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WFTV launches 2025 Julie Burnell Scholarship: WFTV Production Management Programme

Women in Film and TV (UK) (WFTV) has announced the launch of the 2025 Julie Burnell Scholarship: WFTV Production Management Programme, supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV productions. This initiative underscores WFTV’s ongoing commitment to empowering women in Production Management and advancing their careers within High-end TV […]

March 24, 2025

NEP Europe delivers Netflix’s Celebrity Bear Hunt

NEP Europe, a provider of media services and part of NEP Group, has announced its delivery of innovative facilities and solutions for TV production company, Workerbee, supporting production of the Celebrity Bear Hunt reality series on Netflix. Tasked with providing a full range of custom-built solutions to endure some of the world’s most challenging environments […]

March 24, 2025

BBC announces new drama The Cage

The BBC has announced new drama The Cage, written and created by BAFTA nominated Tony Schumacher (The Responder) and starring Bafta award-winner Sheridan Smith (Cilla, The C Word, Mrs Biggs) and Michael Socha (The Gallows Pole, Showtrial). Produced by Element Pictures, a Fremantle Company (Poor Things, Normal People), for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, The […]

March 24, 2025

Chaos launches Arena

Chaos launches Chaos Arena, a new tool that saves Hollywood millions of dollars by removing the biggest costs of virtual production. With Arena, artists can bypass game engines completely, using their normal pipeline to put ray-traced 3D content on LED walls in a matter of minutes. “Virtual production has been transformative, but the current process […]

March 24, 2025

VERSA Studios appoints McGettigan as Head of Sales

VERSA Studios, the UK networks of TV and film production facilities, has announced that Sarah McGettigan has joined as Head of Sales, further strengthening the company’s ambitious growth strategy and its commitment to the TV industry. McGettigan brings over 23 years of experience, having played a pivotal role at Pinewood Television since its launch in 2001. […]

March 19, 2025

Aniplex, Crunchyroll co-launch Hayate prodco

Aniplex and Crunchyroll have jointly invested in, and established Hayate. The main business of the compnay will be the planning, development, and production of anime content for Crunchyroll’s worldwide streaming service. Hayate’s staff will be made up of employees from both Aniplex and Crunchyroll, and will be led by Chairman and CEO Masanori Miyake and […]

March 17, 2025

Jákupsson launches London-based development company

Torfinnur Jákupsson, creator of Nordic crime series Trom, has announced the launch of Red Herring Story, a new London-based development company ahead of Series Mania. A UK affiliate of GRÓ Studios, the first Faroese film and television studio founded in 2022, Red Herring Story will develop scripted and unscripted thrillers, with an international co-production focus. […]

March 17, 2025

Sensethefuture Pictures resumes crime doc development

Sensethefuture Pictures, a broadcast-led company, is resuming the development of crime documentary series for audiences in the UK, Europe, and the US. Founder and CEO Teresa Potocka has an extensive track record in management, scaling operations, building organisations and developing new technology products from scratch, including an OTT TV prototype platform for the Benelux region. […]

March 17, 2025

Mediawan takes majority stake in See-Saw Films

Mediawan, the independent European audiovisual content studio, has announced its partnership with the UK and Australian-based independent production company See-Saw Films through the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in the company. See-Saw was founded in 2008 by Joint CEOs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning, and has produced a string of celebrated TV and […]

March 7, 2025

Lightware partners with Paragon Projection

Lightware, a provider of innovative connectivity solutions for the professional AV industry, has announcd that it’s UK office has a new collaboration with Paragon Projection, a key player in AV rentals for live event production. This partnership will significantly enhance the UK market’s access to high-quality Lightware products, enabling event production companies to leverage advanced […]

March 6, 2025