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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.

US President Donald Trump has added his voice to concerns about Netflix's planned $83bn deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery.

Bundesliga, the German football league, has launched a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel in the UK and Ireland.

Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia are to boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after organisers decided that Israel could compete.

Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, just days after losing out to Netflix in an auction for the Hollywood studio.