Film and TV Briefing: Friday 7 February 2025
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
Imax posts record $53 million in China over Lunar New Year period (Hollywood Reporter)
Government considers leveraging licence fee on Netflix and Disney+ users (Independent)
British film and HETV spend beats pre-Covid levels, hitting $7 billion (Deadline)
‘A Complete Unknown’ continues domination of UK Box Office totalling £10.3 million (Variety)
‘Paddington in Peru’ closes in on $100 million overseas takings (Variety)
YouTube ad revenues pass $10 billion in latest quarter (Deadline)
AMC Networks launches new ad tech connecting viewership to purchasing decisions (Hollywood Reporter)
Disney CEO provides backing to linear TV assets (Hollywood Reporter)
Trump floats idea of sovereign wealth fund to purchase TikTok (Deadline)
Warner Bros. Discovery starts joint venture for film and TV music ownership (Hollywood Reporter)
Features and commentary
Management consulting firm urges Hollywood to “buy more evergreen IP” (Hollywood Reporter)
Industry is adapting to changing audience habits with clever tactics and classy shows (Broadcast)
Variety analyses financial, genre and distribution trends in the film business (Variety)
Canadian film industry faces pivotal moment in wake of Trump tariffs (Hollywood Reporter)
Industry announcements
WGGB responds to ITV announcements of cuts to episodes for Coronation Street and Emmerdale (WGGB)
BFI heads confirm talks to consider the possibility of rejoining Creative Europe Media (Screendaily)
Resources
PACT releases Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report (PACT)
Legal updates
Blake Lively sued by crisis management PR firm in ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute (Hollywood Reporter)
New York Times reveals $10.8 million spend in legal spat with OpenAI (Hollywood Reporter)
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