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Paramount completes $111bn WBD merger
Paramount completes $111bn WBD merger | News | Screen After nearly a year in pursuit, regulatory hurdles and an antitrust tussle with 12 US states and Writers Guild of America, David Ellison has closed the $111bn merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Some 14 months after Ellison’s Skydance acquired Paramount, the 43-year-old mogul’s new entity – called Skydance – presents a rival in size to Netflix and Disney with its two storied film studios, cable, streaming, and news...

From films to streaming prices - how the Warner Bros deal could affect you
Francisco Velasquez, Business reporter, Reporting from New York and Regan Morris, Reporting from California It has been months in the making but Paramount Skydance has finally completed its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The deal welds two legacy Hollywood powerhouses, uniting franchises like Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, into an entertainment behemoth named Skydance. Yet behind this milestone lies strict rules about what the combined business can and cannot do - from...

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To: Pact and all UK streamers, studios & broadcasters
End long hours culture in film & TV “I cried at work from pure exhaustion, it was humiliating. I never see my family, I neglect most of my personal life to be able to keep up with the hours.”Anonymous Behind the glitzy image of film and TV is a workforce pushed to the limit. Workers are routinely asked to "break turnaround". A worker is considered to have ‘broken turnaround’ when they are required by their employer to return to work within less than 11 consecutive hours in each 24-hour...

Kodak expands motion picture portfolio with KODAK VERITA 200D Color Negative Film
ROCHESTER, N.Y. April 10, 2026 Eastman Kodak Company today announced the availability of VERITA 200D 5206/7206, a new color negative motion picture film stock, which will be offered in 65mm, 35mm, and 16mm formats. Developed in close collaboration with writer, director and producer Sam Levinson and cinematographer Marcell Rév, HCA, ASC, VERITA 200D was commercialized in motion picture format to achieve a distinct visual aesthetic for the third season of HBO's original drama series Euphoria ....
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