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Western cinema is littered with rags-to-riches stories of independent films making millions, but in an age of streaming where box offices are bypassed altogether, are windfalls becoming a thing of the past?  George Miller’s Mad Max of 1979, for example,…

You know what it’s like when you have a problem, or maybe a few of them, and they start to interlock and overwhelm you, and you’re frozen and can’t take action, until hope seems to be fading or maybe even…

There’s something which warms even the cryogenic core of your narrator’s flinty heart about the idea of recent graduates enjoying their first wobbly experiences operating a Scorpio crane. That became one of the more amusing moments of NAB 2024, alongside…

Even with the 2023 strikes in Hollywood’s rearview mirror, writers are still feeling the pinch. On Friday, the Writers Guild of America released new job statistics highlighting recent declines in television-writing jobs across various levels of the hierarchy. Post-Peak TV,…

The influential UK Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC) has officially recommended a 5% streamer levy to the government and said this should be enshrined into law if the industry fails to introduce it within a year. Informally titled the…

Fremantle is launching a pan-genre, standalone production brand under chief operating officer Andrea Scrosati that will “harness the power of Artificial Intelligence”. The RTL Group-owned company said Imaginae Studios will “service and support” Fremantle’s creative talent by “pushing production boundaries…

Global streaming giants didn’t mince their words on Thursday when they reacted to a call from a U.K. parliamentary committee for a levy of 5 percent of U.K. subscriber revenue on foreign streaming services, including the likes of Netflix, Amazon, …

Kura Productions is excited to celebrate 21 years of honouring Māori stories in the television, film and digital screen industry. Te Ataraiti Waretini, the CEO of the company, says the milestone is a great achievement. “”21 years of creating Māori…

People still want the TV and movie experience offered by traditional studios, but social platforms are becoming competitive for their entertainment time—and even more competitive for the business models that studios have relied on. Social video platforms offer a seemingly…