All Film and TV industry articles – Page 7
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NewsBBC Blames Soap Cancellation on ‘Super Inflation’ in Drama Production
The BBC has cancelled daytime soap Doctors after 23 years on air, blaming ‘super inflation in drama production.”
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NewsActors Strike Continues as Negotiations Break Down
Negotiations between Hollywood studios and actors’ union SAG-AFTRA broke down last week, ending hopes that the three-month strike by performers would quickly come to an end.
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NewsGerman Broadcasters ARD and ZDF Launch Streaming Network
German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have officially launched a joint streaming network which allows viewers to watch their shows on either of their platforms.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority Probes Hiring of TV Production Crew
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to the hiring of freelance TV crew by the BBC, ITV and a number of indie production companies.
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Industry TrendsThe Future of Cinema: Doom or Boom?
Covid-related venue closures and the giant rise of streaming have cost the cinema culture a significant loss in audience numbers, and now with the aftershock of the Hollywood writers’ strike, cinema needs an innovative force if it is to avoid a prolonged decline in viewership, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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NewsFederation Studios Hires Cattleya’s Marco Chimenz as Co-Managing Director
Paris-based production and distribution group Federation Studios has hired Marco Chimenz as Co-Managing Director.
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NewsWarner Bros. Discovery Restructures International Leadership Team
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) president of international Gerhard Zeiler has unveiled his new international leadership team after a number of senior staff departures in recent weeks.
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NewsA+E Networks Names Mark Garner Head of FAST
A+E Networks has promoted Mark Garner to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Head of Global FAST Channels.
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NewsAsylum Backs Launch of Airey, Hall and Lindsay’s Moon&Back Media
Leading UK executives Dawn Airey, Nigel Hall and Russ Lindsay have launched production company Moon&Back Media backed by Asylum Entertainment Group.
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NewsDisney+ EMEA Scripted Boss Johanna Devereaux to Join Apple TV+
Disney+ EMEA Vice President of Scripted Johanna Devereaux is to join rival streamer Apple TV+’s UK-based scripted team under European Creative Director Jay Hunt.
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Killers Of The Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese always wanted to make a Western, arguably the defining American artform. With Killers of the Flower Moon, he got his chance to chronicle the way the country has been moulded from violence and prejudice, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry TrendsIBC Changemakers Podcast: ‘Train hard, Love Adversity, Master your Craft’
In episode Six of the IBC’s Changemaker series of Podcasts, Actors and Changemakers, Lesley Paterson, co-writer behind Oscar Winning production, All Quiet on the Western Front, a film that was made thanks to the endurance of the triathlete turned screenwriter, speaks to Nadira Tudor about how a triathlon-win helped fund ...
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NewsNippon Television Acquires Controlling Stake in Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli, the iconic Japanese animation firm behind Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke, is selling a controlling stake to Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV after failing to find a successor for its legendary co-founder and director Hayao Miyazaki.
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NewsWarner Bros. Studios Leavesden to Add 10 More Sound Stages
Warner Bros. Discovery is to expand its UK film and television studio Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (WBSL), adding 10 new sound stages and 400,000 square feet of production and support space.
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NewsBectu calls for AMPTS financial support for UK crews
Broadcasting union Bectu has called on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTS) to do more to support UK crews who are struggling to find work as a result of the actors and writers’s strikes.
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NewsAmazon Studios’ Scripted Head of Production Frank Murray to launch UK-US indie
Frank Murray, Amazon Studios’ UK & Pan-English Scripted Head of Production, is leaving his post after two years to launch a new cross-Atlantic film & TV production venture.
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VideoIBC2023: Eddie Hamilton, Editor ACE, demonstrates movie magic
Film Editor Eddie Hamilton revealed some of the secrets and challenges of the movie cutting process in a fast-paced conversation in the IBC2023 Forum.
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Daily NewsChangemakers Podcast: Two bonus episodes to be released
Two additional episodes have been added to the Changemakers Podcast series. Initially consisting of seven episodes featuring trailblazing guests from across the media and entertainment sector, the series has added two more big names to its agenda.
