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Disney+ is launching ‘Verts,’ a new TikTok-style vertical video feed feature for its mobile app that allows users to swipe through recommended clips from Disney films and series.

At the 2026 Oscars, One Battle After Another won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, and Best Film Editing.

Netflix has opened a visual effects and innovation studio in India.

Fifth Season, the film and TV production and distribution group behind Apple TV hit Severance, has acquired UK independent producer Story Collective.

Barb, the UK’s TV audience measurement organisation, has appointed Caroline Baxter as Chief Executive.

The BBC World Service is a “UK national asset”, “important to its national defence and reputation”, for which the government "should be doubling the funding”, according to the organisation’s outgoing Director General, Tim Davie.

To enable users to find content through natural language queries, the Canal+ app will roll out a search function powered by OpenAI technology in June 2026.

The UK’s Documentary Film Council has named Mandy Chang as its first Chief Executive.

The Director General of Austrian national broadcaster ORF has resigned over allegations of sexual harassment, two months before the network is due to host the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) has called on manufacturers and productions to consider the impact of noisy high-output LED film lighting on capturing performance on set.