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The Shrinking Presence of Major Studios From 1995 to 2009, Hollywood’s six major studios—Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Sony—released an average of 112 theatrical films per year. However, from 2010 to 2023, that number dropped to…

I wanted to say “First music video created by Sora”, but using the word ‘Create’ in that context is to be unfair to the numerous real artists that their footage were trained for this video. In my opinion, a creator…

Wednesday, 5 June – Warner Bros. Discovery [WBD] ANZ today announced a revamped Networks leadership team, as it looks to the future in its new business model. Juliet Peterson, VP, Head of Networks, ANZ, who leads the business, says the…

American streaming platforms have been ordered to direct 5 percent of their Canadian revenues into local content production. The ruling from the CRTC, the country’s TV and telecoms regulator, follows Canada’s Bill C-11, or Online Streaming Act, coming into law…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff Only the two hugely powerful agencies that decide what we fund for our screens.  The NZ Film Commission was founded in the late 70s, tasked with a broad range of functions, most…

he UK’s VFX sector is pushing back against a surprise government decision that generative AI will not qualify for the additional tax relief for visual effects. The sector received a major boost in the March budget with the announcement UK…

Sex in movies is a hot topic. Only last month, my research caused a substantial amount of conversation online when I teamed up with The Economist to track the level of sex in movies over the past quarter century. I…