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NewsBBC Halts Production of Top Gear After Flintoff Crash
The BBC says it has halted production of the latest series of Top Gear after co-presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was injured in crash while filming.
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BFI Unveils £36.6m Filmmaking Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled its new BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund, with £36.6m over three years for fiction feature films.
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Fremantle Appoints Marco Tombolini as CEO of Italian Division
Fremantle has promoted Marco Tombolini to CEO of Fremantle Italy.
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Red Planet Pictures’ Alex Jones Appointed Pact Vice-Chair
UK producers’ alliance Pact has elected Red Planet Pictures joint managing director Alex Jones as its new vice-chair. He takes up the post with immediate effect.
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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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UK Reforms Film, TV Tax Relief, Introduces Expenditure Credits
The UK government is to overhaul audio-visual tax reliefs and introduce expenditure credits for film, high-end TV and video games.
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Revenues Rise at Indy Production Giants Banijay and Fremantle
Banijay and Fremantle, two of Europe’s largest production and distribution groups, have both posted strong financial year-end revenues.
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UK Bans TikTok on Govt Devices, BBC Asks Staff to Delete App
Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has been banned on UK government electronic devices, while the BBC has advised staff to delete TikTok from corporate phones because of privacy and security fears.
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Anna Valley, Garden Studios Team for London VP studio
Anna Valley and Garden Studios have partnered to set up a new virtual production studio in London.
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Wycombe Film Studios wins planning permission for eight-stage facility
Full planning permission has been granted for Wycombe Film Studios, a new eight-stage film studio in Buckinghamshire.
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European report highlights ‘low share’ of women in key roles in scripted TV
A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory has highlighted the low participation of women in key job roles in scripted TV.
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Kristy Matheson Named as BFI Festivals Director
The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Kristy Matheson as BFI Festivals director, leading the UK’s largest film festival the BFI London Film Festival (4–15 October), and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival from the 2024 edition.
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Sky Studios Elstree officially opened by Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh, patron of the Production Guild of Great Britain, has officially opened the final sound stage to be completed at Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s new state-of-the art film and TV studio in Hertfordshire.
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ITVX Kids to launch, ITV to close CITV
ITV is to close its CITV broadcast channel and will move content for children to a new dedicated streaming destination on ITVX – ITVX Kids.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once triumphs at Oscars with seven wins
Everything Everywhere All at Once claimed seven awards at the Academy Awards, including the coveted best picture prize and three of the four acting Oscars for stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
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London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art to offer virtual production training
The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is to become one of the first drama schools in the UK to offer virtual production technology training to students.
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Multichoice partners with Comcast to relaunch African streamer Showmax
Africa’s leading pay TV company MultiChoice Group has partnered with Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky to relaunch its pan-Africa video streaming platform Showmax.
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BBC leads the way at RTS TV Journalism Awards 2023
The BBC led the way at this year’s RTS Television Journalism Awards 2023, with 11 wins across both news and current affairs, including Network Daily News Programme of the Year for BBC News at Ten and Network Presenter of the Year which was awarded to Clive Myrie.
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Vice appoints Bruce Dixon, Hozefa Lokhandwala as co-CEOs
Vice Media Group (VMG) has promoted Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala to co-chief executive officers.
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Alex Pumfrey steps down as CEO of Film and TV Charity
The Film and TV Charity’s chief executive Alex Pumfrey has announced that she is to leave the organisation after nearly six years in post.
