Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch said Thursday that he intends to continue in his post after Comcast completes its takeover of the European pay-TV giant. “I intend to stick around, and I look forward to leading Sky into the future,” Darroch said during a Comcast earnings call. “We’re all energized by the next phase of growth
Month: October 2018
NBC chose to air a repeat broadcast of “Megyn Kelly Today” – an almost unheard-of maneuver in the realm of morning-news programming – as tensions between NBC News and anchor Megyn Kelly appeared to heighten, putting her future at the Comcast-owned network under a cloud. “Given the circumstances, ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ will be on tape
For the first time in its 13 year history, the annual celebration of all things Blizzard from World of Warcraft to Overwatch has an executive producer. The decision, made by the co-founder and chief operating officer of the mammoth company brings into focus just how important BlizzCon is to the company. “They thought that BlizzCon
To say that the 2019 Grammy Awards have something to prove is an understatement of epic proportions. While 2018 seemed set to be a triumph for the ceremony — a return to New York for the awards’ 60th anniversary, capped by possibly the most racially and musically diverse slate of nominees in Recording Academy history —
Less than two weeks ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, Hulu is bringing ABC News Live and CBS News’ CBSN — two made-for-the-internet, 24-hour news channels — to its over-the-top live TV service. Starting Thursday (Oct. 26), Hulu With Live TV subscribers will be able to tune to three news streaming channels: ABC News
October 25, 2018 6:00AM PT Mark and Jay Duplass have set a deal with interactive media firm Eko to develop a slate of live-action series. The pact calls for the brothers’ DBP Donut banner to produce series rooted in Eko’s proprietary technology that allows viewers to seamlessly shape stories as they unfold. Eko, a digital
Media company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has acquired Truli Media, focused on Christian and “family friendly” content, the latest move in its strategy to assemble a lineup of VOD assets aligned with the parent company’s uplifting and inspirational brand. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Bill Rouhana Jr., chairman and
Oscar-winning directors Martin Scorsese and Guillermo Del Toro are set to participate in masterclasses at the 17th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival. It will mark Scorsese’s fifth time attending Marrakech Film Festival. He presided over the festival’s jury in 2013. “I’m so happy to be on my way back to Morocco, a country I
Twitter shed 9 million user accounts in the third quarter of 2018 — and, as the company spun it, that’s a really healthy sign. The stock surged as much as 15% in premarket trading after Twitter reported better-than-expected profit and a revenue increase of 29% year-over-year thanks to strong ad sales. It was the fourth
Millennial-targeted news startup Cheddar is getting into the prof-assessment biz with the acquisition of Rate My Professors from Viacom. The RateMyProfessors.com website and its app are used by 6 million college students monthly, who write an average of 125,000 new professor and course ratings per month. Currently, it hosts over 20 million ratings across 1.8
October 25, 2018 4:35AM PT British authorities have levied the maximum possible £500,000 ($644,900) fine on Facebook after the social media network failed to safeguard its users’ data. The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office investigated the breach, which centered on a data-harvesting app developed for tech and analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, which has since closed. “The
Strong gains from content licensing and retransmission consent revenue gave a big boost to NBCUniversal’s contribution to Comcast’s third quarter earnings. Revenue at NBCUniversal climbed 8% for the quarter to $8.6 billion while earnings perked up 8.5% to $2.1 billion. Overall, Comcast beat analysts expectations with total revenue for the quarter of $22.1 billion, up
Dr. Phil McGraw has set a multiyear deal renewal of his deal with CBS to host the top-rated “Dr. Phil” daytime talk show through the 2022-23 season. The pact adds three years to McGraw’s existing deal with CBS Television Distribution. His previous contract had been set to expire at the end of the 2019-20 season.
The Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image’s annual film festival turns 20 at a time when the Indian film industry finds itself in the middle of the #MeToo movement. The festival is one of the few where the core leadership is composed entirely of women. Producer Kiran Rao (“Secret Superstar”) is the festival chairperson, while
With the start of his second edition as Tokyo International Film Festival director, Takeo Hisamatsu feels more confident of TIFF’s direction than when he assumed the post in March of last year. “The first thing I did when I took office was to clarify TIFF’s vision and organize programs and events based on that vision,”
Though its opening film is high-profile Hollywood romance “A Star is Born,” the Tokyo International Film Festival is increasingly focusing its efforts on building bridges with Asia. Especially Japan’s near neighbor, China. The 31st edition of the Tokyo festival got under way Thursday evening with a ceremony at the X Theater in the fashionable Roppongi
CBS Studios International will team with some of Israel’s top TV drama talent on Israeli crime series “District Y.” “Fauda” and “False Flag” writer Leora Kamenetzky will pen the show. Pubcaster Kan will air the series in Israel, and Paper Plane and L. Benasuly Productions will produce. The latter made “Fauda” and “Hatufim,” the Israeli
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister in “Game of Thrones,” heads a distinguished European cast in “Suicide Tourist,” a mystery drama with romantic elements from Copenhagen-based Snowglobe, whose production credits include “Thelma,” “The Untamed” and “Birds of a Passage.” Described by Snowglobe in a statement as its most ambitious film to date, “Suicide Tourist” marks
Following on the success of supernatural drama “Dark,” Netflix is set to produce five new German originals, including an ambitious historical series that chronicles a bloody and decisive battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Netflix’s vice president of original series for Europe, announced the development and production of the five new
Long low on the priority list for Japan’s notoriously insular film industry, co-productions between the second-largest film market in Asia and its overseas partners are now in the spotlight. That was the view of a industry executives, speaking at a seminar at TIFFCOM, on the margins of the Tokyo International Film Festival. A bilateral film
October 24, 2018 10:30PM PT Shinichiro Ueda, director of the indie hit film “One Cut of the Dead,” lifted the lid on his next project. It is an untitled comedy. Last month Ueda revealed that he was making his next film with Shochiku Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Japanese film studio Shochiku. Speaking Tuesday at the
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Traitor,” the seventh episode of “American Horror Story: Apocalypse.” It was always going to be hard for “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” to top the returns of Jessica Lange, Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott last week — and this week struggled a bit to meet that
October 24, 2018 8:21PM PT It’s not every day one can say they once saved Julia Roberts’ life. But her “Homecoming” costar Shea Whigham can. “Did she tell you how I saved her life?” Whigham asked Variety Wednesday night at the Amazon series’ premiere in Los Angeles. The two were shooting a scene together on
“Modern Family” wasted no time during its Wednesday episode for the long-awaited reveal of which character would die in the Halloween-themed episode of the 10th season. Warning: Spoilers ahead Within minutes, Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) gets a call from her stepfather to tell her that her mom DeDe has passed away. However, a fun Halloween night is
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has cut roughly 15 jobs in New York and Los Angeles, several insiders familiar with the company told Variety. The reduction comes with a consolidation of the marketing and public relations teams under Blair Rich, president of worldwide theatrical and home entertainment marketing. The cuts were not related to or
President Donald Trump, speaking at a Wisconsin rally following the discovery of explosive devices sent to CNN and a number of top Democrats, said those in the political arena “must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.” But he did not make any acknowledgement of his own political rhetoric, in which he has recently
In today’s film news roundup, “Walking on Water” gets North American distribution, Abramorama acquires rights to “Family in Transition,” and the Cinema Italian Style film festival sets its opening night film. ACQUISITIONS Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to “Walking on Water,” centered on installation artist Christo and his 2016 art piece “The Floating
October 24, 2018 4:36PM PT James Karen, character actor with hundreds of roles who was best known for “Poltergeist” and “Night of the Living Dead,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles, his friend Leonard Maltin confirmed. He was 94. Born Jacob Karnovsky in 1923, the actor later changed his last name to Karen after setting out to
October 24, 2018 4:35PM PT With “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” postponed for the foreseeable future, Chris Pratt looks to have found his next film — he is in negotiations to star in Taylor Sheridan’s new writing and directing gig. The film, which David Heyman is producing, follows a former special forces commando (Pratt), who’s
October 24, 2018 4:30PM PT Legendary is producing a live-action feature film version of Shueisha’s Japanese manga franchise “My Hero Academia.” The company, a subsidiary of the China-based Wanda Group, made the announcement Wednesday and noted that the franchise, created by Kohei Horikoshi, has more than 17 million copies in circulation and was the 2017
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