Film / TV

UK cinemas will benefit from the temporary reduction in the rate of value-added-tax (VAT) to 5% from 20% for the hospitality sector announced, the Treasury has confirmed to Screen.... More

In a move including a multi-year extension of the first pay window and access to the studio’s rich film library, Sky and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have agreed a new long-ter... More

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to ask Brussels for full control over the review and approval of the proposed merger of Liberty Global’s Virgin Media an... More

Sky Deutschland is reshaping its subscription prices and packages in Germany and Austria. Notably, for the first time Sky customers will be able to choose whether they want to sign... More

Smart TVs can now be found in 51 per cent of UK households according to figures from Ofcom. In its annual Online Nation report, the organisation found the number of households with... More

Thanks to a bumper crop of megahits, including the South Korean Oscar-winner Parasite and the British war drama 1917, Britain's cinema scene was experiencing something of a box off... More

The key players in the television station market are projected to stabilize at an annual growth rate of 6.9% and reach USD 158.42 billion by 2023, caused in great part by increasin... More

Heading into an unprecedented Virtual Cannes Market, buyers and sellers are navigating a new landscape that likely will provide the festival acquisitions template for the foreseeab... More

The German Bundesliga has announced the distribution of its domestic rights for the four seasons from 2021-22 with Sky, DAZN and Sat.1 all picking up matches. The value of the righ... More

Will shifting distribution patterns open even more opportunity for the thriving OTT sector?... More

Deluxe announced the launch of One VZN, a new cloud-based IP delivery solution distributing major studio and independent content to movie theaters and exhibitors worldwide quickly ... More

Iyuno Media Group announced the acquisition of the German localization company Scalamedia. Scalamedia, with six studios in Berlin and Munich, joins Iyuno Germany, a division of Iyu... More

Sky has reached a series of agreements with sports rights bodies that will cut its expenditure as the broadcaster looks to offset losses after coronavirus hit its live schedules.... More

Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR will use the Kaltura TV platform as the backbone for its upcoming domestic streaming service Play Suisse. The cloud-based platform will offer a wid... More

Gary Davey, CEO of Sky Studios, shares learnings from the first week back in production, including tips from the production team on the ground.... More

BAFTA has come out in support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new standards for representation, with hopes that a uniform set of diversity requirements can ap... More

Entertainment technology and localization company Iyuno Media Group announced the launch of its remote recording platform, iDub, available globally. The iDub recording platform is ... More

Tens of thousands of cinemas around the world were forced to close by Covid-19. Some are reopening in certain countries and the industry is banking on big summer releases to attrac... More

To mark the return of professional football in Spain, LaLiga has unveiled a number of broadcast innovations for fans who’ll be watching on TV instead of in stadiums. As games are... More

An illegal streaming service with two million customers worldwide has been busted by European police. According to police coordination agency Europol, 11 suspects have been arreste... More