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The New Zealand screen sector has been pushed into crisis mode following the market’s two dominant broadcasters, TVNZ and Warner Bros Discovery NZ, confirming significant job losses, cuts to investment in local production and the abrupt axing of local programming.…

As streaming platforms vie to capture marketshare in a view-from-home environment, the recent deal between A24 and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) brings A24’s eclectic catalog exclusively to HBO and Max after their theatrical runs illustrating the need for studios to…

Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like CinemaCon — where no matter how many hits the motion picture industry has taken over the last year (and, uh, it’s taken a lot), exhibitors from all over the world unfailingly come…

Dude Perfect, the five-member comedy and sports YouTube creator company, hauled in more than $100 million in growth capital from private investment firm Highmount Capital — which they plan to use to flex their brand well beyond online videos. The…

Would you buy a car from an AI chatbot? What if it looked and talked like Tom Hanks?  These are the sorts of questions kicking around Sacramento, where lawmakers are considering a slew of proposals to regulate artificial intelligence. SAG-AFTRA,…

Above the Fold: As two of our biggest media organisations face radical downsizing, Duncan Greive asks our media leaders what’s going on, and what can be done about it. Up today: the people behind some of our most beloved TV…

SBS survival series Alone Australia has returned to screens and this time contestants have been tasked with trying to endure the icy climes of New Zealand’s South Island. The gruelling program sees 10 survivalists dropped in the wilderness, where they…

Lots to talk about ahead of NAB Show 2024 with news from AJA, Ateme, AWS, Avid, Brainstorm, EditShare, Ikan, JVC, Litemover, Mo-Sys, Tilta, and Ugreen. As you may have noticed, NAB Show 2024 starts next Sunday and judging by the…

Dan Lin, the newly installed head of Netflix Film, is shaking things up. The movie division of the streaming giant is getting reorganized, with the entire unit getting split up by genre with executives overseeing each specific subcategory. While Lin …