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One year after Video Ezy opened its first store in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Broadcasting Act 1989 was introduced. It established frameworks and funding for local content that largely still exist. But in 2025, New Zealanders’ viewing and listening habits…

High-profile backlashes against the use of AI in film and TV suggest the industry underestimates the audience’s negative attitudes toward the technology. Film and TV companies must either reduce or be transparent about their use of AI or risk reputational…

Creating not just a whole new fantasy adventure world but one fantasy adventure world per episode was the herculean task set by Taika Waititi, Iain Morris and Jemaine Clement for AppleTV+ series Time Bandits and not least for colorist Damian McDonnell who…

Nintendo’s live-action The Legend of Zelda movie could be part of a planned trilogy, as production prepares for shooting later this year. According to Production List, as tracking service run by the Film & Television Industry Alliance, Zelda will shoot…

Producers should embrace artificial intelligence to navigate the ‘existential’ challenges facing the film and TV industry, according to Erik Barmack, the founder of Los Angeles-based production and distribution outfit Wild Sheep Content. Barmack, who headed international originals at Netflix until…

The board of the NZ International Film Festival has disestablished positions of three of its key staff: Sally Woodfield, Michael McDonnell and Kristen Dowsett. The board, led by its chairperson Kaine Thompson, has restructured the festival’s team to “support our…

When more than 200 players from Auckland’s $8 billion creative economy answered an invite to discuss turbocharging Henderson’s film, theatre and performance industry, planners knew they must be on the right track. The result is the Te Puna Creative Hub,…