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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…

James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of films like Avatar, Terminator and Titanic, appears cautiously optimistic about the role generative AI can play in filmmaking, though even if he is wary of the “in the style of” prompts that have proliferated…

New Zealand is finally getting its own version of popular British television quiz show The Chase. TVNZ confirmed today it has commissioned a four-episode special of The Chase New Zealand to be filmed in Sydney, Australia. Read on @The Herald…