, you have a real problem”

News Lisa Nandy, BBC

40% business rates relief for UK film studios rolled out

News David Tennant presenting the BAFTAs

Conclave, The Brutalist lead BAFTA winners

News Samphire Films’ David Hodgkinson and Sophie Leonard

BBC Studios invests in UK unscripted producer Samphire Films

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Sylvester Stallone invests in film and TV AI platform Largo.ai

News UK Film and TV hit £5.6bn in 2024

UK film and high-end TV production hit £5.6bn in 2024

News Film and TV Charity warn the industry is at risk of a lack of skilled workers

Industry at risk of skilled worker exodus, warns Film and TV Charity

News Doha city, Qatar

CNN opens new operation in Qatar’s Media City

News Love Island

ITV Studios and All3Media in merger talks – report

News BBC World Service to cut 130 jobs

BBC World Service to cut 130 jobs

News Pinewood Studios has unveiled revised expansion plans

Pinewood Studios unveils revised expansion plans

News Eastbrook Studios

London’s newest film and TV campus welcomes first productions

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New tricks: Scriptwriters embrace AI to turn the tables

News Steve Matthews, Banijay

Banijay unveils combined central scripted leadership

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SMPTE names Raymond Yeung as Standards Vice President

News Pinewood Studios

Pinewood to host government-backed R&D lab for creative industries

News The 97th Oscars will be held on March 2, 2025

97th Academy Awards: Emilia Pérez leads with 13 nominations

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Legal considerations for AI in production

News Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy

UK government unveils £60m funding package for creative industries

Features Behind the scenes: A Complete Unknown

Behind the scenes: A Complete Unknown

News Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's Conclave

Conclave leads nominations for 2025 BAFTA Film Awards

News Lisa Nandy, UK Culture Secretary

Labour exploring ‘alternative funding options’ to BBC licence fee

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BBC Director-General Tim Davie to head Creative Cities Convention speakers

News Sam Tatlow, ITV

ITV names Sam Tatlow as Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Future predictions – Part II: Leaders and analysts

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Neil Hatton, Steve Morrison and Amanda Berry win New Year Honours

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Shinfield Studios’ Nick Smith and Ian Johnson to retire

News Lee Walters

Lee Walters appointed Chair of BAFTA Cymru

Features Writer, executive producer and director Alfonso Cuarón with executive producer and cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, on location in Forte dei Marmi, Italy.

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News Women In Film & Television Awards 2024 in Partnership with Sky

Mary Berry and Jessica Gunning among 2024 Women in Film & TV winners

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Behind the Scenes: Wicked

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Former Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benski launches media group Lumina

News UK public service broadcaster ITV is being circled by potential buyers

Potential suitors eye bid for ITV

News Andrew Dagnall named ITV’s Director of News and Current Affairs

Andrew Dagnell named ITV’s Director of News and Current Affairs

News Friends - The Reunion: David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow

Fulwell 73, The SpringHill Company to merge

News Landsec has taken full control of MediaCity UK

Landsec takes full control of MediaCity UK

News Zinc Media Group has acquired leading UK factual production company Raw Cut, known for popular series such as Road Wars and Police Interceptors.

Zinc Media Group acquires Raw Cut, ITV Studios buys Eagle Eye

News Fivefold Studios, based at Dragon Studios in Wales, has launched a virtual production facility

Fivefold Studios launches virtual production facility in Wales

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Pinewood to launch Indie Film Hub

News Liverpool City Council’s planning committee has approved plans to transform the iconic former Littlewoods building in Liverpool into a film and TV studio and campus

Liverpool Council greenlights Littlewoods studios

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Behind the Scenes: SFX and dynamic lighting merge worlds in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Behind the Scenes: Sharp editing gets the best from Slow Horses

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Marlow Film Studios to appeal council’s decision to block development

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AI – Tutorial, Ep 1: Generative AI and its impact on M&E

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AI in the virtual studio: innovations in replay, tracking and ad verification lead the way

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Skydance improves offer for Paramount Global

Features Marianna Spring

Danger does not discriminate: World Press Freedom Day 2024

News Doctors: final episode will air in December

BBC Blames Soap Cancellation on ‘Super Inflation’ in Drama Production