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Production Incentives and Industry Economics this week: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Adam Miller proposes a radical restructuring of municipal support for film and; and California’s expanded production incentive program has allocated…

Industry Deals and Partnerships this week: Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada has declared the company will cease working with the 600 film professionals who signed an; and MGM Television has signed a first-look development deal with veteran…

New Film & TV Projects and Series Orders this week: FX has greenlit ‘Very Young Frankenstein’ to series, the final outstanding pilot from its recent development slate; and HBO Max has set a July release date for ‘Stuart Fails to Save the…

Regional Economic Indicators (Southeast Focus) this week: The Georgia Ports Authority is executing a $5 billion, decade-long expansion plan centered on the Port of Savannah; and Dallas-based Formation Interests has broken ground on…

Emerging Tech Signals (Pre-Mainstream) this week: Xiaomi’s MiMo team has released MiMo-V2.5-Pro, a 1.

Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: This matters for Policy, Legal & Regulatory because it gives a concrete current signal to track: The following; and The USPTO’s remand decision in the HID case redefines when estoppel under 35 U.S.C.