Animation UK, part of the UK Screen Alliance. has responded to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report on the challenges facing the UK’s independent film and high-end TV sector with a set of proposed action. In response to the report, the organisation urges MPs to go further, believing the issues raised in the […]
SISTER, the independent, global entertainment group, has increased its investment in Dorothy St. Pictures. Founded in 2018 by award-winning producer Julia Nottingham, and with offices in London and New York, Dorothy St. Pictures produces nonfiction series & films, and has an exciting slate of upcoming scripted films. The company is also a prolific co-producer with […]
French cinema production broke records in 2024, reaching a total of 309 movies funded by public body CNC, representing a total investment of €1.44 billion, and the platforms have kept growing in the movie industry. Reflecting a year marked by increased investment by national linear broadcasters, the share of the SVoD platforms jumped to record […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver have announced its new original series Hot Stuff, a co-production with Romania’s Idea Film. Icelandic media company SÝN has commissioned the series for their Channel 2 and Oble has picked up global distribution rights. Hot Stuff is a comedy-drama set in 1979, following a group of Icelanders who […]
The AVMSD Directive could be reopened in 2026, and is the subject of a Netflix appeal in Belgium, but it is being implemented in 14 countries, according to French public funding organisation CNC. All implementations are similar to the voluntary French regulation which became the first to be enacted in 2020. Revealed at Series Mania […]
US and UK based production company ATS and UK-based Nest Productions are joining forces for a new transatlantic development and production partnership. The partnership will foster collaboration and boost entertainment production partnerships between the US and UK. The initiative will see the legacy companies bringing together their experience in US and UK on unscripted coproductions […]
Studio Lambert, producers of acclaimed comedy drama Boarders, BAFTA winning Three Girls and The Nest, has optioned the exclusive TV rights to Hallie Rubenhold’s new book, Story of A Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen. Award-winning screenwriter Amanda Coe is adapting the book for Studio Lambert for television. Amanda’s work includes Black Narcissus for FX starring Gemma Arterton, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]