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Ads on streaming are smoking. Advertising-supported tiers made up 46% of streaming subscriptions at SVOD platforms that offer both options — with and without ads — at the end of March, up by 33%, or 7 percentage points, year-on-year. Over…

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is advancing efforts to streamline film and television production in Los Angeles amid cries for further policymaker intervention on the issue of runaway production. Bass calls for a reduction in city staffers on shoots and improved…

The success of Canterbury as a movie-making location has been celebrated alongside film and TV projects like Wicked and Bridgerton, at a prestigious ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival. Screen Canterbury NZ, which is the regional film office of the…

Qatar, the tiny Arab state rich in oil and gas that recently offered to replace Donald Trump’s Air Force One with a $400 million jet likened to a “palace in the sky,” is at Cannes signaling its ambitions to take…

Almost nine in 10 UK independent producers say the job is not currently sustainable, according to the second survey by the Producers Roundtable organisation, released today. The second survey was completed by 107 independent producers, 45 of whom had participated…

In March, Spain’s government became one of the first countries in Europe to approve a draft law concerning AI, almost a year to the date after formal approval of the landmark European Artificial Intelligence Act provided a common legal framework…

Tom Cruise took a moment while receiving a British Film Institute Fellowship (via Times of London) to urge young actors to learn about the craft of filmmaking. The A-list actor bemoaned film schools for failing to teach production tools and…

The Camera Strength Chart 2024, exclusively developed by YMCinema Magazine, provides the ultimate breakdown of the most used cinema cameras in the narrative feature selections of the top global film festivals: Sundance, Cannes, TIFF, and the Academy Awards. By synthesizing…