Archive for August, 2018

Ortt raises concerns over NY Film Tax Credit

A column from New York State Sen. Rob Ortt, R-C-I-Ref-North Tonawanda   Towards the end of last year, I highlighted the highly controversial and questionable film tax credit that our state has been recklessly participating in for the last 15 years. After beginning as a modest incentive of $25 million per year in 2004, by […]

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Editors Guild Says New Media Contract So “Narrow” It Won’t Deliver On Residuals Promise

by David Robb   and Dominic Patten In recommending a “no vote” on the ratification of new IATSE film and TV contract, Editors Guild Local 700 says that the pact’s new media residuals formula has such an “extraordinarily narrow scope” that it “excludes nearly all of new media.” In a posting on its website, the […]

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Lights. Camera. Labour action? Film workers want their cut from boom

A €200m audiovisual action plan could further boost the film sector but staff want a fair slice of a growing pie Rose Ugoalah August 19 2018 The Irish film and television industry has taken centre stage this year. The recently published Oireachtas report on working conditions within the industry, and an impending review of the […]

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Report: Ga. Off Film Production Pedestal, But Still No. 1 In U.S.

Donnell Suggs • Aug 16, 2018 Georgia is no longer top dog for the film industry, but it was beat out by a nation: Canada. At least for the time being, the state of Georgia is no longer king of the film and production industry when it comes to the number of highest performing U.S. […]

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Filmmaking minus subsidy mentality

by daljit dhesi Former Finas DG: Market forces should dictate for industry to thrive IN Malaysia today there are more “grant entrepreneurs” than there are filmmakers. This statement may puzzle some or may leave others with a sigh of disapproval. But coming from an industry veteran, it should carry weight. Shedding light on his statement, […]

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We grew our economy the right way

  By Susana Martinez Aug 18, 2018 When I took office in 2011, we faced a projected $450 million budget deficit. To get state government back on track, we had to set new priorities, cut wasteful spending, reduce the size of the state bureaucracy and reform spending practices. As part of a broad, bipartisan agreement […]

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Why Netflix May Build the World’s Most Valuable Movie Business (Guest Column)

8/23/2018 by Ben Weiss With a business model untethered from opening weekend box office and high variable P&A spend, the streamer has established the foundation necessary to revolutionize the model of creating and distributing original feature films. Tectonic shifts in large industries do not announce their arrival with an earthquake. Instead, they begin quietly, with […]

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Why Netflix May Build the World’s Most Valuable Movie Business (Guest Column)

8/23/2018 by Ben Weiss With a business model untethered from opening weekend box office and high variable P&A spend, the streamer has established the foundation necessary to revolutionize the model of creating and distributing original feature films. Tectonic shifts in large industries do not announce their arrival with an earthquake. Instead, they begin quietly, with […]

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China’s top television stars have wages capped at US$7.25 million per season

Deal between production firms, distributors also means film stars can be paid no more than 70 per cent of the total production budget   Nine of China’s top television and film production and distribution companies have agreed to cap wage payments for performers, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of tax evasion by some of […]

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Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry, review: a fascinating look at this vibrant, uplifting world

Brash, loud, uplifting, saturated with action, colour, song and dance, Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry (BBC Two) was a documentary that brought out the sheer vibrancy of its subject exceptionally well. Anita Rani was infectiously excited to be in India for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the world’s biggest film industry. Her film was as […]

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