After a 12-year career at Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE as Sales Manager, Maria Kivinen is exiting the company to launch her distribution and financing outfit Norse Key Studios. The TV and film distribution and international financing company Norse Key Studios specialises in international sales of unscripted formats and documentaries, kids & youth programmes, scripted drama […]
Banijay Branded Entertainment (BBE), part of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has confirmed a partnership with brand production services specialists, And So Production. The collaboration will align And So Production’s brands and clients seeking premium content, with BBE’s expertise in delivering high-impact, thoughtful storytelling for its clients. BBE provides centralised support for Banijay Entertainment’s teams creating […]
France is Portugal’s leading co-production country ahead of Spain, Brazil, Poland, Italy and Mexico according to data from the Portugal Film Commission gathered via its rebate incentive PIC Portugal. The figures were presented during the 2025 edition of Conecta Fiction, in Cuenca, Spain. While six tax incentive schemes are currently active in Spain, with specificities […]
Media Cymru, a consortium of broadcast, production and academic institutions and businesses in Wales, has commissioned specialist training provider Final Pixel Academy to deliver a 9-month Virtual Production (VP) Fellowship programme in 2025/2026. The programme is the first of its kind in Wales and will be hosted at a new training facility for Virtual Production […]
Monaco and Finland-based film and TV production company Pig & Horse Productions has launched with a slate of documentaries and unscripted formats. Founder Salla Kozma have unveiled the first documentary from the company. Reflections of Gaugin, which is already in production. Pig & Horse Productions is working in partnership with media veteran and former Fremantle […]
The Film and TV Charity, in partnership with The Centre for Loneliness Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, has published research into the relationship between mental health and loneliness. It reveals for that disproportionately high levels of loneliness experienced by people working behind the scenes in film and TV is a key driver of poor mental […]
River Capital has announced a six-figure investment into Manchester-based virtual production company, SilverScape. The funding comes from NPIF II – River Capital & GC Business Finance Smaller Loans, which is managed by River Capital & GC Business Finance as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. SilverScape, established in September 2021 by communications industry […]
As the inaugural SXSW London shines a spotlight on the future of creative industries this week, Nordic writer-producer and creator of drama series, Trom, Torfinnur Jákupsson, is adding a new voice to the ongoing UK industry debate by proposing a new Independent Premium Tier within the UK’s High-End Television (HETV) tax relief – designed to […]
MD Entertainment Tbk (IDX: FILM), Indonesia’s publicly listed film production house and a prominent player in Southeast Asian media, selected Imagine Communications’ Versio integrated playout platform to support its recently acquired channel, PT MDTV Media Television (previously known as NET TV). The Versio deployment enabled MD Entertainment to fast-track the launch of MDTV’s broadcast operations and […]
Channel 4 has set out a twin-track approach to invest in Intellectual Property (IP) ownership, incorporating a phased move into in-house production and the launch of a new Creative Investment Fund, built on the existing Indie Growth Fund. This new move is accompanied by Channel 4 committing to an increased indie quota from 25 per […]