Friday Five

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast: Coppola opens a new hotel for filmmakers in Atlanta, streaming bundles reduce churn, and the NBA finalizes $76 billion in sports deals, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast: Illinois targets unscripted programs with a new tax credit, Broadway breaks house records post-Tonys, and streaming leads in international content commissions, plus more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast: the IATSE and AMPTP reach a tentative deal after three months of negotiations, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival returns for its 58th edition, a spotlight on Malta's thriving film industry, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , discover how Film London is boosting local investment, how the box office is heating up at CineEurope, the future of advertising, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast : a new survey boosts streaming bundles, U.S. content leads subscriber growth in Asia, a new film tax credit is proposed in Italy, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast, the advertising upfronts are underway, Canada announces a new streaming mandate, French music royalties hit a new high, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we explore new film financing in Europe, the Inevitable Foundation’s Visionary Fellowship for disabled creators, industry insiders' thoughts on AI, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the ratification of a new contract for the Writers Guild of Canada, industry predictions for television, filming in the Canary Islands, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about Greece’s film industry, how movie theaters are preparing for summer, the LA Screenings, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about France’s VFX sector, sustainability in film, a new streaming bundle, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about internal Academy member feedback, the summer box office, U.K. union contracts pushing for equality, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the latest updates to the 2025 Oscars, a new postproduction talent accelerator, the inaugural edition of the Ho Chi Minh Film Festival (HIFF), and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about Screen Producers Australia’s push for streaming spend, the Sundance Film Festival’s search for a new home, AI guidelines for documentary filmmakers, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the rise of women’s sports, the record-breaking TV ad sales for the Paris Olympics, the biggest April Broadway openings, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the 2024 NewFronts schedule, musicians’ letter for AI protections, the latest content deal for Amazon, and more.

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the Golden Globes’ new network, increased investment in the French film industry, advertising spend in video games, and more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about this year’s March Madness TV viewership, new studio space in the U.K., a proposed TikTok ban’s potential effects on the entertainment industry, and much more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the first AI regulation law passed by the European Union, an audience survey that reveals viewers want more original content, a new virtual production studio in Hong Kong, and much more. 

This week on Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about the latest U.K. production incentives for independent projects, the number of female nominees at this year’s Academy Awards, the forecast for the 2024 Cannes film festival, and much more. 

In this episode of Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we learn about how tax incentive brought ‘Star Wars’ to California, the music business’ latest AMPTP contract, streaming forecasts for 2024, and much more. 

In this episode of Cast & Crew's Friday Fivecast , we dive into Georgia’s new tax incentive legislation, takeaways from the European Film Market, gender equity in the international film industry, and much more. 

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