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ScreenSkills has named Working Title’s Head of Film & TV Production Sarah-Jane Wright as the new Chair of its Film Skills Fund Council.

A significant number of UK households still rely solely on traditional TV platforms such as digital terrestrial television (DTT), cable or satellite, and without government intervention, some groups may find it difficult to adopt internet-based TV (IPTV), according to a new report for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

IBC2025 is now open for registration, with the global media, entertainment and technology community set to gather at the RAI Amsterdam from 12–15 September.

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 is to cut 430 jobs as part of the company’s digital transformation and renewed focus on the entertainment business.

Former BBC executive Alice Webb has been appointed CEO of MediaCity in Salford.

Netflix is to introduce a new home page design for TV screens from next week, marking the streamer’s first major makeover since 2013.

Satellite operator Eutelsat has appointed Jean-François Fallacher as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled an AI Mission Statement that explains the principles that will govern its use of the technology.

Lucinda Hicks has been appointed CEO of Sister Group, the media group founded by Elizabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone.

Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding for US public broadcasters to be blocked.