Author name: Mark It

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…

Lots to talk about ahead of NAB Show 2024 with news from AJA, Ateme, AWS, Avid, Brainstorm, EditShare, Ikan, JVC, Litemover, Mo-Sys, Tilta, and Ugreen. As you may have noticed, NAB Show 2024 starts next Sunday and judging by the…

Dan Lin, the newly installed head of Netflix Film, is shaking things up. The movie division of the streaming giant is getting reorganized, with the entire unit getting split up by genre with executives overseeing each specific subcategory. While Lin …

Prosecutors intend to argue that Alec Baldwin could not control his emotions on the set of “Rust,” and that he “shamelessly lied” and repeatedly changed his story after accidentally shooting the film’s cinematographer. The actor is due to go on…

This is part two of Above the Fold: 20 Media CEOs, Two Big Questions, a five-part series running all this week and featuring a selection of responses to two heady questions confronting the New Zealand media sector. Read the series introduction here.…

Gallic cinephiles gave James Cameron a hero’s welcome at a Paris masterclass on Thursday, ushering the action auteur onstage with a reception so thunderous that it shook the filmmaker’s oft-unflappable public demeanor. “That’s the record,” he said in between laughs…

Newshub and TVNZ are only the most visible examples of the polycrisis impacting New Zealand’s media. Duncan Greive set out to diagnose the problem, and maybe figure out some cures, by asking media CEOs a couple of big questions. This…