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Netflix to open Central and Eastern Europe office in Warsaw
Netflix is to open an office in Warsaw which will act as a hub for its activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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Oscar winners 2022
Dune, Coda and The Power of the Dog were the biggest victories at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony.
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Nvidia announces Omniverse Cloud to connect tens of millions of designers and creators
Nvidia has used its GTC Spring Conference to unveil Omniverse Cloud, a suite of cloud services that gives artists, creators, designers and developers instant access to the Nvidia Omniverse platform for 3D design collaboration and simulation from any device, anywhere.
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ITV announces £80 million Diversity Commissioning Fund
ITV plans to reserve £80 million of its content commissioning budget over the next three years to drive change towards racial equity and disability equity.
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Prince Edward becomes first Royal Patron of PGGB
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has become Royal Patron of The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB).
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Pulse Films co-founders step down
Pulse Films founders and CEOs Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford are stepping down after 16 years of leading the company.
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Creative studio to train university students in virtual production as industry demand grows
Final Pixel Academy and the University of Greenwich have partnered to offer a Virtual Production (VP) Skills Course to third-year film and TV students to help address a skills gap in the sector.
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BritBox UK MD Will Harrison to depart
Will Harrison, Managing Director of BritBox UK, is to step down from his role ahead of the launch of new streaming service ITVX.
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Discovery shareholders approve WarnerMedia merger
Discovery shareholders have voted to approve the company’s $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T.
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Netflix earmarks €200m for French production in 2022
Netflix is to launch 25 new original French titles in 2022 and has another 20 titles in production in the country.
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Apple TV+ snaps up first sports rights
Streamer Apple TV+ has bought its first set of sports rights, picking up a package of Major League Baseball (MLB) rights in nine territories including the US, UK and Japan.
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SMPTE opens call for papers for 2022 annual technical conference
Technical paper proposals can now be submitted for SMPTE’s Media Technology Summit, formerly the Annual Technical Conference. SMPTE is also accepting proposals for participation in the Storytellers series.
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Dune wins big at 2022 BAFTA Awards
Dune took home five awards at last night’s BAFTAs, including for Best Sound and Special Visual Effects, but it was Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog that received the coveted Best Film accolade as well as Best Director.
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NEP Group opens office in Abu Dhabi
Outside broadcast specialist NEP Group has opened a new office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to grow its business in the Middle East.
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ScreenSkills TV fund earmarks £10m for training
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund is to invest more than £10 million of industry contributions from UK producers, broadcaster in-house productions and inward investors in training in the coming year.
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Entertainment and tech firms pull out of Russia
Netflix and Avid have become the latest entertainment companies to stop doing business in Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Rise launches annual mentoring schemes, adding north and central Europe, as well as ANZ to its expanding global locations
Rise, an advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, has launched its mentoring schemes for 2022-2023.
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ITV strikes two-season EFL highlights deal
ITV has agreed a two-season deal with the EFL, giving the broadcaster the rights to show highlights of the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two, Carabao Cup and the Papa John’s Trophy from the 2022/23 season.
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Serious Fraud Office opens criminal investigation into Arena TV collapse
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has begun a criminal investigation into Arena Television, the outside broadcast firm that collapsed into administration last year.