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LA Times Poll Shows Support for Actors’ Strike Remains Much Higher Than for Studios

Despite the length of the SAG-AFTRA strike, a new poll from the Los Angeles Times shows that support for the actors’ strike remains by the American public remains much higher than for Hollywood studios, networks, and streaming platforms. According to…

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Canadian Distributor VVS Films Expands to New Zealand and Australia, Kicking Off with Nicolas Cage’s “Dream Scenario”

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Australian Screen Industry Unites To Champion Local Content And Local IP

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Today, leaders of the Australian screen industry, represented by Screen Producers Australia (SPA), the Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG), the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), and the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), stood together at…

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A Global Look

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Starting today, the inaugural International Production Design Week is offering an ambitious programme of in-person and online events in many countries and timezones. The full programme boasts 90 or so events to dip into. Here in NZ, a trio of…

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Remember when C4 rocked onto NZ screens?

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Twenty years ago this month a new channel full of music videos and edgy youth-oriented programming arrived on New Zealand screens. We look back on the glory days of C4. Being at the wrong end of a Top 100 countdown…

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Spada primes big guns

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Vanessa Wells – Director/Producer and WIFT Board Member

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Netflix Reports Nearly 9 Million New Subscribers in Q3; Notes Nearly 70% Growth in Ad-Supported Plans from Q2

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Sarah Bristow, Director of News at Newshub, Resigns After Nearly 4 Years in Position

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NZTVA names 2023 Contenders

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The team behind the NZ TV Awards has whittled down this year’s 490+ entries to 115 nominations across 37 juried categories.

The Gone (above), from Kingfisher Films and Keeper Pictures in association with Southern Light Film, took nine nods to…

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BBC Studios Distribution & Production Heads Talk Market Shifts

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In a fireside chat moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani at MIPCOM, BBC Studios’ Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee showcased how the company is positioned to manage the disruption in the content business today. Read on…

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UK Film and TV Crews Seek Immediate Government Aid as SAG-AFTRA Strike Approaches 100 Days

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Hollywood Strike Takes Increasing Economic Toll on Workers: ‘I Burned Through My IRA’

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For the past five months, it’s been “eerily quiet” at Steiner Studios, a sprawling complex of soundstages in Brooklyn. When the Writers Guild of America ended its strike on Sept. 27, Doug Steiner, the chairman of the company, was hoping…

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What Lies Ahead for Hollywood? Insiders Weigh In

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What comes after peak TV? What’s the next labor battle? Whose stories will still be told? THR asked four Hollywood players from different corners of the industry for their predictions on what a post-strike era might look like. The actors…

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October 19, 2023

LA Times Poll Shows Support for Actors’ Strike Remains Much Higher Than for Studios

Canadian Distributor VVS Films Expands to New Zealand and Australia, Kicking Off with Nicolas Cage’s “Dream Scenario”

What’s on?

Australian Screen Industry Unites To Champion Local Content And Local IP

A Global Look

Remember when C4 rocked onto NZ screens?

Spada primes big guns

Vanessa Wells – Director/Producer and WIFT Board Member

Netflix Reports Nearly 9 Million New Subscribers in Q3; Notes Nearly 70% Growth in Ad-Supported Plans from Q2

Sarah Bristow, Director of News at Newshub, Resigns After Nearly 4 Years in Position

NZTVA names 2023 Contenders

BBC Studios Distribution & Production Heads Talk Market Shifts

UK Film and TV Crews Seek Immediate Government Aid as SAG-AFTRA Strike Approaches 100 Days

Hollywood Strike Takes Increasing Economic Toll on Workers: ‘I Burned Through My IRA’

What Lies Ahead for Hollywood? Insiders Weigh In

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