DirectorsDigest—13August2018

A new Board member at Directors UK, a new location for Hospital, and a look at whether films can ever affect political change — it’s been far from a quiet Summer, and you can read all the news in Directors Digest. 

Television

Morgan Hopkins has been elected to the Directors UK Board as Nations and Regions Representative for Wales. (Directors UK)

Broadcast looks at the top TV technology trends for 2018. 

Netflix CFO David Wells has stepped down after fourteen years at the company. (TBIVision)

Label 1’s Hospital is heading to Liverpool, having previously been based in Nottingham. (Televisual)

UKTV channels are returning to Virgin Media afetr resolving a dispute over on demand rights. (Guardian)

Film

What went wrong with America’s “Netflix for cinemas”?  (Guardian) 

UK distributors have expressed their concerns over the changes being proposed to the Oscars. (Screen International)

The Guardian publishes an open letter to Ukrainian filmmaker and political prisoner Oleg Sentsov from Jonathan Littell.  

Can a film ever lead to political change? (Guardian)

And finally, Stephen Follows crunches the numbers on just how many movies are available to stream, rent or buy online. (Stephen Follows) 

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