In the news this week, CIISA has announced the UK screen organisations signed on to test its first set of standards, amongst news that the bullying and harassment watchdog is preparing to update its funding model after several television giants have said they would not pay the industry body annual fees.
Meanwhile, creative industries minister Chris Bryant says he is concerned about British IP being controlled by American tech companies, but a ‘streamer levy’ is not the solution, and a new Bectu survey has found nearly half of the UK’s TV workforce are unemployed.
Read about it in this week's Digest.
News
• Bullying and harassment watchdog CIISA is preparing to update its funding model, with the ambition to provide greater clarity on who is financially backing the organisation. (Broadcast) This comes of the back of last week’s news that Channel 4, Disney, and Amazon are among the television giants declining to pay annual fees to CIISA. (Deadline) Also announced this week, the BBC, Sky and ITV are among the UK screen organisations that have signed on to put CIISA's first set of standards to the test. (Screen)
• Creative industries minister Chris Bryant says he is concerned about British IP being hoovered up by the big American tech companies, but has reiterated his position that a so-called ‘streamer levy’ is not the way to combat the issue. (C21 Media)
• Nearly half of the UK’s TV industry workforce are unemployed, a Bectu survey has found, with many having to seek work outside of the sector. (Deadline)
• Netflix has revealed its guidelines for using generative AI in productions, giving the OK for its use in ideation such as in moodboards and for reference images as long as users make the company aware it is happening. (Screen)
• Bafta programmes head Mariayah Kaderbhai, who helped launch Bafta Elevate, departs after 22 years with organisation. (Broadcast)
Features
• How TikTok is reshaping the way the UK discovers, discusses and decides what to watch. (Screen)
• ‘We are seeing a new maturity’: how ‘extended reality’ is coming of age at the Venice film festival. (The Guardian)
Director Interviews
• Olaide Sadiq on the Directors UK Podcast, speaking to Toby Trackman on directing Grenfell: Uncovered. (Directors UK)
• ‘The most difficult word to say is “Cut!”’: an audience with Cannes conquerors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. (The Guardian)
• ‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam. (The Guardian)
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