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OpenAI is reportedly planning to release a new version of its groundbreaking text-to-video model, Sora, that can generate content featuring well-known copyrighted characters. Well, that should be illegal. If you have created a character and copyrighted it, then you should…

CTV has overtaken cable and broadcast in U.S. viewing, giving advertisers—especially smaller brands—a cost-efficient, full-funnel channel they can no longer afford to ignore. Television viewing in the U.S. has reached a turning point. In May 2025, streaming officially surpassed both…

The Government has appointed former Goldman Sachs New Zealand chief Andrew Barclay as the new chair of public broadcaster TVNZ. Barclay spent more than 25 years at Goldman Sachs, joining in 1999 and rising to managing director in 2006. He…

President Trump revived his idea for a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies on Monday — and this time, he made it sound like he’s really going to do it. Back in May, he said was “authorizing” such a tariff. On…

Like thousands of actors, Tilly Norwood is looking for a Hollywood agent. But unlike most young performers aspiring to make it in the film industry, Tilly Norwood is an entirely artificial intelligence-made character. Norwood, dubbed Hollywood’s first “AI actor”, is…

Explainer – For a little country at the bottom of the world, New Zealand has a blockbuster impact on the film industry. Everything from hit Minecraft and Avatar movies to Marvel superhero epics to Oscar-winning drama like The Power of the Dog has ties to New Zealand,…