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Prime Video orders Reacher spin-off

Prime Video has announced the expansion of the Reacher universe with a series order for spin-off The Untitled Neagley Project starring Maria Sten (Reacher, Swamp Thing). The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, at the Prime Video Presents: Trailblazers event in London. The series is created for television by co-showrunners […]

October 2, 2024

TAC backs Nandy production call

Dyfrig Davies, Chair of TAC (Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru), which represents the independent television production sector in Wales, has called for all public service broadcasters to look to commission more from Wales as part of a move towards more production in the UK nations and regions. At TAC’s Annual General Meeting on September 25th in Aberystwyth, […]

September 25, 2024By Colin Mann

MGM+ orders Robin Hood series

Linear channel and streaming service, MGM+, has announced a new drama series order for Robin Hood, in which the classic tale of the outlaw hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor gets reimagined into a sweeping, romantic adventure. The series comes from Lionsgate Television with showrunner John Glenn and producer director […]

September 25, 2024

ITV launches GenAI ad production for SMEs

ITV is launching two new TV commercials which have been created using Generative AI as part of an expanded commercial creative production service to encourage Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to consider TV advertising. An AI-created advert by Swansea based travel company Travel House (pictured), which has branches across South Wales, will launch on September […]

September 20, 2024

Lionsgate AI production deal with Runway

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 […]

September 20, 2024

Argentina anti-piracy success

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 […]

September 20, 2024By Colin Mann

Breaking into film and television: Using Jooble to launch your career

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 […]

September 20, 2024

StudioCanal launches Kids & Family brand

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 […]

September 19, 2024

Sarandos: “Still so much potential in TV”

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 […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention

Culture Secretary: “Produce more outside of London, SE”

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, […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention