Film & TV Briefing: Friday 25 September 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
La Bola Negra wins people's choice award at Toronto Film Festival (Guardian)
Paramount-Warner Bros. to spend just $5 million a year on Indie Films under merger settlement (The Hollywood Reporter)
Fourth price hike in four years for Disney+ and Hulu (Variety)
The productions shooting in the UK & Ireland in 2026 (Screen Daily)
TV and radio station closures expected at the BBC (Deadline)
New filmmaking centre in Edinburgh planned by Sir Sean Connery’s family (BBC)
France's CNC launches "world first" cinema archive portal (Screen Daily)
YouTube to boost microdramas by launching Shorts Series on TV screens (The Hollywood Reporter)
‘Resident Evil' debuts at no.1 at UK & Ireland Box Office (Variety)
‘Bake Off’ viewership rises by 300,000 on previous series opener (Broadcast)
Features and commentary
Streaming subscription prices and tiers, cost rises and ads (Deadline)
European producers say US federal tax would not threaten Europe's production boom (Variety)
The extreme reactions to the Gaza documentary, 'NAZA' (Guardian)
Paramount-Warner Bros. will be "powerhouse" but saddled with more than $77 billion in debt (Variety)
Did OpenAI build their systems on content stolen from publishers? (The Hollywood Reporter)
Industry announcements
Mayor of the West of England launches new £4.5m production fund (Televisual)
French government plans to cut film and TV industry funding as Netflix investment rises (Variety)
2025 Spanish film and TV production spending hits record €5.68bn (Screen Daily)
Legal updates
Judge in Paramount-Warner case schedules hearing to answer questions on settlement terms (The Hollywood Reporter)
The details of Paramount's settlement with the state attorneys (Variety)
WGA settles antitrust lawsuit over proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger (Variety)
Following "new legal information", Netflix delays launch of Gary Glitter documentary (Deadline)
