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Lisa Opie has been confirmed as the Chair of industry skills body ScreenSkills

Lisa Opie confirmed as Chair of ScreenSkills

Lisa Opie has been confirmed as the Chair of industry skills body ScreenSkills, to support “sustainable careers” in the UK’s film and TV industry.

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CNN is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access to its news website

CNN launches paywall for news website

CNN is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access to its news website. The news organisation said it is introducing the paywall to help pay for CNN’s journalism around the world.

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The charity is now working closely with major players across the industry to develop standards to ensure support for mental health across productions

Looking Glass Survey 2024 Shows ‘Very Poor’ Mental Health in Film and TV

The Film and TV Charity has released headline data that shows mental health is worsening compared to 2022 survey results. The data comes from more than 4,300 film, TV, and cinema workers responding to its 2024 Looking Glass Survey, the industry’s biggest and most robust dataset on this topic.

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AT&T sells stake in DirecTV for $7.6bn

Communications giant AT&T has agreed to sell its remaining 70% stake in US pay-TV firm DirecTV to private equity outfit TPG Partners for $7.6bn.

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The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has appointed Kari Grubin to succeed Seth Hallen as President

HPA appoints Kari Grubin as President

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has appointed Kari Grubin to succeed Seth Hallen as President.

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Distributed streaming infrastructure can cut cost of real-time streaming by 74%, according to Caretta report

Caretta Research report highlights the vital role of Livepeer’s distributed network in helping streaming services use real-time interactivity as a route to profitability.

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Google has begun rolling out updates to Google TV — including the new Google TV Streamer - which allows viewers to control their smart home from their TV

Google TV rolls out UX updates

Google has begun rolling out updates to Google TV — including the new Google TV Streamer - which allows viewers to control their smart home from their TV.

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Virgin Media O2 CEO takes time out after cancer diagnosis

Virgin Media O2 CEO Lutz Schüler is to take a leave of absence after being diagnosed with cancer.

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has deployed a new AI-powered captioning solution in the US that utilises Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.

Warner Bros. Discovery deploys captioning solution using Google Cloud AI

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has deployed a new AI-powered captioning solution in the US that utilises Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.

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Disney to tackle password and account sharing

Disney+ launches account sharing crackdown

Disney+ has launched a password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out a new “paid sharing” to users around in many parts of the world.

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