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
TV
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
Media Consumption
Sony unveils BRAVIA XR with Netflix image calibration
Automatically produces lighting conditions intended by the content's creator
Media Consumption
TVs will lead the push to 8K
SMPTE 2020 panel recommends content creators start shooting in 8K now
Media Consumption
BBC reaches record global audience
Corporation now reaches 468.2 million people a week globally
Business
TV, film, radio and photography industries set to lose over 100K jobs this year
Creative industries could lose £74 billion in revenue in 2020, which equates to making all eight series of Game of Thrones 150 times over
Media Delivery
Quibi heads to TV (sort of)
Users will be able to cast from their smartphones to TV screen from next month
Data Centre
BARB: TV set viewing on the rise amid COVID-19
"Approaching the amounts that we usually see over Christmas"
News
Business
Bectu, EPC urge governments to safeguard industry workers
Organisations raise concerns over impact of coronavirus on film and TV sector
Business
Samsung, 8K Association partner for certification programme
The Samsung QLED 8K will be among the first TVs to be certified by the 8KA this year
TVBEverywhere
BBC launches TV archive website
More than 1,700 videos made available on bbc.co.uk/archive
TVBEverywhere
Sharp to debut “world’s largest” 8K LCD TV
The 120-inch TV also features 5G connectivity
Data Centre
TV is “most popular pastime” for consumers
40 per cent spend 10+ weekly hours watching TV
Data Centre
2018 saw “strongest growth rate of the decade” for TV shipments
"8K is standing on the threshold of growth"
TVBEverywhere
BBC reports record global audiences
The likes of YouTube and Facebook "add up to over 60 per cent of audience reach"
Data Centre
Consumers will spend 800 hours on mobile internet in 2019
TV remains the biggest medium globally
TVBEverywhere
LG starts taking orders for 8K OLED TV
Uses deep learning algorithms to upscale 4K content
Data Centre
Broadcast considered the most trusted media in Europe
EBU finds that 85 per cent of European countries trust radio and 75 per cent trust TV
Data Centre
8K technology market predicted to be worth $26.8 billion by 2024
Market is currently predicted to be worth $2.9 billion in 2019