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NewsScreenSkills Calls for Film and TV Industry Apprenticeship Reform
ScreenSkills has called for fundamental reform of the apprenticeship levy in the UK and how apprenticeships are applied for the TV and film sector in England, following an assessment of two pilot schemes.
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Netflix Reports 5m Users for Advertising Tier
Netflix has revealed that its ad-supported tier has reached almost 5m monthly active users (MAUs) just six months after launch.
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US Writers’ Strike ‘Could Cost Industry $600m’
A deal to resolve the US writers’ strike could cost US studios, networks and streamers up to $600 million, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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Netflix Reveals £4.8bn Investment in UK Creative Economy
Netflix says it will have spent £4.8 billion in the UK creative economy between 2020 and the end of 2023.
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Industry Trends
DIMPACT - ‘Picking up where Albert leaves off’
A 25-company group of broadcasters, streamers and digital publishers make up the Responsible Media Forum, which has created a spin-off project designed to calculate the carbon emissions of the downstream value chain. George Jarrett speaks to a key stakeholder to report on progress.
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This is Going to Hurt, The Responder Lead Nominations for Bafta Television Awards
BBC dramas This is Going to Hurt and The Responder have emerged as the front runners at the Bafta Television Awards with six nominations each.
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Daily News
3SS partners with Telus for Android TV service
Set-top box (STB) software provider 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) partnered with Canadian telco Telus to launch a next-generation entertainment service based on the Android TV operating system (OS).
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Industry Trends
MWC2023 Review: Netflix, 5G emergency broadcast, VR and 3D
The GSMA’s mobile and communications trade show Mobile World Congress was held once again in Barcelona this year. A showcase for all things related to mobile, telecoms and communication tech, news from the show can have a big impact on how content is distributed in the future, as well as ...
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Industry Trends
MWC2023: Netflix preaches cooperation not confrontation
Data debate between mobile operators and content creators/rights owners takes another step as Netflix uses MWC2023 keynote to lay out the media industry perspective, writes Adrian Pennington. Additional reporting and photography by Andrew Williams.
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Industry Trends
SVOD and the new business models – a tale of diversification
The last 12 months have been a wake-up call for subscription-based video providers, some of which saw significant leaps in interest and user base over the first months of the pandemic. However, the segment faces significant disruption, according to an expert panel, which will require dynamic adjustment to business models, ...
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Netflix extends password sharing crackdown to four more countries
Netflix is extending its crackdown on password sharing to four more countries: Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.
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UK film and high-end TV production hits record £6.27 billion
UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production hit a record £6.27 billion in 2022, £1.83 billion higher than for the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to the latest figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
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Industry Trends
AV1 ‘Gaining Ground’ in the Codec Wars
While it has been just over four years since its initial release, AV1 is maturing rapidly and beginning to see accelerated adoption, according to an expert panel, reports Mark Mayne.
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Australia set to introduce local content quotas for streamers
Major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will be obliged to make more Australian programming from 2024.
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Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings is stepping down from his role as co-chief executive of Netflix.
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HBO Max unveils first price rise
Warner Bros Discovery is raising the monthly cost of HBO Max for the first time since the streaming service was launched in 2020.
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Growth in content investment set to dip in 2023
Global content expenditure will increase by just 2% year-on-year in 2023—the lowest growth in over a decade, excluding the COVID-driven slump of 2020, according to Ampere Analysis.
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Industry Trends
ROI generator: How to Convert Password Sharing into Subscriber Growth
The latest IBC webinar, titled ‘Converting Password Sharing into Subscriber Growth’, took a deep dive into the topic of password sharing, both from a prevalence point of view, and also from an enterprise perspective.
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Netflix doubles size of Spanish production hub Tres Cantos
Netflix has officially opened five more studios at its Tres Cantos production hub in Madrid.
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Netflix books comedian Chris Rock for streamer’s first live event
Comedian Chris Rock is to become the first artist to perform live on Netflix for the company’s first-ever live, global streaming event.
