Entries from 2022-07-01 to 1 month

LA TV Shoot Days Down, but Growth Still Clear

In some of the best news around, filming in the LA area reached and stabilized at pre-pandemic levels for the second quarter of 2022. This comes on the heels of three consecutive quarterly records, too. While we see TV shoot days decline a…

Netflix and Microsoft: An Unusual Advertising Partnership

After their disastrous Q1 earnings call this year, it was inevitable we’d see Netflix move into the advertising tier space. However, the sheer amount of potential partners it’s met with since its April announcement has been something of a …

HBO Max changes European Originals Strategy

Warner Brothers Discovery has announced a change of strategy for European Originals, now removing its planned original programming for the Central European and Nordic landscape, as well as pulling out of the Netherlands and Turkey, two ter…

Will the New Thor Movie Be Key to Box Office Momentum?

Now we’ve finally seen strong signs of a Box Office recovery, the rhetoric has turned to how to keep this momentum rolling. With June establishing a high point for the domestic Box Office so far, talk has turned to what July will bring. Ma…

Canada Legislates to Boost Local Streaming

This week we’ve seen interesting development in the wider film industry landscape coming from north of the US border. With Canada seeking to introduce legislation to force online streaming platforms to support local content, echoing some E…