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MIPCOM 2026 Takeaways: Baywatch, Banijay, YouTube & More
MIPCOM is the biggest gathering in international TV. This year there were 10,000 attendees and over 3,000 buyers. The organizers have thrown open the doors to the wider world of content and distribution – and nowadays YouTube execs and creator businesses mingle with TV buyers and sellers. Deadline was out in force and here are…
Read MoreEuropean shares slip as tech rout offsets earnings support
Published Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 05:49 PM EUROPEAN shares inched lower on Thursday (Oct 15) as a global rout in AI-related stocks, sparked by fears of increasing borrowing costs, dented risk sentiment, while upbeat corporate updates cushioned losses. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index dropped 0.16 per cent to 636.73 points by 0901 GMT. Regional…
Read MoreThessaloniki Film Festival Sets 2026 Works In Progress Titles
EXCLUSIVE: Eleven titles from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region have been selected to take part in the 2026 Agora Works in Progress sessions at the 2026 Thessaloniki Film Festival. Thessaloniki’s Agora Works in Progress focuses on films in the post-production stage that have a connection to the Mediterranean region and Southeastern Europe. During the…
Read MoreDemocrat threatens historic Senate upset in deep-red Mississippi
A Democrat is threatening a historic upset in deep-red Mississippi after a poll put Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith just four points ahead of challenger Scott Colom. The Wedgewood Polls survey found Hyde-Smith leading Colom 52 percent to 48 percent, a gap inside its 4.3-point margin of error. The poll of 511 likely voters was conducted from…
Read MoreSEO Edit ( Oct 15, 2026 ) SEO Title (70 character max) Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater Join Dogma25 Pic Incidents of Intimacy
Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater, Dree Hemingway are set to star in Jesper Just’s Incidents of Intimacy, the second production in Zentropa’s new collection of Dogma25 pictures. The initiative rebooting the Danish company’s 1995 Dogma Manifesto was first announced during the Cannes Film Festival last May. Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to…
Read More‘Friends’ Returning To Channel 4 In UK But Staying On HBO Max
It’s the one where Channel 4 swooped back in. The UK free-to-air broadcaster has landed rights to the iconic American comedy series and will air all 10 seasons from Januay 2027 on the Channel 4 VoD player and E4. NBC’s Friends reached an entire generation of Brits when it aired on Channel 4 linear then…
Read MoreSouth-east Asia fintech funding trebles to US$2.3 billion in 9M 2026 even as deal volume sinks
[SINGAPORE] South-east Asian fintech startups raised US$2.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026, driven by a handful of “mega-rounds” that masked a steep drop in broader regional dealmaking. The funding environment highlighted a landscape increasingly dominated by established players and high-value acquisitions, said market intelligence platform Tracxn in a report released on Thursday…
Read MoreUBS mulls moving headquarters from Switzerland if capital rules tighten: WSJ
The options include acquiring a US financial institution and relocating, merging with a European rival, or selling itself to a US bank, the report adds Published Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 03:33 PM [ZURICH] UBS is preparing contingency plans that could include moving its headquarters out of Switzerland if lawmakers tighten capital requirements for the…
Read More‘The Diplomat’ Season 4: Who Dies & Who Is New Prime Minister?
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for The Diplomat Season 4, now streaming on Netflix. There have been three British Prime Ministers and five Foreign Secretaries since The Diplomat premiered in April 2023. However, in the universe of Netflix’s Keri Russell-led drama series, there has only been one of each. Until now, that is. The…
Read MoreWe’re Scrubbing in to Share Grey’s Anatomy Stars’ Real-Life Romances
Ellen Pompeo & Chris Ivery Looks like it was record producer Chris Ivery who asked series lead Ellen Pompeo to pick me, choose me, love me after they crossed paths at a Los Angeles grocery store in 2003. “I was with my mutual friend,” the actress—who’s starred as Meredith Grey since the series’ 2005 premiere—detailed during…
Read MoreTSMC posts sixth straight quarter of record profit on AI boom; market cap nearly double Samsung Electronics’
Published Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 02:23 PM [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, reported a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings on Thursday (Oct 15), driven by booming infrastructure spending in the tech sector. Analysts say demand for TSMC’s AI chipmaking capacity, as well as its…
Read MoreTSMC posts 6th straight quarter of record profit; market cap jumps to double Samsung Electronics’
Published Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 02:23 PM [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) reported a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings on Thursday (Oct 15), driven by booming infrastructure spending in the tech sector. Analysts say demand for TSMC’s artificial intelligence chipmaking capacity, as well as its advanced chip packaging technology, CoWoS, remains strong. That…
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