Lionsgate and Runway have entered into a partnership centered around the creation and training of a new AI model, customised on Lionsgate’s proprietary catalogue. Fundamentally designed to help Lionsgate Studios, its filmmakers, directors and other creative talent augment their work, the model generates cinematic video that can be further iterated using Runway’s suite of controllable […]
The Argentine Judiciary has issued what is thought to be an unprecedented ruling in Latin America sentencing the blocking of all domains related to the illegal Internet television service Magis TV and ordered Google to prevent the application from being used in its Android operating system. The judicial decision was made within the framework of […]
Untold numbers of people dream of working in the film industry. To many people, though, this seems like an elusive dream. Only the rich and already famous seem to be reasonable candidates for the industry. Particularly in a big, glamorous city like London, many people probably believe that an exciting career in film is probably […]
StudioCanal has unveiled its new StudioCanal Kids & Family brand. The European studio says the new brand “demonstrates its ambition to strengthen its strategy around IP dedicated to kids and families and to clarify its expertise and experience in brand management”. StudioCanal Kids & Family is a rebrand of The Copyrights Group which became a […]
Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, in delivering his keynote speech at the Royal Television Society London Convention, began by declaring that Britain is one of the best places for TV and film production. “The Royal Television Society always holds a special place in my heart because it was here, back in 2016, that I showed […]
The UK Culture Secretary is to challenge the TV industry to commission and make more shows outside London and the South East. In her Royal Television Society convention keynote address, Lisa Nandy will say that broadcasters must be more ambitious in continuing to grow the UK’s world-leading TV sector beyond London and the South East, […]
Netflix has announced an expanded relationship with producer, writer and actor Richard Gadd as they enter a multi-year scripted series first-look deal. The news was revealed by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on stage at The Royal Television Society (RTS) London Convention. Netflix’s first collaboration with Gadd was as Executive Producer of the breakout series Baby […]
Entertainment-focused brand management company Foundation Media Partners, who is behind Build-A-Bear’s entertainment expansion, has announced a first look deal with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to develop and produce film and television projects mined from Simon & Schuster’s library spanning 100 years of publishing. Foundation will focus on developing and adapting a multi-title slate from […]
The pastel-hued, fictional town of Balamory is set to return to screens, BBC Children’s and Education has announced. Commissioned for two new seasons on CBeebies, families will be able to enjoy the home-grown storytelling about the celebrated nursery school from 2026 and will once again be filmed in Scotland, whether in original location Tobermory or […]
Total UK television production sector revenues fell by £392 million (€463.9m), down 8.4 per cent, to £3.61 billion in 2023, the 2024 edition of the annual Pact Census reveals. This decline is especially compounded when high inflation is taken into account, however total revenues remained well above pre-pandemic levels. A number of factors including smaller […]