Film and TV Briefing: Friday 14 November 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Disney's dispute with YouTube TV loses them $4.3M per day in revenue (Variety)
Adele to star in Tom Ford's film 'Cry to Heaven' (BBC)
Price hikes on the horizon for Paramount+ (Hollywood Reporter)
Who's leading the charge to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (Hollywood Reporter)
BBC director general Tim Davie, and news CEO Deborah Turness resign (IndieWire)
ITV looks to sell its streaming and broadcast arm to Sky for £1.6bn (Guardian)
The UK film and TV industry looks back at the life of Film Four executive Bill Stephens (ScreenDaily)
Webtoon and Warner Bros to collaborate on 10 webcomics series (Deadline)
Disney+ expands its investments in Japan and Korea (Variety)
Prime Minister Starmer calls for BBC to sort mistakes (BBC)
Prime Video announces its with ads service jumped to 315 million monthly views (Hollywood Reporter)
Features and commentary
Indie filmmakers discuss the fine line between passion and desperation (IndieWire)
Children’s TV production gains efficiency through use of AI (Broadcast)
Have Indie Films become an endangered species? (Variety)
Industry announcements
BFI announces changes to its executive board (BFI)
Directors UK calls for fair pay regardless of employment status (Directors UK)
Theresa Wise to retire from 13 years as CEO of RTS (RTS)
BBC director general Tim Davie retires (Bectu)
Film & TV Charity highlights statistics on bullying, harassment and discrimination in UK TV and film (Film & TV Charity)
Legal updates
Equity granted permission to appeal High Court judgment against Spotlight (Equity)
President Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC (Broadcast)
Justin Baldoni files motion for summary judgement against Blake Lively (Deadline)
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