Today’s Directors Digest touches upon turbulent times at Netflix, movements at the Academy and BBC Studios, and whether it’s boom or bust for the UK studio sector. Read all about it here.
Film
Deadline explains why studios might not be wishing Steven Soderbergh much luck with his new film.
Netflix and Amazon are on edge as Disney pulls its content, planning its own streaming service. (Guardian)
Indiewire tells us why cinematographer John Bailey is the new Academy President.
Lionsgate are bullish that PVOD will happen in the future, and that it will be “extraordinary for everyone in the motion picture business.” (Deadline)
Author Ned Beauman pays tribute to the directors who go to wild extremes for their films. (Telegraph)
Television
An inquiry carried out by the Labour Party has found that the arts are increasingly dominated by people from well-off backgrounds. (Guardian)
“Ofcom’s wait and see regulation is wrong for employment diversity” — Read a statement from the Campaign for Broadcasting Equality. (The TV Collective)
Richard Neville has been appointed head of production at BBC studios. (Broadcast, Paywall)
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