Latest news – Page 6
-
NewsHollywood directors sign new contract as strike averted; SAG-AFTRA hopes
New directors contract will run from July 1 through June 30, 2026.
-
News‘Philomena’ writer Jeff Pope to make Disney+ series ‘Suspect: The Shooting Of Jean Charles de Menezes’
The dramatised series has de Menezes’ parents and relatives as consultants.
-
NewsUS writers carefully navigate WGA strike at Monte-Carlo TV Festival
WGA members attended the glitzy event but ceded the spotlight to cast and non-guild colleagues.
-
NewsElan Closs Stephens appointed acting BBC chair
Welsh non-executive board member to replace Richard Sharp later this month
-
News‘Bad Sisters’, ‘I Am Ruth’ lead the scripted winners at UK’s Bafta TV awards
’This Is Going To Hurt’ and ‘Mood’ also won prizes.
-
NewsRichard Sharp resigns as BBC chair
Independent report concludes Sharp breached public appointment governance rules.
-
NewsSony Pictures Classics picks up Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way Of Life’ with Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal
SPC picked up the short in pre-production and will release in the autumn.
-
NewsSister head Jane Featherstone predicts ‘reignition’ of TV distribution model
Sister co-chief executive predicts new opportunities as streamers tighten their belts
-
News’Bubble has burst’ in scripted TV production, says Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh
Exec delivered keynote address at annual TV market.
-
NewsMGM relaunches global VoD service as MGM+ International
Move brings Prime Video Channels subscription bolt-on under US branding
-
NewsDisney poised to make cuts among UK-based roles
Cuts to London-based positions are expected, including among the Disney+ EMEA teams.
-
NewsScreenSkills ups investment in high-end TV training as UK skills gap worsens
Training body to invest £10.5m in HETV Fund.
-
NewsStreaming giants set for increased regulation in UK under new government Media Bill
Government legislation outlined by culture secretary Lucy Frazer will modernise the “outdated” 2003 Communications Act.
-
NewsNetflix admits to facing diverse talent ‘scarcity’
Germany, Switzerland and Austria content chief Katja Hofem was talking at Series Mania.
-
NewsFrench civil unrest hits Series Mania
Protestors disrupted the Series Mania Festival purple carpet yesterday (March 21).
-
NewsAshley Walters, Coky Giedroyc to direct Steven Knight's Disney+ series ‘A Thousand Blows’
The cast includes Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty.
-
NewsChina’s Blossoms joins with Cosmic to move into TV series sales (exclusive)
Niu Chao’s ’Stories Of Our Youth’ among first titles.
-
NewsJesse Armstrong calls time on ‘Succession’
Armstrong said the forthcoming fourth series is “pretty definitively” the end of the saga.
-
NewsKiller Films' Christine Vachon: “I don’t know what makes something television any more”
“Parsing the difference between movies, TV and streamers – it’s becoming really difficult.”
-
NewsSK Global in Spanish-language content alliance with Elefantec Global
The two companies plan to work with broadcasters and platforms worldwide.