NBCUniversal’s Peacock is ready to start rolling out to Comcast cable customers starting this week as scheduled — but most of Peacock’s original series will not be hitting the streaming service until 2021. On April 15, Comcast will launch an “early preview” of Peacock Premium ad-supported tier, available for no extra cost to some 31.5
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Leaders of the Writers Guild of America West have urged their members to seek guild coverage on animated projects, an area which is seeing continued production amid the coronavirus pandemic. The WGA West board of directors issued a message Tuesday to the 10,000 WGA West members. The guild shares jurisdiction on animation writing with the
AMC Theatres looks to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy, a grim but impending reality that was only exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic causing the entire movie business to shut down. The likelihood of a bankruptcy reorganization doesn’t mean that AMC’s 634 locations in the U.S. and Canada — and more than 1,000
Victor Zaraya has been appointed as Concord Music’s chief revenue officer, the company announced today. Zaraya will continue to be based out of the company’s New York office and will report to COO Jim Selby. According to the announcement, as CRO, Zaraya will work across Concord’s three business areas (music publishing, recorded music and theatricals)
European Film Promotion has unveiled the 10 European documentary features that will play as part of the third edition of the Changing Face of Europe section that runs as part of Hot Docs Film Festival’s industry program. The industry program plays in a digital format this year, starting on April 30 and running until May
The National Association of Theatre Owners has cautioned studios against shortening the movie release window, pointing to a study showing reduced potential revenues for the studios. The Ernst & Young study, commissioned by NATO, is titled “The Relationship Between Home Release Window Length and Movie Sales.” The study found that increasing the length of the
Exclusive Damon Dash‘s pockets could be a tad lighter soon … cause he’s been ordered to cough up a cool $300k in a lawsuit over a mafia movie. The movie and music producer was just ordered to pay noted author Edwyna Brooks after he took an L in court. She sued him about a year
iHeartMedia announced to investors today a plan to cut up to $250 million from its expenses for 2020. Today’s $200 million plan comes after the company announced $50 million in savings early this year via “modern initiatives” that began in February, which saw a number of people being let go — which a company rep
There’s been a lot of collective good news to go around for serious fans of country music this year, with an airplay chart that had three solo women in the top 10 for the first time since the early 2010s, and now, two female freshmen in the top 5. But to narrow it down: Positive
The Cannes Film Festival won’t take place in June, after all, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organizers continue to explore different options for 2020. “Following the French President’s statement, on Monday, April 13th, we acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the
RIO DE JANEIRO — Netflix announced Tuesday April 14, the creation of a 5 million reals ($1 million) fund to support local below-the-line production employees and free-lancers not able to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aid will be distributed by the Brazilian Institute of Audiovisual Content (ICAB), an arm of leading industry organization
From Phyllis Schlafly to Gloria Steinem to Shirley Chisholm and Betty Friedan, the women depicted in FX on Hulu’s “Mrs. America” are prolific leaders with quite a large footprint in history and the media. Although each episode of the nine-part limited series about the Equal Rights Amendment and those who fought for and against it
The U.K. economy could shrink by a record 35% by June as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the country’s official independent fiscal watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR said a three-month lockdown followed by three months of partial restrictions would cause an economic decline of 35.1% in the quarter
When “Tooning Out the News” was prepping to make its originally scheduled March 16 debut on CBS All Access, the creative team was already striving to make a show that was nearly impossible. But then coronavirus hit, pushing pause on production and shifting post processes into artisans’ homes, and things got even more complicated. “Tooning
Now might not sound like the most auspicious time to start a new company, but don’t tell that to Jared Gutstadt, the production music pioneer who recently left Jingle Punks, the company he founded in 2008 (which was bought by Ole in 2015) to launch Audio Up. Home to “Bear and a Banjo,” the podcast
Outsider Pictures, with Strand Releasing, has acquired all North American rights on “Aviva,” a resolute return to independent filmmaking by the director who lit a fire with his Sundance Grand Prix winning debut, “Fresh,” but is best known by many for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced feel-good race relations drama “Remember the Titans.” Scheduled to world premiere
Lionsgate has renewed its longstanding partnership with Grindstone Entertainment Group and entered new multiyear agreements with Grindstone President and CEO Barry Brooker and principal Stan Wertlieb. The deal, announced Tuesday by Lionsgate Worldwide Home Entertainment President Ron Schwartz, extends a 12-year relationship between Lionsgate and Grindstone, which has been delivering feature films for the multiplatform
Dish Network’s Sling TV is unlocking more free television for Americans stuck at home during the coronavirus crisis. Starting Tuesday, Sling TV is launching “Happy Hour Across America,” offering free TV every night from 5 p.m. to midnight local time. The deal is available to new Sling TV users who sign up by entering an
The Latest “Bachelor” spinoff “Listen to Your Heart” got off to a relatively slow start on Monday night, up against stiff competition like “The Voice” on NBC and “9-1-1” and a “Tiger King” special on Fox. “Listen to Your Heart” debuted to a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and just under 3 million total viewers.
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Joe Biden, as the Democratic Party unites around the presumptive nominee and looks toward the general election. Obama’s endorsement, via video, comes a day after Biden’s last remaining rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, gave his endorsement in a livestream chat. “Choosing Joe to be my Vice President was one of
Global Citizen has announced a second round of artists for its “One World: Together At Home” global broadcast Saturday night, with Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, Usher and Pharrell Williams among the musicians newly set to join the telecast. Other personalities coming on board include Oprah
Even in a pandemic, Hipgnosis Songs — the fast-rising music publishing company that’s been buying up catalogs by hitmakers ranging from Timbaland and the Chainsmokers to Jack Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker — is raising hundreds of millions of dollars. The company, founded by Merck Mercuriadis and Chic cofounder Nile Rodgers (pictured above), has secured a
Billie Eilish has collaborated with artists ranging from Vince Staples and Khalid to Justin Bieber, but two of the most tantalizing collaborations she’s done — rising Spanish singer Rosalia and Canadian-Colombian artist Jessie Reyez — have yet to see the light of day. While the Reyez collaboration Eilish detailed to Variety last fall did not
Shares of Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, climbed over 4% to a new all-time high for the stock — giving the colossal company a market value of more than $1.1 trillion. Amazon’s stock was up 4.2% in Tuesday morning trading to over $2,260 per share, topping its previous all-time high on Feb. 19 when it
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO and managing director of Viacom 18, is stepping down after eight years in the role. Viacom 18 is a joint venture of Network 18, the media group controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and U.S. media conglomerate Viacom. Rahul Joshi, managing director of the Network 18 group, will take charge. Under Vats’
“Killing Eve” kicked off season 3 in typically deadly fashion, with a suitably tragic character death. Ratings-wise, the episode was watched by 1.1 million total viewers across both AMC and BBC America, which is down only a fraction on the season 2 premiere’s tally of 1.2 million, still the series high to date. However, that
BBC Studios has appointed former Awesomeness co-head Rebecca Glashow to lead the company’s activities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Based in New York, Glashow will begin her new role as president of BBC Studios Americas on June 1, reporting directly into Paul Dempsey, president of global distribution at BBC Studios. She replaces former
Hannah Haines has been named head of publicity for 10K Projects, it was announced today by the label’s marketing chief Theo Battaglia. In this newly created position, Hannah will steer corporate communications and oversee publicity campaigns for the label’s artists, who include Trippie Redd, Surfaces, Iann Dior and Quin NFN, as well as artists from the Internet Money creative collective, Homemade
Verizon Media is giving away $10 million in digital ad inventory to groups responding to the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on mental health. The donation is earmarked for five mental health partners that aim to support high-risk populations affected by the outbreak, including LGBTQ youth, hourly wage workers and families struggling with mental health