YouTube CEO Neal Mohan kicked off the company’s 13th annual Brandcast by telling advertisers the video platform is “at the forefront of this new era of entertainment.” Viewers of YouTube videos, he said, “are not just audiences. They’re…
ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate the second presidential debate on Sept. 10. Joe Biden and Donald Trump said that they would participate in the event, to be their second matchup this cycle. CNN is hosting the first…
EXCLUSIVE: Raven-Symoné is extending her relationship with Disney, which she has called home for many years, with a new multi-year overall deal at Disney Branded Television. Under the pact, she will produce, direct, and develop projects…
Gerhard Zeiler, president of Warner Bros. Discovery international, said an HBO output deal with Sky overseas will likely not look the same if it’s renewed. Sky has licensed content through the end of 2025 but it comes as no surprise that…
Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the June 27 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the network said. Both candidates said today that they had agreed to participate in the event, which will take place at CNN’s…
Netflix’s 18-month-old advertising tier has nearly doubled in size since the start of 2024, reaching 40 million monthly active users around the world. The streaming giant revealed the number at its first in-person upfronts presentation in…
EXCLUSIVE: It looks like another big package is off the market as sources tell Deadline Amazon MGM Studios has landed the package The Robots Go Crazy Andy Samberg attached to star and Radio Silence attached to direct. Silence’s Matt…
Hours after Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s campaigns swiftly finalized plans for two presidential debates, the president’s team is already warning that his rival is “playing games.” “No more chaos, no more debate about debates,” Biden…
ABC News plans to make its coverage of the second presidential debate in September available to other networks for simulcast. The network announced today that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald…
NFL games on Netflix in a deal announced earlier today will each cost the streamer about the same as one mid-sized film, said Spencer Wang, EVP Finance, IR and Corporate Development. The company, whi ch has been pushing into sports and…
CNN’s Mark Thompson told advertisers additional details about the network’s strategy, with plans to expand franchises to digital platforms and to build new branded verticals around topics beyond politics. “We don’t believe news is just…
EXCLUSIVE: There’s a group-wide rebrand afoot at FL Entertainment, the parent of Big Brother firm Banijay. Euronext Amsterdam-listed FL will now be known as Banijay Group, with three Banijay-branded subsidiaries sitting underneath. Banijay…
2nd UPDATE, 8:43 AM PT: Less than 24 hours ago there were no scheduled debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Now there are two. In the last hour, we had the self-described “breaking news” announcement by CNN boss Mark Thompson at the…
Neon has made some key promotions within its team, upping Elissa Federoff from President of Distribution to Chief Distribution Officer and Ryan Friscia from EVP, Finance and Business Development to Chief Financial Officer.
EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to new musical franchise Verona’s Romeo & Juliet, in partnership with Hero Entertainment and Rainmaker Films. A modern reimagining of one of the most…
EXCLUSIVE: Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards caused a stir last month with an intriguing appearance in front of the UK Parliament’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry. Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is returning to the wellspring of stories in which social media events bleed into real-world consequences. The streaming service has again teamed with Raw TV, the British production company behind hit film The Tinder…
Working class representation in UK film and TV is at its lowest level for a decade, according to new research. The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre found that just one in 12 people now working in film, TV and radio are from…
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox will be back as The Controller in Amazon Prime Video’s 007: Road to a Million. Deadline hears the Succession actor has signed up for Season 2 of the reality competition series, which will be officially announced by…
UPDATED: Donald Trump’s attorney in the former president’s hush money trial went straight at the prosecution’s star witness, Michael Cohen, kicking off a tense, profanity-laced cross examination. To start off, Todd Blanche introduced…
“I am deeply optimistic about our company, and in a world that is so in need of entertainment is a true privilege,” said Disney boss Bob Iger today in a rare appearance on stage at the start of Disney’s upfront presentation in New York…
Shares of Paramount Global dipped in afternoon trading on a CNBC report that Sony may be “rethinking” a joint bid with Apollo for the company. The studio and private equity fund made a formal, but preliminary, $26 billion offer for the…
April was a pretty steady month for TV viewership — and Disney was leading the charge. Along with its monthly The Gauge report, Nielsen debuted a Media Distribution report on Tuesday that assesses cross-platform TV consumption by media…
UPDATED with additional exec comment. A trio of Amazon ad execs closed the company’s first upfront presentation Tuesday morning in New York, bookending remarks from two senior-level colleagues at the start of the 90-minute show. Tanner…
Michael Showalter’s The Idea of You, starring Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway, is on track to command Amazon MGM Studios’ biggest ever debut for a rom-com with nearly 50 million viewers globally in its first two weeks on Prime Video.…
Fremantle, the company behind top-rated unscripted shows such as American Idol, America’s Got Talent and Password, continues to expand its unscripted development team. On the heels of the company’s appointment of Jimmy Fox as EVP of…
It’s day two of the Upfronts and Amazon is making its primetime debut. The streamer is already making news with a series order for a Nic Cage-from Spider-Man noir live-action drama, a Jeopardy! spinoff and a slew of sports docs including a…