Blue Fox Entertainment Launches Blue Fox Financing After Acquisition Of Digital Marketplace Crossroad Lending (deadline.com)   Sales and distribution outfit Blue Fox Entertainment is launching a digital lending platform dedicated to film financing. Blue Fox Financing is being created following the acquisition of Crossroad Lending, a film financing digital marketplace. Developed and created by …

Report: ‘Yellowstone’ TV Series Meant $70M for Montana Economy in One Year (billingsgazette.com)   Fake Hollywood cowboys have translated into piles of very real cash for western Montana. A single season of the hit television series “Yellowstone,” starring Kevin Costner and filmed in and around Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley, …

Netflix Rocked By Subscriber Loss, May Offer Cheaper Ad-Supported Plans (finance.yahoo.com)   (Reuters) – Netflix Inc said inflation, the war in Ukraine and fierce competition contributed to a loss of subscribers for the first time in more than a decade and predicted deeper losses ahead, marking an abrupt shift in …

Los Angeles On-Location Filming Set First-Quarter Record, FilmLA Says (deadline.com)   On-location film and TV production in Greater Los Angeles is off to a “strong start” in 2022, with 9,832 days of on-location shooting setting an all-time first-quarter record according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film …

Los Angeles Feature Shoot Days Decline, But Overall Filming Hits Record (hollywoodreporter.com) Filming for TV shows continued to rise in the first quarter of 2022, while feature film production kept on a steady downward trajectory. First-quarter filming in Los Angeles set a new record to start the year despite an …

State Unveils New Tax Credit Program for Entertainment Projects (onthehill.tnjournal.com) The state Entertainment Commission and the Department of Economic and Community Development are launching a new tax credit program to promote projects in Tennessee. Here’s the full release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TEC), in partnership with the …

LUMIERE Secures Funding From Animoca Brands and Brinc to Accelerate Its Vision of Revolutionizing Movie and Animation Financing (yahoo.com) HONG KONG, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Lumiere — the creator of Lumiverse, the trusted metamarket for safer movie and entertainment IP investments — announced today it has raised US$300,000 in financial backing from Animoca Brands, the company …

Camden County Breaks Into Show Business (tapinto.net)   CAMDEN, NJ — Camden County thinks it’s got star quality. To capitalize on its photogenic venues and people – and attract more business opportunities and jobs – Camden and Gloucester counties have teamed up to pitch themselves to film and television production …

Attracting More Filmmakers To W.Va. On This West Virginia Morning (wvpublic.org) On this West Virginia Morning, with the signing of House Bill 2096, West Virginia reinstates its film tax credit. We take a closer look at how the filmmaking incentive is expected to put thousands to work and bring millions of …

Hochul’s First Budget Rewards Unions at Taxpayers’ Expense — and Sets the State on the Road to Insolvency (nypost.com) New Yorkers are aghast that the Buffalo Bills stadium deal, which will fill the pockets of a wealthy NFL team owner with their tax dollars, is in the state budget the Legislature just …

More Movies Could Soon be Filmed in Wa As Inslee Oks Film Incentives Passed by Legislature (theolympian.com) Legislation to incentivize more movie production in Washington state was signed into law last week, increasing tax breaks for those looking to film in the state from $3.5 million to $15 million annually. …

#koinfetti Announces New NFT-Independent Film Financing Site – Popkoin.com (einnews.com) #koinfetti ANNOUNCES NEW NFT-INDEPENDENT FILM FINANCING SITE POPKOIN.COM Special NFT Collections Will Be Sold On KOINFETTI; Independent Films Will Be FinancedPOPKOIN marries the innovation of NFTs with the creative talents of independent filmmakers. Furthermore, the NFTS to be sold by …