All Create & Produce articles – Page 6
-
NewsUK film and high-end TV production spend falls to £4.23bn in 2023
Total spending on film and high-end television production (HETV) in the UK was £4.23 billion in 2023, according to figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
-
-
NewsScreenSkills unveils High-end TV Skills Fund’s Leaders of Tomorrow
ScreenSkills has unveiled a new cohort of 25 future senior leaders selected for its High-end TV Skills Fund’s Leaders of Tomorrow inclusion-focused programme.
-
NewsReport highlights financial insecurity of UK's behind the scenes workforce
More than 40% of behind the scenes workers for the UK’s film and TV industry have less than £1,000 in savings, with 29% reporting low cash savings and high levels of debt.
-
Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators 2023: Where Are They Now?
The IBC Accelerators is celebrating its sixth year of bringing together broadcast and media tech innovators to collaborate and explore solutions to real-world challenges. As twelve shortlisted teams get ready to pitch their projects at the Accelerator Kickstart Day on 6 March, with a view to presenting demo PoC’s to ...
-
NewsBBC to put production of Blue Peter, Eurovision out to tender
The BBC is to put key brands Blue Peter, Cardiff Singer of the World, Eurovision Song Contest and Sports Personality of the Year out to a competitive tender.
-
NewsFremantle takes stake in Phil Harris’s Boldprint Studios
Fremantle has acquired a minority stake in Boldprint Studios, the newly formed production company from former Channel 4 Head of Entertainment, Phil Harris.
-
-
NewsIBC Accelerators 2024: Twelve Projects to Tackle Industry Challenges at Kickstart Day
The 2024 tranche of broadcast technology specialists whose proposals were successfully shortlisted to this year’s IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Programme will be pitching their ideas to a live, in-person audience and a panel of judges on 6 March.
-
NewsForest Road takes majority stake in media investment bank ACF
Merchant bank Forest Road is to take a majority stake in media investment bank ACF.
-
Industry TrendsISE2024 Preview: Convergence, VP and Star Wars
If you think ISE is about the convergence of AV with broadcast think again. Show organisers say this has already happened. Even the IABM has a speaking slot, writes Adrian Pennington
-
NewsPeak TV has come to abrupt end says Ampere Analysis report
The number of scripted US series releases fell to 481 in 2023 as a result of strike action and a downturn in the original content boom, according to new figures from Ampere Analysis.
-
NewsAmazon MGM Studios to lease Pinewood Toronto stages
Pinewood, Amazon MGM Studios has agreed a contract with Pinewood Toronto Studios for exclusive use of new production facilities at the studios.
-
NewsBBC announces Small Indie Fund recipients
The BBC has announced the 57 UK companies that will be supported through its Small Indie Fund for 2024.
-
Industry TrendsWhat did CES 2024 reveal about the state of generative AI?
In January 2020, when global pandemics were thought only to happen in movies, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) attracted a staggering 171,000 visitors.
-
NewsAmazon acquires minority stake in Diamond Sports as part of rescue deal
US regional media and entertainment company Diamond Sports Group, operator of Bally Sports, has entered into a restructuring agreement that will see it emerge from bankruptcy.
-
Industry TrendsCES 2024 Review: What We Learned
The established bellwether of the tech industry, CES2024 has delivered in its usual frenetic style. Mark Mayne rounds up some of the good, the bad, and the downright left-field…
-
NewsAXA IM purchases BBC Elstree Centre
AXA IM has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of the BBC Elstree Centre in North West London, with the acquisition due to complete in early 2025.
-
NewsAtomos co-founder Jeromy Young returns as CEO
Jeromy Young, the co-founder of Atomos, has returned to the video technology firm as managing director and CEO.
-
Industry TrendsDTT and Wireless Mics Win Out at WRC23
Digital terrestrial television (DTT) received a vote of confidence in its continued resistance against the growing dominance of streaming at the end of last year when its primary place in the UHF spectrum was secured for the foreseeable future.
