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Mediapro CEO Tatxo Benet Exits; High-Society Murder Mystery Series Wraps Shoot; Horror ‘Within Madness’ Set For AFM; DAZN Commercial Appointment – Global Briefs
Mediapro CEO Taxto Benet Exits After 25 Years Taxto Benet, one of the longest-serving CEOs in European television production, is stepping down from Spain’s Mediapro. Following an agreement with Mediapro’s majority shareholder SouthWind, he is leaving his Chairman and CEO role after 25 years at the Barcelona-based content giant. Having been a founder of Televisió…
Read MoreWhy Jason Kelce Is Giving a Shoutout to Taylor Swift After Chiefs’ Big Win
The opening song on Taylor Swift‘s The Life of a Showgirl references the character Ophelia from William Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, who faces a tragic fate. According to the song’s lyrics, Taylor “might’ve drowned in the melancholy” if she hadn’t been saved by her true love. “I heard you calling / On the megaphone,” Taylor sings. “You…
Read MoreLaura Linney & Rhys Ifans To Lead BBC Parkinson’s Drama ‘But When We Dance’
Laura Linney (Ozark) and Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon) have been cast in But When We Dance, a special BBC drama about two people brought together by Parkinson’s disease. The 90-minute drama, penned by Esio Trot writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, chronicles a touching story about two people with lots in common — a sense of…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street opens muted on Netflix earnings miss
[NEW YORK] Wall Street opened muted on Wednesday (Oct 22), with Netflix’s disappointing results pressuring market sentiment as investors tiptoe through a high-stakes earnings season. At 09.30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.14 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 46,930.88. The S&P 500 gained 2.53 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 6,737.88 and…
Read MoreTeens Want To See “People With Lives Like My Own” Onscreen, UCLA Study Finds
Call it, The Summer I Turned Popular. A new study helps explain the explosion in popularity of shows like Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty. The annual Teens & Screens survey of 1,500 adolescents from UCLA‘s Center for Scholars & Storytellers shows a sea change in the type of content favored by viewers between…
Read More‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Premiere Posts Solid 7-Day Audience As Series Joins ‘9-1-1’ & ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ In ABC’s Buzzy Thursday Primetime Lineup
EXCLUSIVE: 9-1-1: Nashville is looking to be an effective addition to Ryan Murphy’s popular procedural franchise. The latest offering premiered October 9, raking in 12.4M total viewers after seven days across ABC, Hulu, Disney+ and digital platforms, which is a 231% lift over the same-day audience of 3.75M, per a combination of Nielsen data and…
Read MoreThe First Look at Chip Pons’ New Novel Dearly Departed Will Have You Questioning Fate
Chip Pons is delivering a love story to die for. Months after releasing Winging It With You, the bookstagrammer-turned author is back with his new Hades-inspired gay rom-com, Dearly Departed, set… Source link
Read MoreFox Sports Kicks Off FIFA 2026 World Cup Countdown With Record 69-Game Schedule
Fox Sports will play a record 69 live games from the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026. That is a record for network TV, accounting for 66% out of the total 104 matches for which Fox Sports has the rights. FS1 will play the other 35. The figure for live matches is from 53% in 2022,…
Read MoreThe Morning Show Loses Major Character During Season 4
2024 Emmys: Jennifer Aniston Admits There’s a “No A**hole” Policy on ‘The Morning Show’ Set Warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 4 Episode 6 of The Morning Show. Stella Bak is signing off The Morning Show. The fan-favorite character—introduced in season two and portrayed by Greta Lee—has officially exited the series, with her final…
Read MoreMark Cousins To Curate European Film Awards Ceremony As Event Repositions and Expands Footprint
Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins will curate the 38th European Film Awards ceremony to create “a live film essay” alongside a creative team also including film composer Dascha Dauenhauer and stage director Robert Lehniger. The announcement by the European Film Academy, which oversees the awards, comes as it attempts to reposition and expand the footprint of…
Read MoreParamount & Comcast Sink $1B Into Loss-Making Euro Streamer SkyShowtime
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount and Comcast have invested at least $1B into SkyShowtime, but their joint-venture European streamer remains firmly in the red. SkyShowtime recently celebrated its third anniversary following its initial launch in 20 markets, including Spain and Poland, in September 2022. The streamer is stocked with content from both of its parents, including Sky Studios’…
Read MoreSatellite photo shows US aircraft carrier in contested waters
A United States aircraft carrier continues to operate in the South China Sea, where China asserts sweeping territorial claims, following its deployment in the Middle East. The U.S. Seventh Fleet previously said USS Nimitz was conducting “routine operations” in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to…
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