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NewsScotland set for major film and TV studio in Stirling
Stirling Studios will be a 210,000 ft2 space within reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
NewsFremantle buys European production label Asacha Media Group
Asacha owns French feature outfit Srab Films.
NewsBectu, Screen Scotland, BBC, Film and TV Charity get behind calls for eight-hour work day
Implementing shorter working days would increase production costs by just 4% on scripted drama, according to research.
NewsUK’s Warp Films unveils leadership restructure, European series projects
Warp Films co-chief executive Peter Carlton is stepping back to a senior executive producer position.
NewsFilm4 to continue as independent unit within Channel 4 (exclusive)
Film4 will continue to operate under separate financial structure; ‘digital first’ Channel 4 strategy does not apply to Film4.
NewsLaura Mansfield appointed chief executive of UK's ScreenSkills
Mansfield will succeed Seetha Kumar, who decided to stand down in the summer after eight years in the role.
NewsUS investment firm RedBird IMI emerges as frontrunner to buy All3Media
Venture capital group reportedly in advanced talks with Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire production group
NewsSee-Saw sets up high-end drama label under ‘Heartstopper’ exec producer
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea.
NewsBectu open letter slams UK freelancer working conditions at post facilities
The letter has been sent to over 60 of the UK’s leading post-production facilities.
NewsUK’s Warp Films execs call for more working class stories in film and TV
Mark Herbert and Emily Feller on how industry can up its game.
NewsUK’s ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar to step down
Kumar to remain at the training body until the end of 2023.
NewsTanya Seghatchian, Nicola Shindler to produce ‘Playdate’ drama series for Disney+ UK
‘Girls Of The Sun’ filmmaker Eva Husson will direct the five-part series
NewsNetflix shareholders reject executive pay packages
Netflix investors have withheld support for the compensatory packages of its leaders, days after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) sent a letter urging them not to back the compensation measures.
NewsUK’s ScreenSkills calls for ‘fundamental’ reform of screen industry apprenticeships and levy
National training body urges change.
NewsChristine Healy steps down as chair of UK’s ScreenSkills HETV council
Healy oversaw £28m of investment into HETV Skills fund in her tenure.
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.
NewsJesse Armstrong calls time on ‘Succession’
Armstrong said the forthcoming fourth series is “pretty definitively” the end of the saga.
NewsFremantle promotes Christian Vesper to chief executive of global drama
Vesper will take responsibility for Fremantle’s network of scripted labels.
NewsFremantle snaps up majority stake in UK-based Wildstar
The indie’s blue-chip credits include BBC1’s Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.