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Taylor Swift, Rolling Stones Help Drive Universal Music Group Quarterly Results
Universal Music Group, whose artist roster includes the likes of Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo, reported improved fourth-quarter financials. Quarterly revenue rose 9 percent, or 15.6 percent on a constant currency basis, to 3.2 billion euros ($3.5 billion), with UMG touting “strong growth across all segments.” It cited album top sellers from the likes of […]
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Formula 1 Profit Jumps Amid Growth Year for Racing Brand
Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that owns such assets as audio entertainment giant SiriusXM and the Formula 1 racing circuit, reported fourth-quarter financials on Wednesday, touting growth at Live Nation Entertainment, which recently posted a record 2023 and projected continued momentum in 2024. Live Nation is “capitalizing on the globalization of the […]
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Catherine McCormack Joins Colin Firth in Peacock, Sky Limited Series ‘Lockerbie’
Catherine McCormack (Slow Horses, Temple) has joined Sky and Peacock original limited series Lockerbie to star opposite Colin Firth. McCormack will play the role of Jane Swire, wife of Dr. Jim Swire who will be played by Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning star Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase). The couple lost daughter Flora […]
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BBC Unveils “Enhanced” Complaints Process as Review of Huw Edwards Case Finds “Shortcomings”
In July 2023, the BBC commissioned a review of the effectiveness of its non-editorial complaints policies and processes, following a complaint about the alleged behavior of former news anchor Huw Edwards who was later named by his wife as being the one accused of having paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. On Tuesday, the […]
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Streaming to Overtake Pay TV Subscription Revenue in the U.S. This Year
Streaming revenue will overtake pay TV subscription revenue in the U.S. for the first time later in 2024, helped by the addition of ad tiers by various streamers, according to a new forecast. Total revenues from streaming, including subscription and advertising revenue, will start topping revenue from pay TV subscriptions in the third quarter of […]
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Jenna Coleman, Complex Characters and No Easy Answers: How ‘The Jetty’ Explores “Primal” Issues
Jenna Coleman had “avoided” playing a detective – until she was approached about playing rookie cop Ember Manning in a scenic lake town in Lancashire in North West England in BBC Studios’ The Jetty from creator and writer Cat Jones and Firebird Pictures. “What appealed to me was that the character of Ember was completely […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Drops as Wall Street Reacts to Earnings and Lack of Guidance
Warner Bros. Discovery and its stock were in Wall Street’s focus Friday as analysts dissected its fourth-quarter and 2023 earnings report and management’s lack of outright 2024 guidance. Before the market opened, the Hollywood conglomerate reported that it managed to turn a profit for its direct-to-consumer unit, which houses its streaming business, for the full […]
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Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer Join Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Series
Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch will be joined by Úrsula Corberó, known for her role as Tokyo in Netflix hit Money Heist, Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown) and Richard Dormer (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) in the upcoming TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal for Sky and Peacock. Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery Becomes First Hollywood Conglomerate to Turn Full-Year Streaming Profit, Hitting $103M
Warner Bros. Discovery has become the first Hollywood conglomerate to turn a profit for its streaming unit for a full year. In 2023, the company, led by CEO David Zaslav, reported a profit of $103 million, compared with a loss of nearly $2.1 billion for all of 2022 for what it calls its “Direct-to-Consumer,” or […]
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Sky Content Chief Touts Collaboration With NBCUniversal, “Increased” Global Demand for Larger Shows
Sky U.K., part of Comcast-owned European media and technology giant Sky, touted its programming slate for the year at its annual “Up Next” event at Protein Studios in Shoreditch, London on Thursday evening, with Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer, lauding a “fantastic lineup for 2024.” Sky has continued to double down […]
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Why Scandi Streamer Viaplay Is Refocusing on “Profitable Local Formats and Hollywood Content”
Scandinavian streamer Viaplay has further “reset” its content strategy, “moving away from large numbers of high-cost original dramas towards more popular and profitable local formats and Hollywood content,” president and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann said on Thursday. “We have therefore sold rights to a number of our original productions to global media players and also sold or […]
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‘Boiling Point,’ ‘Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Matilda the Musical’ Win U.K. Casting Directors’ Guild Awards
The Boiling Point TV series, The Banshees of Inisherin, Rye Lane and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical are among the U.K. Casting Directors’ Guild Awards winners for 2024. The sixth CDG Casting Awards, handed out Wednesday evening in London, also honored the likes of the theater play Dear England, a TV adaptation of which Sky has […]
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