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27 July 2023

Film and TV Charity appoints Marcus Ryder MBE as new CEO

Marcus Ryder MBE has been appointed as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer and Claire Tavernier has been appointed as the new Chair of Trustees.

21 June 2023

Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50B

New plans to maximise the potential of the UK creative industries and grow the economy were set out by the government on 13 June.

18 May 2023

The Media Production & Technology Show celebrates record visitor numbers

Held at London’s Olympia on 10-11 May, the biggest edition of MPTS attracted a record 10,000+ visitors from 47 countries.

20 April 2023

The Media Production & Technology Show 2023

The biggest edition of the event will take place at Olympia London from 10-11 May 2023.

29 March 2023

Innovations and storytelling to be centre stage at MPTS 2023

This year's event will take place from 10-11 May 2023 in the iconic Grand Hall at Olympia London.

27 March 2023

BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund opens as part of £54m support

The fund includes £36.6m in production and development funding for the UK independent feature film sector and £17.4m for documentary, shorts, talent development and immersive.

15 March 2023

UK Screen Alliance welcomes Budget announcements on AV Tax Relief

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made some important announcements in his Budget speech, regarding the screen sector tax credits.

7 March 2023

Royal Television Society announces nominations for RTS Programme Awards 2023

The awards ceremony will be presented by returning host Tom Allen on 28 March at JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London.

20 February 2023

2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio wins Best Animated Film and Avatar: The Way of Water wins Best Special Visual Effects.

16 February 2023

Visual Effects Society announces winners of the 21st Annual VES Awards

Avatar: The Way of Water is named the Top Feature Film and Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is named the Top Animated Film.

9 February 2023

Union strengthens their CG offering

The VFX studio announces a brand new USD-based pipeline and three key hires.

2 February 2023

2022 UK inward investment film and HETV production spend reaches £5.37 billion

International feature film production spend in the UK delivers £1.74 billion and HETV inward investment spend reaches £3.63 billion.

30 January 2023

Blockbuster line-up of film and TV talent announced for RENDR Festival

The new creative industries festival will take place in Belfast from 23-24 February 2023.

10 January 2023

Registration opens for The Media Production & Technology Show 2023

The UK's largest event for these industries returns with an expanded line-up of compelling speakers, content and new exhibitors.

17 November 2022

UK Screen Alliance and Animation UK welcome the consultation into screen sector tax reliefs

We welcome the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Autumn Statement of a consultation on reforming the screen sector tax reliefs.

1 September 2022

Escape Studios launches learning opportunities in data science

Escape Studios, the UK's premiere VFX, animation and game art training and teaching institution, is launching a new short course in Data Visualisation that will be delivered live online from October and conclude with an in-person hackathon at its London campus.

25 August 2022

UK Broadcasters Back Disability Initiative – What does this mean for post & VFX?

The TV Access Project (TAP) created by major broadcasters and SVODs aims to set mandatory dissability access requirements for suppliers.

21 July 2022

Territory Group is announced amid acquisition of Cantina Creative

Founders of Territory Studio, David Sheldon-Hicks and Nick Glover establish Territory Group, a global collective of creative businesses.

18 July 2022

74th Emmy Awards Nominations

8 July 2022