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The advertising business roared back in 2024, and is set to continue to grow in 2025 … but linear TV will be the exception that growth. That’s according to the annual end-of-year advertising forecast from the media buying giant GroupM.…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. If you too feel as if your sense of national pride is sinking into oblivion like a pavlova left outside in the forthcoming hottest summer on record, I can recommend escaping into…

While it feels like it was just yesterday, looking back at our first reports of OpenAI’s announcement of its insanely powerful AI video model Sora confirms that this release has indeed been a long time coming. It’s too long for…

Twenty eight years after featuring in landmark feminist documentary series Women, five interviewees reveal how their lives have changed. Donna Awatere Huata, Miriam Cameron, Sandi Hall, Aloma Parker, and Marcia Russell, candidly discuss work, sex, the media and Māori in…

In November last year, Auckland Council’s economic development agency, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, launched a “creative quarter” in the city’s western suburb, Henderson. The project, now called the Te Puna Creative Innovation Quarter, encompasses big ideas for grouping so-called creative sector…

New Zealand’s audiovisual archive Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have today announced a partnership which will preserve and protect 35 years of New Zealand news and current affairs history for future generations. Under this agreement,…

Despite fears in Hollywood about a looming industry contraction, Rock the Bells interim CEO Thai Randolph sees opportunity for those who choose to think expansively around inclusion. During the “What It Takes to Innovate: Insights From Female Leaders” panel at…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot-button issue in Hollywood and beyond this year. So it just made sense for the fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) to put a spotlight on AI in during a…

On a wintry Oxford morning last week, Philippa Boyens wrapped herself up all cosy and warm and set off on her own journey into Middle-earth. “I went looking for the Barrow-downs,” she says, excitedly referencing the eerie ancient burial mounds…

From now on, AI will always be in the room. We should expect rapid and often surprising developments in almost every area of human activity. AI is already helping professionals in post-production, and this will only increase. For creatives, generative…

Bafta has made strides in attracting more members who are women or from underrepresented ethnic groups since 2020, according to statistics released by the organisation today (December 5).  In the past four years, the gender split for new members is…