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Wall Street Journal
11 hours ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
California Expands Film and TV Tax Credits to Lure Production Back to Hollywood
California state lawmakers approved an expanded $750 million tax credit program to bring film and TV production back to Los Angeles. The legislators voted Friday to increase the tax credits up from the $330 million currently available. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had proposed expanding the incentive program, is expected to sign it into law.
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Skint ITV finds This Morning & Loose Women a BUDGET new home in ‘far cry from plush life stars are used to'
ITV Daytime has found a budget new home after it was savaged by cuts. The department is ditching its swanky West London HQ White City in favour of the basement of a former hospital. 3 3 The Sun can reveal bosses have landed a deal with Covent Garden venue The Hospital Club - which closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will all be filmed in the venue's basement of the four story building. A source said: "ITV are on a major budget saving mission and have landed a new deal to film ITV Daytime at what was The Hospital Club. "It's quite apt really as I'm sure they hope the move to the former hospital will breathe some life into their programme budgets. "All three of their main shows, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will be based there... in the basement where there's a state of the art studio." "The changes are needed to keep up with the ever evolving world of TV but it's a far cry from the plush life stars have become accustomed to at White City." An ITV source said: "We have always said that when the changes to our daytime schedule take place in 2026 that these programmes will find a new home. The new studio is not yet confirmed and when it is we will obviously communicate that news to our staff first" Speaking about the cuts last month, Loose Woman Nadia Sawalha called the shake up "brutal". She said on her YouTube channel: "What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people... are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way." The shake up comes as streaming officially overtook cable and broadcast TV use in May. Some 44.8 percent of TV viewership was through the newer media platforms. It compares with 20.1 percent watching terrestrial TV — known as broadcast — and 24.1 percent tuning in to cable such as Sky. It is the first time streamers have surpassed the combined total of their rival categories.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gaumont TV President Talks End of Peak TV, Warns: 'If We Don't Own the IP, We Lose Our Identity'
'Everything is very challenging right now. We have had 10 years which were wonderful in France and all over Europe.' That is how Gaumont Television president and producer Isabelle Degeorges described the state of the TV sector after the end of Peak TV during a keynote appearance at the Conecta Fiction & Entertainment industry gathering in Cuenca, Spain. 'There was a period when anything was possible. All streamers wanted to come to France and wanted to commission in France,' she highlighted. But COVID and the end of peak TV mean that everyone must now operate under a new normal. More from The Hollywood Reporter Eurovision Drama and 'The Nameless': Movistar Plus+ Exec Touts Focus on Event Programming Lewis Hamilton Signed Off on Brad Pitt and Damson Idris' Driving in 'F1: The Movie' In Spain, Warner Exec Explains the HBO Max Rebrand But Degeorges says it's all about the right attitude to tackle challenges. 'We just have to find that it's normal,' she argued. 'I mean, it is normal. We know that all over the world, it's normal to fight, it's normal to adapt, it's normal to create new shows.' With Netflix hit series Lupin recently getting renewed for season 4, Degeorges shared the state of production. 'We are shooting right now, and it will arrive on screen next year,' she told the Conecta audience without sharing any insights into the storylines or other creative details. Owning strong intellectual property has been a key focus for producers, and Gaumont isn't any different in that regard in the age of global streamers. France's rules requiring U.S. and global streamers to invest a minimum of 20 percent of their net French revenue in European works is key here, Degeorges emphasized. 'If we don't own the IP, we lose our identity,' she said. 'If we don't own the IP, my feeling is that everything belongs to the U.S., and at the end, it is their identity.' Speaking of IP, the executive on Tuesday also touted such upcoming projects as In the Shadow of the Forest, a thriller series for Apple TV+ starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent for Apple TV+, and the ninth season of hit procedural The Art of Crime for France Télévisions that Gaumont has sold to more than 60 countries. Degeorges also used her Conecta keynote to argue in favor of the regulation of artificial intelligence, calling for rules that ensure that AI companies properly pay creators rather than use their works for free to train their models. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Like father like son - Corrie superfan follows in late dad's tour guide footsteps
A Corrie superfan has followed in his late father's footsteps and led more than 2,500 tours of the famous TV set visited by thousands each weekend. David Owen, 59, has been leading Coronation Street tours, which were first operated from the old Granada Studios in Quay Street before moving to the current ITV Studios at Media City, since 2014. His late father, Bill Owen, worked as a performer at the old Granada Studios tour for several years, but sadly died in 2013 before David started working there – meaning he 'never got a chance to compare notes with him'. David has been determined to continue his father's legacy, however, and has been leading the 90-minute tours at The Coronation Street Experience at ITV Studios, the world's largest single TV production site, every weekend. He has witnessed tears from guests and a recent proposal during his tours, and said he loves 'seeing the joy it brings to visitors of all ages'. READ MORE: When 'One Punch' Paul Doyle and Billy Webb clashed in nightclub door wars READ MORE: Girl, 13, 'topples into reservoir in front of her dad while taking photo' Speaking about his late father, David, from Dukinfield, Tameside, said: "It's a very special connection between us – in many ways, our lives have been intertwined. "I do feel cheated that I never got to share my tour guide notes with him, as he passed away in 2013, just before I started at Quay Street, but I know he would have been incredibly proud. I can hear him saying, 'That's my boy'." David explained that he has loved Coronation Street for 'as long as (he) can remember'. He recalls watching the 'topical' TV soap with his parents during his childhood in the 1960s and 1970s, and loving the 'northern humour'. He said: "For people of my vintage, it was always a family thing to watch Coronation Street. Back in the day, it was only Mondays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm, both half an hour episodes. "I'd sit down with mum and dad, they had two chairs in the living room, and I'd sit in between them on the floor watching Coronation Street." David said he remembers characters such as Jack Walker, who was the landlord of the Rovers pub, and Albert Tatlock, who was Weatherfield's resident war veteran. He even remembers one specific episode from 1971, which left him unable to sleep for weeks. He said: "There is one episode from 1971 when the character Valerie Barlow got electrocuted by a plug. The socket of a plug fell off and she was electrocuted – it was a hair dryer plug – and it frightened me to death, and it kept me away from plug sockets for years." Growing up, David said he loved watching the 'strong women' in the show, including characters like Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples, and one of his current favourites is Glenda Shuttleworth. He said the 'writing is absolutely brilliant' and, given the show references real places near his hometown, he has felt personally connected to it. Moreover, his late father Bill worked at the Granada Studios tour in Quay Street, where the old Coronation Street set was located, further inspiring his love for the soap. "My dad was an amazing man – he was a big extrovert and truly my hero," David explained. "He worked at Granada Studios for many years... but unfortunately, when I started doing guided tours there in 2014, he had not long passed away, so I never got a chance to compare notes with him." Bill passed away in 2013, aged 71, and, around this time, David was made redundant after nearly 30 years in a factory packaging job. He was looking for new opportunities and stumbled across a job advert for the Coronation Street tours and decided to "go for it" – and he was successful. He then started leading tours at the Quay Street site in 2014 before working from the current ITV Studios location in 2018. "It's quite surreal the way it worked out," David said. "I felt very honoured to get the job – one to be following in my father's footsteps, but also to be doing this on such an amazing show." David believes he has led around 2,500 tours for The Coronation Street Experience to date – and he has no plans of stopping anytime soon. David, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Coronation Street Experience in 2022, said "no two tours are ever alike" – and although he has a script to follow, he enjoys injecting his own humour and personality into it. He said he runs three tours on a Saturday and Sunday, and guests from all over the world, including New Zealand and Canada, visit the set. On each day over a weekend, the site can see an average of 1,000 people visiting. Recalling one memory which left two women from New Zealand very emotional, he said: "When we started the tours at Quay Street... the character Hayley Cropper had died after suffering from pancreatic cancer. She had a cardboard flowery coffin, and we had it in the props display, and these two ladies from New Zealand saw her name on it and they were in tears. "We didn't know at the time, but New Zealand were two years behind in the plot lines, so at the time in New Zealand, Hayley was alive and well." Most recently, David witnessed a proposal outside the Rovers pub during one of his tours – and he said it was 'lovely' to see. "They just got a massive round of applause, and they were both in tears," he said. "I was nearly tearing up myself to be honest with you – it was so lovely." David said seeing people's enthusiasm gives him 'such a buzz' and he aims to give every guest 'the best tour possible'. He said leading tours for The Coronation Street Experience, which is operated by Continuum Attractions, is 'an honour' and he hopes to one day feature as an extra in the show. "It's more than just a TV show – it's a huge part of British culture," he said.
