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Canal+ Acquires Stake in Nordic Streamer Viaplay
France’s Canal+ Group has acquired a 12% stake in embattled Nordic streamer Viaplay Group.
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Netflix Adds 5.9m Subscribers After Password Crackdown
Netflix has added nearly six million new subscribers following its crackdown on password sharing.
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Milk Opens VFX Studio in Barcelona
VFX studio Milk has opened a new studio in Barcelona, Spain.
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Sister Hires Former Netflix Content Boss Cindy Holland
The Power and Chernobyl producer Sister has hired former Netflix content chief Cindy Holland as global CEO.
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ITV No Longer Exploring Purchase of All3Media
ITV is “no longer actively exploring the possible acquisition of All3Media,” according to the UK broadcasting and production group.
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Fremantle Promotes Seb Shorr to Drama and Film COO
Seb Shorr has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer for Fremantle’s drama and film business.
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STV Studios Acquires Greenbird Media’s Network of 15 Indies
STV Studios has acquired Greenbird Media’s network of 15 UK independent production companies for an initial cash consideration of £21.4m.
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Sky Deutschland Retreats from Commissioning Scripted Originals
Sky Deutschland is pulling out of commissioning scripted originals from 2024.
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Louis Theroux to Deliver Edinburgh TV Festival’s 2023 MacTaggart Lecture
Broadcaster, author and podcaster Louis Theroux is to deliver this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, the flagship address of the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Banijay UK Takes Stake in James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track Pictures
Banijay UK has invested in Rabbit Track Pictures, the London based TV & film production company co-founded by actor James Norton and Scripted Executive Kitty Kaletsky.
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Behind the Scenes: Evacuation
In 2021 an epic operation to rescue 15,000 people from Kabul as the Taliban closed in sparked headlines across the globe. A new documentary gives rare insight into the emotional impact on army and airforce personnel through first-hand interviews and on-the-ground footage, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Hollywood Writers’ Strike: Directors Agree New Deal
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) membership has voted by a large margin to agree a three-year deal with major studios and streamers, averting the possibility of another stoppage in Hollywood to add to the difficulties caused by the writers’ strike.
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Amazon Reveals £4.2bn Investment in UK Creative Industries
Amazon has published figures from consultancy Capital Economics that shows it has invested more than £4.2bn in the UK creative industries since 2010.
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Charlie Brooker Speaks Out on Generative AI
The doyen of dystopia explains how he played with AI to create the latest series of Black Mirror.
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ITV Confirms Interest in Buying All3Media
UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed its interest in acquiring leading TV production group All3Media.
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Behind the Scenes: Dead Ringers
Twinning might have become an enduring movie trick, but can it survive the ‘deep fake’ threat? Julian Mitchell investigates behind the scenes of Amazon Prime Video’s Dead Ringers…
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Peter Chernin’s North Road Company Acquires Turkish Producer Karga Seven
The North Road Company, the multi-genre studio formed by former Fox chief Peter Chernin in 2022, has completed its first major international acquisition, Karga Seven Pictures, one of Turkey’s key film and TV producers.
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Directors Guild of America Reaches Tentative Deal with Hollywood Studios
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative agreement on a three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
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ScreenSkills Calls for Film and TV Industry Apprenticeship Reform
ScreenSkills has called for fundamental reform of the apprenticeship levy in the UK and how apprenticeships are applied for the TV and film sector in England, following an assessment of two pilot schemes.
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Near Half of Unscripted TV Freelancers Out of Work
Nearly half of UK freelancers working in unscripted TV are not currently employed and many are struggling financially as a result, according to a poll by broadcasting union Bectu.