Author name: Mark It

It’s been a turbulent start of the year for Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival. In February, word spread quickly about the shock resignations of key senior staff. Days later, an official press release announced Paolo Bertolin as the…

New Zealand media feels like it’s in a critical condition this week. And as TVNZ eyes further cost saving, Kiwis are wondering whether the country’s long-running soap is safe. “We need to look at everything across our slate to ensure we…

A global coalition of screenwriters’ organizations and unions, including the Writers Guild of America East and West, has collectively resolved to push for “robust licensing mechanisms” that require clear consent if scribes’ material is used to train AI tools. The…

Unlike most other ROVs, the Luna is designed specifically for underwater filmmaking. It records video at a maximum resolution of 8K/30fps and can descend as deep as 1,000 m (3,281 ft) – so all you giant squids out there, get…

The New Zealand screen sector has been pushed into crisis mode following the market’s two dominant broadcasters, TVNZ and Warner Bros Discovery NZ, confirming significant job losses, cuts to investment in local production and the abrupt axing of local programming.…

As streaming platforms vie to capture marketshare in a view-from-home environment, the recent deal between A24 and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) brings A24’s eclectic catalog exclusively to HBO and Max after their theatrical runs illustrating the need for studios to…

Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like CinemaCon — where no matter how many hits the motion picture industry has taken over the last year (and, uh, it’s taken a lot), exhibitors from all over the world unfailingly come…

Dude Perfect, the five-member comedy and sports YouTube creator company, hauled in more than $100 million in growth capital from private investment firm Highmount Capital — which they plan to use to flex their brand well beyond online videos. The…

Would you buy a car from an AI chatbot? What if it looked and talked like Tom Hanks?  These are the sorts of questions kicking around Sacramento, where lawmakers are considering a slew of proposals to regulate artificial intelligence. SAG-AFTRA,…

Above the Fold: As two of our biggest media organisations face radical downsizing, Duncan Greive asks our media leaders what’s going on, and what can be done about it. Up today: the people behind some of our most beloved TV…

SBS survival series Alone Australia has returned to screens and this time contestants have been tasked with trying to endure the icy climes of New Zealand’s South Island. The gruelling program sees 10 survivalists dropped in the wilderness, where they…