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Film and high-end TV production spending in the UK stood at £5.6bn in 2024 according to official figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.

Global content spend will increase by just 0.4% year-on-year to reach $248bn in 2025, according to research by Ampere Analysis.

An exodus from the UK film and TV industry is looming as mental health tumbles, according to The Film and TV Charity.

CNN is expanding its footprint in the Middle East with the creation of a new operation in Qatar.

UK broadcaster ITV and investment group RedBird IMI are reportedly in early-stage talks about merging their respective production businesses, ITV Studios and All3Media.

S4C has appointed Llion Iwan has been appointed as Chief Content Officer.

The British Film Institute (BFI) has awarded £192,500 in funding to King’s College London for a project exploring how AI technologies could be used to unlock potential within screen archives.

The BBC World Service is to cut 130 jobs as part of a plan to save around £6m in the next financial year.

Pinewood Group has announced a public consultation on revised expansion plans for its Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, amid what it describes as a “reduction in global content production.”

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) will close Eurosport in the UK and Ireland and integrate its full line-up of sports content into the TNT Sports channels and platforms from the end of February.