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US authority makes new plans to expand drone filming
America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formed new partnerships with three major companies to look into ways to safely increase the use of unmanned drones in US airspace. The use of drones is tightly regulated by US authorities. Drones are…
Spanish heritage: Scouting filming locations in historical Catalonia
Catalonia in north-eastern Spain is building on its rich local filmmaking history by appealing more to the international production community. The Location Guide set out on a scouting trip hosted by the Catalunya Film Commission to explore the region’s sights…
North Carolina issues $60m in filming tax credits for 2014
North Carolina paid out USD 60 million in filming tax credits in 2014 and made over USD 240 million in direct production spending, according to official figures. At the height of its filming incentive popularity, North Carolina hosted the first…
Nashville TV drama offered filming incentive payment for new season
Television drama Nashville has been offered an USD 8 million filming incentive payment to shoot a fourth season on location in its namesake city. The series follows a fading country music star forced to work with a young starlet to…
American Civil War miniseries Mercy Street filming on location in Virginia
New American Civil War drama Mercy Street is filming on location in Virginia. The series follows two volunteer nurses on each side of the conflict, including a Confederate supporter whose family’s luxury hotel became a Unionist hospital during the war.…
Louisiana likely to impose spending cap on filming incentive
Louisiana is likely to impose a cap on annual spending for its 30% filming incentive in the coming weeks. The state has recently hosted dinosaur sequel Jurassic World and is currently home to Matthew McConaughey’s true-life Civil War drama The…
British Film Commission fam trip takes North American TV delegates across UK
A week-long familiarisation (fam) trip organised by the British Film Commission has taken a North American delegation across the whole of the UK for the first time. The trip was designed to showcase the UK’s TV filming potential after recent…
MJZ pairs model with talking horse in US Virgin Islands filming for DirecTV
MJZ filmed on location in the US Virgin Islands for a new campaign for the American satellite service provider DirecTV. The spots feature US model Hannah Davis on a tropical beach, while her New Zealand-accented talking horse ruminates on his…
Nova Scotia changes filming incentive from tax credit to funding programme
Nova Scotia in eastern Canada is set to change its filming incentive. From July, the province plans to switch its existing tax credit to a 25% funding programme applicable to all Nova Scotia production expenses. The new programme is modelled…
Ontario plans filming incentive reduction as Canadian dollar falls
Ontario has proposed a reduction in the province’s formal filming incentive programme in response to the falling Canadian dollar. Toronto is Canada’s main production centre – as well as being a major North American hub – and recently hosted Guillermo…