New Culture Minister Ian Murray has carried out his first official visit since being appointed to the role by travelling to Pinewood Studios to formally open its new Independent Film Hub. The hub, which incorporates sound stages, production offices and workshop spaces, is designed to support lower budget, independent filmmakers. It has been set up […]
Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year – a gap that, if closed, could unlock £6.5 billion (€7.5bn) in economic and health benefits by 2035, according to a report from Public First, commissioned by Sky. Featuring contributions from leading voices in sport and advocacy, including Judy Murray, […]
Pact has published the 2025 edition of the Pact Census, a report by Oliver and Ohlbaum Associates. It shows that total TV production revenues saw sluggish growth in 2024, increasing slightly by 1.4 per cent to £3.66 billion (€4.23bn), as the sector navigates a challenging commissioning market at home and abroad. This slight growth in […]
Plan B, the production company co-led by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, part of the Mediawan group since 2022, has announced the creation of its subsidiary Plan B Europe, based in London and headed by Ed Macdonald. This new European base will foster ongoing growth for Plan B, particularly increased production of premium […]
Planet Rights, a newly launched rights and licensing business, has unveiled its debut portfolio of entertainment, publishing, toy, and lifestyle brands. Independently run, but supported by the infrastructure of Two Daughters Entertainment, Planet Rights is positioned as a business built on experience and creativity and strong networks in the global licensing landscape. The company is […]
Canal+ group and French cinema group UGC have entered into exclusive negotiations regarding Canal+ group’s acquisition of a minority (34 per cent) stake in UGC. Following the acquisition of the minority stake, Canal+ would have the option, following agreement with UGC’s shareholders, to take full control of UGC from 2028. UGC is a French cinema […]
ITV Studios has revealed it will launch a new label in January 2026 focused on scalable entertainment and competitive formats. Tim Carter, MD Unscripted UK at ITV Studios, has named Lily Wilson as its new Managing Director and Tom Williams as Creative Director. The name of the label will be unveiled in January 2026 when the […]
Game of Thrones, X-Men and The Staircase actor Sophie Turner has been cast in the role of Lara Croft in a new Prime Video series of Tomb Raider, based on the iconic video game series. Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve), who serves as creator, writer, executive producer and co-showrunner, commented: “I’m so excited to announce the […]
Statistics show that HMRC paid out £2.4 billion (€2.7bn) in creative industries tax reliefs and expenditure credits for the year to March 31st 2024 – a 10 per cent increase from £2.19 billion in the previous year. High-end TV reliefs continue to dominate the picture with claims at record levels of £1.1 billion. In fact, […]
Broadcasters’ studio infrastructure is only used to make TV shows for a small proportion of the time available: one European public service broadcaster estimated its studio utilisation at less than 10 per cent. This is the reality uncovered in a report from Caretta Research which explores the accelerating shift towards software-defined workflows running on commodity […]