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UK's Creative Industries through our reports, insights and research

Welcome to our Insights page where you can discover the latest research from the CoSTAR Network's UK-wide team of world-class researchers, academics and experts.

Explore our reports, papers and articles shaping the future of the UK's creative industries, covering a wide range of perspectives from responses to government sustainability policy to proposals on how to build a fair AI copyright framework.

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Foresight LAB
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Creative Technologies International Scan #6

This Creative Technologies International Scan (CTIS) is the sixth in a series of publications designed to present and unpack global developments of advanced technologies in and for the Creative Industries.

Posted: 29 April 2026
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A large professional film or photography studio filled with equipment and crew members. The space is dominated by a huge, seamless bright blue backdrop that curves at the base, creating an infinity‑style stage. Several silhouetted figures stand or work around cameras, tripods, and large LED panel lights positioned throughout the room. The floor reflects the blue light, and overhead rigging and studio fixtures are visible across the dark ceiling.
Foresight LAB
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AI

AI in the Screen Sector Quarterly Digest - January to March 2026

Welcome to the CoSTAR Foresight Lab’s screen sector digest, summarising events and developments in AI each quarter.

Posted: 23 April 2026
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National LAB
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CoSTAR National Lab Annual Report October 2023 - December 2025

Since the CoSTAR investment was announced, we have established the CoSTAR National Lab as a central gateway into this distributed national infrastructure — connecting specialist R&D Labs across the UK, including the Live Lab, Realtime Lab, Screen Lab and Foresight Lab. Together, the Network provides creative businesses with access to a unique combination of facilities, research expertise and technical capability designed to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the sector.

Posted: 25 March 2026
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Foresight LAB
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Policy Snapshot: Creative Technology in ASEAN and the Philippines

This policy snapshot on ASEAN and the Philippines presents a high-level summary of policies and strategies related to the Creative Industries and convergent technology innovation.

Posted: 13 March 2026
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A large professional film or photography studio filled with equipment and crew members. The space is dominated by a huge, seamless bright blue backdrop that curves at the base, creating an infinity‑style stage. Several silhouetted figures stand or work around cameras, tripods, and large LED panel lights positioned throughout the room. The floor reflects the blue light, and overhead rigging and studio fixtures are visible across the dark ceiling.
Foresight LAB
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AI

AI in the Screen Sector Quarterly Digest - October to December 2025

Welcome to the CoSTAR Foresight Lab’s new screen sector digest, summarising events and developments in AI each quarter.

Posted: 26 February 2026
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Foresight LAB
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AI

AI Policy and its Impacts on the Screen Sector Across the Globe

This report from the CoSTAR Foresight Lab explores how artificial intelligence is impacting the Screen Sector across different international contexts.

Posted: 20 February 2026
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Foresight LAB
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Policy Snapshot: Creative Technology in Australia

Policy snapshot on Australia presents a high-level summary of policies and strategies related to the CIs and convergent technology innovation.

Posted: 20 February 2026
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Foresight LAB
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Creative Technologies International Scan #5

This fourth edition of the International Scan series explores global developments in advanced technologies shaping the Creative Industries.

Posted: 03 February 2026
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Foresight LAB
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Future in Praxis: Tracing Changing Creative Practice Around Three Areas of Complexity

This publication in the Foresight series explores the future of convergent media production, shifting focus from technological possibility to lived experience and asking how creative practitioners are responding to rapid transformation in their everyday work.

Posted: 12 November 2025
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Foresight LAB
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Creative Technologies International Scan #4

This fourth edition of the International Scan series explores global developments in advanced technologies shaping the Creative Industries.

Posted: 12 November 2025
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Foresight LAB
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Scenarios in Creative Convergence

This report is an extension to our first foresight report, Introduction to Moments (December 2024), which examined plausible futures for the creative industries with a focus on three thematic complexities: machine learning, platforms and creative work.

Posted: 09 October 2025
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Foresight LAB
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Policy Snapshot: Creative Technology in Japan

This policy snapshot on Japan presents a high-level summary of policies and strategies related to the Creative Industries and convergent technology innovation.

Posted: 07 October 2025
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