TV

Boss that! Liverpool is the UK’s most filmed city outside London

Since 2019, the region has welcomed more than 1,600 productions adding £150 million to the local economy and creating more than 5,000 jobs

Business

The Film and TV Charity’s Money Matters survey reveals worrying trend for the industry

Marcus Ryder, CEO of the Film and TV Charity, warned the industry risks losing the collective expertise and creative excellence behind the UK’s TV...

Production & Post

Framestore aims to revolutionise production with AI platform

According to the partners, unifying assets, standards, and governance into a single foundation will allow productions in all media formats to work in tandem,...

Business

Opinion: Deal-a-vision 2025: all-of-the-above or all-in on aggregators?

Paul Pastor, co-founder and chief business officer at Quickplay, lays out why he believes an all-of-the-above strategy—and a willingness to work together—can help broadcasters...

IBC

100 Years of Television: marking a century of broadcast innovation at IBC2025

The exhibition in Hall 14 will reflect on how far the industry has come—but more importantly, it’s a chance to look ahead, says IBC's...

Media Consumption

Summertime streaming: TVBEurope suggests TV series and films to enjoy this summer

As temperatures rise, the TVBEurope team share our picks for TV series and films to watch over the summer

Sustainability

Liverpool pilots ‘plug and play’ facilities for broadcasters and film crews

The city is collaborating with Ecotricity X Grid Faeries to explore the installation of power pillars

Production & Post

Disney ‘to spend $5 billion making TV and films in UK and Europe over next five years’

Disney EMEA president Jan Koeppen said he views the UK and Europe as "an important driver" of production for the company

Media Consumption

Brits watched more TV in 2023, but broadcast reach declined

Video sharing platforms and broadcasters' on-demand platforms helped drive a 6 minute increase in the amount of time viewers spent watching TV and video...

Media Delivery

Ateme goes OTT with Canal+

The companies have previously collaborated on high-quality video compression, low-latency OTT streaming, multi-device packaging and dynamic ad insertion

Production & Post

Report considers shorter TV and film production day, impact on cost and sustainability

The report by Timewise and Bectu found that adopting a shorter working day will lead to "healthier, more resilient crew with the potential to...

People

Meet the… head of worldwide sales of films and TV series

Aleksandra Kazmieruk, head of worldwide sales of films and TV series, TVP Poland, tells TVBEurope how her passion for film and TV has helped...

Business

Ofcom investigates changing way TV is distributed

The UK government has asked Ofcom to undertake an early review of market changes that may affect the future of content distribution on Digital Terrestrial...

Business

Writers’ Strike officially over; AI protections revealed

Writers are expected to return to work today even though the deal has yet to be voted on by the union's full membership

Production & Post

The Hollywood strikes will “hurt people all over the world” warns analyst

"I think the strikes are going to expose some weaknesses in our domestic content production, and how much we really are propped up by...

Media Consumption

Sky Live aims to transform how viewers interact with their TV

Sky Live has a 12MP HDR-capable smart camera with 106° wide field of view (WFOV)

Media Delivery

Campaign to protect UK’s terrestrial TV and radio gathers pace

The Broadcast 2040+ campaign is urging the government to guarantee access to Freeview and radio services beyond 2040

Business

How will the writers’ strike impact the TV and film production industry?

Ampere Analysis' Fred Black talks to TVBEurope about the impact the ongoing writers' strike in the United States could have on both broadcast TV...

Business

UK TV and film industry reacts to Budget statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has held the qualifying threshold for high-end TV shows at £1 million

Production & Post

James Corden’s production company behind new Sunderland TV and film studio

Crown Works Studios will include up to 20 premium sound stages suitable for major feature film and HETV productions

Production & Post

Pinewood Studios granted permission to build 21 new sound stages

The expansion is expected to create 8,000 new jobs and inject £640 million a year in to the UK economy

Production & Post

Work to start on Littlewoods Film Studios

Remediation of the site is expected to complete by the end of 2023

Business

A shared experience: Celebrating World Television Day 2022

From the World Cup to the Queen's funeral, TV can still catch the attention of the masses. TVBEurope hears from a number of key...

Production & Post

Pinewood Studios submits £800 million expansion plan for approval

Plans include a new £450 million screen industries growth hub, known as Centre Stage, based on a new 77-acre site at the iconic complex

Audio

New TV and film music platform launches ready for the metaverse

It will feature a curated gallery of Dolby Atmos as standard soundtracks and songs for cinema, TV, advertising, trailers, games, VR, AR and XR

Production & Post

Pinewood updates expansion plans to include more studio space

Studio said it had listened to feedback from its customers and the market

Production & Post

UK ‘needs another 6 million sq ft of production space’ to meet demand

According to global real estate company Knight Frank, the number of planning consents for studios has increased by 45 per cent between 2018 and...

Production & Post

New 1.3 million sq ft studios facility set to open in Bedfordshire

Home of Production (HOP) Studios is expected to open in 2024

Production & Post

Survey: Virtual and remote production to drive TV and film post-pandemic

Survey, conducted by telecommunications, media and technology consulting firm Altman Solon, spoke to industry executives across productions in 30+ countries