DCMS sets sights on championing UK film industry as Hollywood struggles
A parliamentary inquiry plans to address issues hampering the British film and TV sector, such as skills shortages, while ‘attracting blockbusters to our shores’
Universal Studios denies trimming trees to expose strikers to heatwave
NBC Universal claims it is not trying to make conditions uncomfortable for writers and actors who will be picketing with no shade as temperatures soar
The Hollywood strike can and must win – for all of us, not just writers and actors
The thousands of strikers are at the frontlines of two key battles: against a future controlled by AI, and against suffocating inequality
US actors’ union grants 39 film and TV productions exemption from strike action as UK and Australian works halted
About 230 local actors and crew stood down at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast amid SAG-AFTRA and WGA industrial action
The Hollywood actors’ strike: everything you need to know
Exactly why are they striking, who are the big names aboard, is it all streaming and AI’s fault and when will we see actors on screen again?
Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in more than 60 years
Simultaneous strikes by WGA and Sag-Aftra are expected to halt the majority of Hollywood’s film and TV production
Why are movies and TV shows disappearing from streaming services?
We were promised that everything would be available to watch whenever we wanted – so why are so many titles being removed entirely?
UK government to invest in film and TV AI special-effects research
Almost £150m to be spent on research labs to help future-proof industry and lift creative economy
Coco Lodge: ‘I think I’m the most trolled Love Islander for how I look’
Show contestant says she did not expect the level of cruel comments about her appearance
Netflix crackdown on password sharing reaches the UK
Streaming company tells millions of British subscribers that the service can no longer be used free by other households
Netflix warns UK broadband firms of crackdown on password sharing
Streaming service tells Sky, Virgin Media and BT they may face backlash from customers
Disney+ loses 4m subscribers amid exodus in Indian market
Lost cricket rights prompts outflow but streaming service almost halves losses while theme parks boom
Brands embrace Eurovision – and the spending power of its 180m viewers
Philadelphia, Baileys and Invivo X Unity prosecco among sponsors hoping for douze points in Liverpool
Hollywood thinks it can divide and conquer the writers’ strike. It won’t work
Conglomerates want to turn us into gig workers or replace us with AI scabs. Writers across the world are uniting to fight back
Writers on why they’re standing up to Hollywood: ‘this is fundamentally broken’
Six film and TV writers discuss what the industry means to them and why they are fighting for its future