Premier, the entertainment, arts and culture agency, has announced senior promotions within its Filmed Entertainment practice. The agency has promoted Annie McMonagle to the newly created position of Senior Director: Film & Streaming, and SJ Peyton to Senior Director: Television. Both will work alongside Executive Director Jonathan Rutter. McMonagle (pictured) has been part of the Premier team for over a decade and brings experience […]

French production and exhibition company Pathé has announced an initiative to relaunch its English-language film business with the appointment of FilmNation President of Motion Pictures Ben Browning as Co-CEO of Pathé UK and the company’s President of Global Film. Browning will join forces with Faith Penhale, Co-CEO of Pathé UK. Together, they will drive the […]

The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new edition of the report, Audiovisual fiction production in Europe – 2015-2024 figures. The report analyses the volume of TV and SVoD fiction films and series produced in Europe, where they originate from, which ones are international co-productions, and who […]

Australia’s federal parliament has passed legislation that will enforce content quotas for major SVoD platforms such as Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video. The national government announced it would roll out such quotas earlier this November, which require streaming services with over 1 million domestic subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure […]

Disabled people remain significantly under-represented across TV and radio and data on class representation remains poor, according to an Ofcom study on the make-up of the broadcasting industry workforce. The media regulator’s ninth annual equity, diversity and inclusion in broadcasting report shows that disabled people continue to be significantly underrepresented across the industry, accounting for […]

The UK government has given planning permission for a £750 million (€855.5m) film and TV studio on green belt land following an appeal. In 2024, Buckinghamshire Council had rejected the proposed Marlow Film Studios (MFS) because of concerns regarding traffic, biodiversity and harm to the local landscape. That decision has now been overturned by a […]