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By Bob Sechler, Austin American Statesman
- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
Texas lawmakers again set to weigh incentives for film, video game industries
A fight over state incentives for the movie, TV and video game industries sparked plenty of drama at the Texas Capitol two years ago. Sup...
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Arnold Wells, Austin Business Journal
- Dec 29, 2018
- 2 min
Texas lawmakers to again debate subsidies for film, video games in 2019
Texas' subsidies for producers of films, television shows and video games are again at risk of being eliminated. Every two years when the...
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Tina Pyne and Jay Thames, Houston Chronicle
- May 8, 2017
- 3 min
Pyne, Thames: Film rebate program keeps Texas 'real'
Producers of the feature film "Galveston" needed a coastal town for the setting of their crime thriller, now in production and based on t...
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PAUL STEKLER Special to the Star-Telegram
- Apr 27, 2017
- 3 min
Without heroic rescue, this is the part where the Texas film industry dies
AMC recently premiered 10 episodes of “The Son,” a series based on the celebrated novel spanning generations of Texans written by Austin ...
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David Hendricks, My San Antonio
- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
Hulu estimated to spend $13M on new San Antonio campus
Television streaming giant Hulu is expected to spend an estimated $13 million renovating a new 45,000-square-foot campus in San Antonio w...
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Bill Hethcock, Dallas Business Journal
- Apr 12, 2017
- 2 min
Gov. Abbott calls for adding $100M to Texas Enterprise Fund
The Texas Enterprise Fund should be re-upped to the tune of more than $100 million, Gov. Greg Abbott said today in a speech to the Dallas...
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Bob Sechler, Austin American Statesmen
- Mar 27, 2017
- 6 min
Texas film incentives program facing state budget ax
Plenty of movie blockbusters have been built around the theme of plucky protagonists triumphing over adversity through grit, hard work an...
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Bob Sechler, Austin American Statesmen
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
Texas senators slam film incentives program
The Texas Film Commission was likened to a “central planning” agency on Tuesday, with some state lawmakers calling the incentives it disb...
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