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Global UK TV exports to China increase by 40% but US still biggest market
Global exports of UK television productions to China rose by a staggering 40% in 2013/14, but the US remains the single biggest international market for UK shows. The figures, published by the independent producers’ trade association Pact, show that overall…
Under the Dome to continue filming in North Carolina despite incentive downgrade
Popular drama series Under the Dome will remain in North Carolina for its third season, despite an imminent downgrade in the state's filming incentive. Based on a story by Stephen King, the show follows a town's struggles when a giant…
Filmmaster Productions shoots small-town locations in western Italy for Fiat 500X
Filmmaster Productions filmed on location in three separate historic towns in western Italy for a new campaign for the Fiat 500X. The spot features an elderly man losing a Viagra-like pill through a bathroom window and then follows the pill’s…
Milk & Honey Films opens new office for commercial servicing in Cape Town
Milk & Honey Films has opened a new office in Cape Town as the company seeks to expand its commercial servicing presence to South Africa. The firm’s international presence already includes Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Prague and Shanghai. “Cape Town…
Hobbit trilogy collects $120m in New Zealand filming incentives over four years
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy has collected USD 120 million in filming incentive payments from the New Zealand government over the course of a four-year production process. Trilogy closer The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies will be released in…
Filming for Batman TV prequel Gotham recreates grittier New York City
New York has been re-imagined as the grittier metropolis of the late 1970s and early 1980s for the Batman TV drama prequel Gotham. The show has filmed on location in the city but makes efforts to drain modern New York…
Black Diamond films snowboarder Jenny Jones in Switzerland for Nissan Juke
Black Diamond filmed on location on a glacier in Verbier, Switzerland, for a new commercial for the Nissan Juke. The spot shows Olympic medallist snowboarder Jenny Jones showing off her skills on a mountainside of multicoloured snow and through an…
National Geographic Channel to film Rafting Alaska on the Yukon River
Rafting Alaska is set to become the latest reality series to film on location in The Last Frontier state. Produced by National Geographic Channel, the show will follow log rafters who travel the Yukon River in Alaska collecting and selling…
Filming for Dracula Untold doubles Northern Ireland for Eastern Europe
New vampire origin story Dracula Untold filmed on location in Northern Ireland, doubling the region for Eastern Europe. Set in the mid-15th century, the movie follows Prince Vlad as he becomes the eponymous vampire in order to save his people…
Disney collects £170m in tax credit payments from UK location filming
Disney has been paid tax credits of nearly GBP 170 million from location filming in the UK since the incentive was launched in 2007. Payments peaked last year at a little over GBP 50 million when Disney subsidiary Marvel filmed…