7/9/2025 1:34:07 PM UK government responds to report on British film and high-end TV By Henry Birkbeck The UK government has responded to a recent report issued by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in April 2025, which...
5/30/2025 4:48:33 PM UAE Unveils Ambitious Overhaul of Media Regulation By Jamie Ryder Expanded Regulatory Framework for the UAE Media Sector Following a relatively quiet few years since its establishment in 2022, the UAE...
5/13/2025 1:53:32 PM 5 Historical Movies That Got It Wrong By John Clark Movies are a fun diversion, and let's be honest… In some cases they can also be educational! And that's especially true about movies that...
3/24/2025 3:45:37 PM UK Tech Secretary suggests compromise on AI copyright proposal By Henry Birkbeck UK technology secretary Peter Kyle has acknowledged enormous pushback from the creative industries to the text and data mining exception...
1/30/2025 12:53:59 PM Pact weighs in on Copyright and AI Consultation By Henry Birkbeck The UK screen sector trade body for independent production and distribution companies, Pact, has this month called on its members to...
5/26/2024 11:27:50 PM What is Audio Description (AD)? By Tim Dixon You might have come across the term or noticed the AD symbol while streaming and questioned what Audio Description means. Audio...
5/20/2024 12:30:49 PM Lights, Camera, Rebates: A Closer Look at Film Financing in the Gulf By Mark Hill Anna Hackworth Cannes and a World of Opportunity With the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival underway, we note the excellent opportunities in the Middle...
4/22/2024 4:00:31 PM FilmChain raises £2.8m in new funding By Passle Group London based payments startup for film and TV stakeholders raised £2.8m in new funding led by Holt IntersXion.
1/8/2024 9:01:17 AM New UK tax credit regime for film, TV & video games By Henry Birkbeck On 1 January 2024, the UK government launched its new tax credit system for the screen sector, known as the Audio-Visual Expenditure...
8/30/2023 9:44:27 AM ESG - Equity publishes template "green rider" for talent contracts By Henry Birkbeck Last week Equity, the union for actors and on-screen talent in the UK, published its template green rider, alongside a guide encouraging...
7/18/2023 4:46:17 PM Happy L Day to all who celebrate By Matthew Rowbotham What's L Day, you ask? Well, it's when the government dumps lots of draft legislation in our laps and hopes it all works. This is...
4/28/2023 10:54:48 AM Is the film studio market cooling? By Owen Spencer It was great to be quoted alongside other industry voices in Property Week's article (£) on the state of the UK film studio market. We...
4/17/2023 11:35:02 AM Government consults on film-making PD rights By Sophie Smith The Government has launched a consultation on making changes to the existing permitted development right for commercial film-making....
4/5/2023 7:33:43 AM Creative Cities: the power of film studios By Owen Spencer I was excited to be asked to speak at the Future Cities Forum's latest discussion at the BFI. The topic was Creative Cities and the panel...
3/20/2023 10:13:28 AM UK increases Film & TV Tax Credits By Henry Birkbeck On 15 March 2023, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said he would reform the existing film and TV relief from a rebate of 25% of...
10/25/2022 8:40:57 AM All the world's a stage (thanks to permitted development) By Owen Spencer Sophie Smith Do you own a building? Then you stand alongside Paramount, Universal and Disney, as the owner of a film studio... for 9 months in any 27...