Bestseller author Harlan Coben (The Stranger, Missing You, Stay Close) is launching his new novel, Nobody’s Fool, on Tuesday. What may surprise some fans is where the inspiration for it came from. “This new book […]
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Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings has donated $50 million to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity at Bowdoin College in Maine at a time when artificial intelligence continues to be a hot-button […]
Paramount+, the streaming service of Paramount Global, will launch two new subscription tiers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, namely its basic (with ads) and premium plans. They will join the standard tier in the three countries. […]
“There’s an epidemic of knife crime amongst young, young lads … up and down the country.” That’s how British star Stephen Graham (Bodies, Boiling Point) describes the origins of the idea for his Netflix crime […]
Austrian writer-director Bernhard Wenger‘s feature directing debut Peacock dissects the themes of identity and self-presentation in the age of social media but it doesn’t hit you over the head with a hammer. Actually, it doesn’t […]
Warner Bros. Discovery, led by CEO David Zaslav, reported on Thursday that it ended 2024 with 116.9 million global streaming subscribers, compared with 110.5 million as of the end of September. The figures include subs for […]
Warner Bros. Discovery‘s streamer Max, which just unveiled its Australia launch date, and Fox Corp.’s Tubi were in focus at MIP London on Wednesday, with a focus on their U.K. strategies. Leah Hooper Rosa, executive […]
China and collaborations with Chinese partners in the TV space were in the focus at MIP London on Tuesday as a session entitled “In Partnership With China: Trends, Challenges & Strategies” explored opportunities and hurdles. […]
Netflix has committed to invest $1 billion in Mexico for the production of series and films over the next four years, meaning from 2025 through 2028, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said during a press conference with […]
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision reported a 2 percent U.S. revenue gain to $835.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024 and a 5 percent U.S. subscription and licensing revenue improvement to $346.5 million. The company, led by […]
Mao Zedong, Socrates, Mickey Mouse, Ayn Rand, elephants, and echoes of Monty Python in a Dadaist animation film – that is one way to describe Mexican filmmaker Aria Covamonas’ first feature, The Great History of […]
NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock grew its fourth-quarter revenue and narrowed its loss to $372 million from a loss of $825 million in the year-ago period, with the full-year 2024 loss narrowing by “nearly” $1 billion […]
In its final quarterly subscriber disclosure late on Tuesday, Netflix excited Wall Street experts by posting a subscriber growth record and unveiling its latest set of price increases that will come into effect across most […]
The stage is set for global streaming giant Netflix to disclose its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results, including what is expected to be its final period of quarterly subscriber disclosures. After all, the company said […]
Concert films and music documentaries drove music revenue. That is just one key takeaway from the 2024 Year-End Music Report by entertainment data and insights company Luminate, which was published on Wednesday. The fact that […]
The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in, and Netflix‘s Vatican drama Conclave, directed by Edward Berger, leads the way with 12 nods, followed by the streamer’s Emilia Pérez with 11. But it was a different name that topped […]