Netflix Co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos have stressed their belief that the streamer’s planned $83bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery will go ahead, despite a hostile bid from Paramount Skydance.
Just months after being acquired by leading UK post-production company Envy, post houses Halo Post Production and Evolutions have been placed into administration.
The UK government has named the new members of its Creative Industries Council (CIC), its strategic forum for collaboration with industry leaders.
The BBC Group has appointed Bérangère Michel as its Group Chief Financial Officer.
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to invest $1bn in OpenAI, enabling users to make videos with its copyrighted characters on the video generation app, Sora.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has teamed up with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) on a new engineering report on artificial intelligence (AI) and its effect on media.
The UK film and TV industry has agreed on a plan to permanently shift to clean solutions for temporary power on sets.
UK producers' body Pact has named Nigel Warner, UK Policy Consultant to the Motion Picture Association and Special Counsel at Lexington, as its next CEO.
Priya Dogra will become the next Chief Executive of Channel 4. Currently Chief Advertising, Group Data, and New Revenue Officer at Sky, Dogra will succeed interim Jonathan Allan in March 2026.
One Battle After Another, The White Lotus, and Adolescence have emerged as the frontrunning films and TV shows for the 2026 Golden Globes.
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