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The Walt Disney Co. plans to increase its spending on content next year by $1 billion to a total of $24 billion, underscoring how the competition for consumer attention remains fierce — and expensive. “We expect to invest approximately $24…

It has been 20 years since the launch of YouTube, and it is now the most-watched media service on smart TVs in the US, ahead of both Disney+ and Netflix. In the UK, only the BBC iPlayer is more popular…

Longtime NBC and Fox leader Kevin Reilly, who now runs AI startup Kartel, has a message for the entertainment figures fighting AI. Kevin Reilly spent more than three decades overseeing the television fixtures that defined our culture, from Glee to Samantha Bee,…

This year’s AFM has seen a flood of Australian genre films brought to market repped by blue chip UK sales agents, including Cornerstone’s psychological horror From Below, Architect’s Second World War horror Dogs Of War plus Bankside’s creature feature Croak …

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices. McConaughey also is investing an undisclosed sum in New York-based ElevenLabs. He’s collaborated with the company since it was…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. Back in 2015, YouTube was reaching 32% of New Zealand children aged 2-to-14 every day. NZ On Air’s first survey of children’s media use in New Zealand proclaimed the Alphabet-owned video platform…

This Spot On special explores Mason Valley, the purpose-built 1940s town in Whitemans Valley created for Country GP. Set designer Norman Cook and prop master Gay Berquist reveal the period recreation process, while reporter Helen McGowan documents the 20-minute crew…

Myriad Pictures has added the New Zealand box office smash Tinā to its AFM (November 11-16) sales roster and will commence talks with international buyers next week. Read on…