The planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance is receiving increasingly high-profile support from the US entertainment industry amid the ongoing antitrust proceedings. Within the space of a few days, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, AMC CEO Adam......

The Seriesly Berlin series festival is expanding its industry programme for 2026 with three new initiatives. The focus will be on European collaboration, creative freedom and new business models centred on creator content. The third edition......

Canal+ has expanded its long-term support for European cinema. The French pay-TV provider and its subsidiary brand, CINÉ+ OCS, are investing at least 980 million euros in French and...... between 2028 and 2032.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court in California against Penske Media Corporation (PMC), its chairman Jay Penske, the Golden Globe Foundation and its CEO Gregory......

Hollywood conglomerate continues cost-cutting measures: several hundred jobs are to be cut. The studios division, and Pixar in particular, are also affected by the latest round of restructuring. The Walt Disney Company is continuing its reorganisation and......

LEONINE Studios is reorganising its operations in the field of branded and creator entertainment. With the establishment of the LEONINE C_ unit, the company is bringing together its expertise in development and production......

The German Federal Film Board (FFA) has launched its digital service portal for applications to the German Film Fund (DFFF I) and the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF). Production companies can now submit funding applications via the online platform......

Production activity in the Greater Los Angeles area continues to fall short of expectations. According to FilmLA’s latest quarterly report, a total of 4,711 days of on-location filming were recorded in the second quarter of 2026. The......

The Campus Production Alliance is launching „Leadership in Motion“, a new series of training courses for executives in the film and media industry. The four-part programme is aimed at producers, managing directors, production managers and others......

Paramount Skydance’s planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery remains on hold for the time being, despite approval from the European Commission. Whilst Brussels has authorised the merger subject to certain conditions, antitrust lawsuits in......