Film & TV Briefing: Friday 19 June 2026
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
‘Disclosure Day’ reaches top of UK and Ireland box office (Screendaily)
Dolphin Entertainment and Kynetic Media Ventures launch Graviteur Studios (Variety)
NBCU merges UCP and Universal International Studio arms (Deadline)
BBC announces job cuts and content spending reductions (Hollywood Reporter)
Fox to acquire Roku for $22 billion (BBC)
Duffer Brothers set release for mystery film (Hollywood Reporter)
Banijay Kids signs AI deal with Toon Boom (Deadline)
Filmin acquires Elastica distribution arm in landmark Spanish deal (Screendaily)
Crunchyroll expands into Taiwan and South Korea (Hollywood Reporter)
Asteria and LTX partner on cinematic AI storytelling (Deadline)
‘Wombles’ set to return under new IP deal (Guardian)
Content Partners raises new funds from Carlyle (Deadline)
Taylor Swift scores Number 1 Hot 100 debut with new 'Toy Story 5' song (Variety)
Features and commentary
Why film and TV production is deserting Los Angeles? (Variety)
The female editors who delivered some of cinema’s most celebrated movies (Guardian)
Industry announcements
The Independent Film Sustainability Handbook launches with BFI, BBC Film and Film4 (BFI)
Legal updates
DOJ rubberstamps Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger (Variety)
