Film and TV Briefing: Friday 2 December 2022
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Krishnan Guru-Murthy calls for more black or Asian representation among top executives of British TV channels (The Guardian)
All award categories to be shown live at the Oscars 2023 (Variety)
Skills shortage in British film and TV industry creates opportunities for young filmmakers (BBC)
ITN to undergo a first-for-decades rebrand (Variety)
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins best feature at the Gotham awards in New York (The Guardian)
Second series of 'Louis Theroux Interviews’ confirmed (RTS)
‘Matilda the Musical’ tops UK box office (The Hollywood Reporter)
ITV expands its drama commissioning team (Deadline)
BBC to simplify its complaints process (BBC)
BBC Studios purchases minority stake in indie production company Turbine Studios (Variety)
Features and commentary
'Love Actually': Richard Curtis on the film's lack of diversity (The Guardian)
Industry announcements
Ofcom report finds BBC must do more to serve lower-income audiences (Ofcom)
Pact reports record level of global sales of British TV programmes in 2021-22 (Pact)
Resources
Channel 4 arranging payment of producers’ share of 2021 clip monetisation revenue (Pact)
Legal updates
Are insurers assisting businesses in their hour of need? (Simkins)
