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As an exclusive platform, Netflix’s management currently opposes licensing content externally, but the writing is on the wall for embracing external licensing of its films and shows. Financially speaking, navigating content licensing in multiple windows is critical for generating revenue…

Fresh out of NAB 2024, we have a pretty cool new phone accessory. The Atomos Ninja Phone bridges the gap between your professional camera and your iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max. It takes your camera’s HDMI output and enables…

Perspective is one of the building blocks of cinema. It’s often thought of as a visual tool, but it doesn’t stop there. The audience is forfeiting both their visual and auditory senses and it’s the filmmakers’ job to take them…

There’s growing concern that the cuts across TVNZ and Newshub won’t be the last for locally produced content. As the nation’s biggest broadcasting companies struggle with falling advertising revenue, the fate of Kiwi favourites such as Shortland Street remains uncertain.…

The quality of video game-to-TV projects is improving because the industry is involving the original creators, and producers who understand the source material, to a greater extent and ‘moving beyond adaptation to co-creation’, execs have suggested. The comments came at…

It’s fitting that in this week’s 20 CEOs, Two Questions series, advertising comes in last. Advertising is the most powerful force in the content business and remains the largest funder of not just news and television businesses, but also many…

Kylie Minogue was one of the biggest TV stars in the country in the late-1980s. But it took the support of the government’s newly-formed screen agency, the Film Finance Corporation (FFC), to provide millions of dollars in funding for her…