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This summer, UK measurement body Barb began reporting audience figures for a selection of the most-watched YouTube channels, reigniting an ongoing debate in the industry over whether YouTube can be considered as (or even compared with) TV in the eyes…

A Television Academy task force developing what it calls “responsible AI and production standards” has finalized a set of guidelines for members, Deadline has learned. The three pillars of the guidelines, Academy officials say, are “creative integrity,” “permissions, licenses, legal…

The race to attract productions has never been more competitive or complicated, according to top executives who gathered for a Variety Global Conversation exploring the evolving future of physical production. Moderated by Variety executive editor film and media Tatiana Siegel,…

Having spent the last few years in a testing phase, the AI assembly line is finally allowing machines to create new movies and alter classic ones. But as TIFF showed, many directors are pushing back. “Because I know the rooster.”…

Women are making historic gains in Hollywood, accounting for 36% of creators of television programs on streaming in the 2024-2025 season. According to a report from “Boxed In” on women representation in television, that figure is an all-time high for…

Despite some fearing it threatens the industry’s very existence, Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a commonly used tool in film and television production. Tasks that would once take days or even weeks can now be completed in mere minutes thanks…

In the way of Smaug, Jake Sully and Sleeping Beauty, Marlborough’s screen office is being placed into a long slumber. The rise of AI, political changes, economic conditions and the fickle nature of movie making are all being blamed for…

Produced by John Barnett, Sione’s Wedding was a breakthrough Pasifika-Kiwi comedy hit. Revisit this colourful, character-driven film that helped shape Kiwi screen comedy and celebrate Barnett’s role in championing diverse local stories.…

OpenAI is throwing its resources behind a mostly AI-generated animated film that was the brainchild of one of the company’s employees. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the film will be called Critterz and will follow forest creatures…

Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from authors, who accused the Amazon-backed company of illegally downloading and copying their books to teach its AI system, in among the first deals reached by creators over novel legal issues…

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing a prominent artificial intelligence image generator for copyright infringement, escalating a high-stakes battle involving the use of movies and TV shows owned by major studios to teach AI systems. The lawsuit accuses Midjourney, which has…