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Both NBCUniversal and Google are top candidates to help Netflix Inc. develop its ad-supported streaming tier, according to people familiar with the matter, who said an NBCUniversal partnership would likely be exclusive but could spark issues over revenue sharing. The streaming service has reportedly also explored partnerships with ad-tech companies such as The Trade Desk to manage demand from advertisers, though a Netflix representative said that the company is “still in the early days of deciding how to launch a lower-priced, ad-supported option and no decisions have been made.” (The Wall Street Journal)
Judge Eric M. Davis of Delaware Superior Court ruled that Fox News parent Fox Corp. can be included in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against the cable channel, saying it was reasonable to conclude that Fox Corp. “participated in the creation and publication of Fox News’s defamatory statements.” Dominion is seeking at least $1.6 billion in damages after Fox News hosts and guests alleged that the company was participating in election fraud in 2020, though Fox News has denied that the on-air comments were defamatory. (The New York Times)
LeBron James’ SpringHill Co. is partnering with Interpublic Group in a joint venture that seeks to pair the advertising giant’s clients with creators of color, a move that IPG CEO Philippe Krakowsky said will help the company’s efforts to “elevate voices that need to be heard and help our clients connect with new creative perspectives and purpose-driven projects.” Though financial terms were not disclosed, SpringHill President Devin Johnson said his company is still free to work with advertisers and agencies outside of IPG, though it is prohibited from forming a similar partnership with an IPG rival. (Variety)
James Rado, who jolted Broadway into the Age of Aquarius as a co-creator of “Hair,” the show, billed as an “American tribal love-rock musical,” that transfigured musical theater tradition with radical ’60s iconoclasm and rock ’n’ roll, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 90.
Steve Fickinger, who received a Tony Award for producing the blockbuster musical Dear Evan Hansen after helping bring Newsies and The Lion King to Broadway as a Disney executive, has died. He was 62.
If there is any blossoming romance between Netflix and NBCUniversal amid speculation the former is looking for an ad sales partner, the latter’s CEO Jeff Shell wasn’t spilling the beans Wednesday when he sat down for a discussion at the Cannes Lions event.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of James Cameron’s Titanic, the multiple Oscar winner and box office phenomenon has been set for a fresh theatrical release just in time for Valentine’s Day next year. A remastered version will be available in cinemas in 3D 4K HDR and high-frame rate with Disney releasing internationally beginning February 10, 2023, Deadline has confirmed.
“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” has started filming in Athens, Greece. The franchise’s writer and star Nia Vardalos made the announcement on her Instagram page, and she also revealed that she is directing this third installment.
Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has crossed the $400M threshold at the global box office, including $190.6M from domestic and $209.5M internationally through Tuesday. It is currently the No. 8 film worldwide in 2022 and is likely to jump up a few notches as it still has Japan and Hong Kong to release.
Actor Marlee Matlin, director Jason Reitman and producer Jason Blum are joining the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Inside a studio in Stamford, Conn., a man and a woman were at each other’s throats. Tashima and her live-in boyfriend, Darnell, were battling after he accused her of infidelity during their three-year relationship, including sleeping with the mailman.
The FCC is gearing up to find another way to determine a TV station’s local market for must-carry and other purposes. The move comes after decades of using Nielsen’s TV Station Index directory as its local market regulatory bible of sorts.
Discovery+ has revealed that it is the streaming service that has secured the rights to “Unprecedented,” the three-part documentary series from filmmaker Alex Holder that will feature video of Donald Trump, his family and staffers during the final weeks of the 2020 election — including his actions, presumably as he attemped to subvert democracy and engineer a coup to maintain his grip on power.
Geoff Keighley isn’t sure what E3 is anymore. Even before COVID forced the cancellation of the in-person version of the giant video game commercial masquerading as an industry trade show three years running now, the event was already a pale, big-three-publisher-less imitation of its former self.
Shareholders of video game giant Activision Blizzard have voted in favor of a plan for an annual report on the company’s efforts to curb workplace abuse and harassment.
Warner Music Group Corp. Chief Executive Steve Cooper will exit the company next year, the music company’s longest-running CEO told employees in an email.
The two artists who sued Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement over “Shape of You” have been ordered to pay the pop star over $1.1 million in legal fees, Billboard reports.
The 15th annual Academy of Country Music Honors ceremony will return to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, Aug. 24, and will honor Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Shania Twain and more.
American pop star Beyonce Knowles-Carter has surprised fans with an early release of her single ‘Break My Soul’ from upcoming album ‘Renaissance’, setting social media ablaze with song lyrics that some say tap into rising worker anger at conditions.
In early January of this year, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 set off a loud boom at the domestic box office when opening to $72.1 million in theaters. Paramount insiders estimated that nearly 60 percent of the audience on opening weekend were kids and parents, proving that families were indeed willing to set aside concerns about the ongoing pandemic and return to theaters.
Amid the sea of numbers about and sectors carved from entertainment that are detailed in the latest annual PwC U.S. Entertainment and Media Outlook is this tangy prospect: Cable TV, or an evolved version of it, might make a comeback over the next few years.
