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Channel 4 Plans More On-Air Experiments After AI Presenter Gets UK Agents & Anchors Talking
EXCLUSIVE: A senior Channel 4 executive has said that the UK network is planning further AI experiments after screening a show hosted entirely by a machine-generated presenter. Channel 4...
‘Shrinking’ Season 3 Premiere Date Unveiled By Apple
Shrinking Season 3 will premiere Wednesady, January 28, with its one-hour first episode on Apple TV, the streamer revealed today. The following episodes will premiere weekly on Wednesdays through...
HBO Max Raising Prices For All Subscription Plans
HBO Max is joining the price inflation wave sweeping through the streaming business, hiking the cost of its ad-supported and ad-free plans. Basic with Ads is going up $1...
MFE Overhauls ProSiebenSat.1 Media Leadership Team With C-Suite Execs Out
MediaForEurope (MFE) has consolidated its takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 Media by installing Marco Giordani as CEO, as the previous C-suite exits. Giordani, currently MFE CFO, has replaced Bert Habets as...
Return Of NFL And College Football Powers Broadcast TV To Record Viewership Gains, Nielsen Says
Streaming‘s recent run of dominance came to an end in September, with the return of the NFL and powering broadcast TV to record viewership gains. Time spent watching broadcast...
Sam Spruell, Honor Swinton Byrne & Jessica Madsen To Star In Wartime Drama Movie ‘Tidepools’
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Spruell, Honor Swinton Byrne and Jessica Madsen will topline Tidepools, a coming-of-age wartime feature from Marius D’Gasco. International sales will kick off at AFM. The pic was filmed along...
Stacey Dooley, Michael Odewale & A Comedy Thing Comics Front News-Themed Podcasts For UK’s Channel 4
EXCLUSIVE: British docs presenter Stacey Dooley and comedian Michael Odewale are among the talent attached to a pair of news-themed podcasts for the UK’s Channel 4. Dooley is teaming...
Unicorn Signs Emerging Comics Hyde Healy, Rachel Williams & Jarrett Campbell For Management
EXCLUSIVE: Unicorn, the management company and content studio founded by Scott Dunn and Chris Gera, has signed three rising comedians: Hyde Healy, Rachel Williams, and Jarrett Campbell. Building a...
Cyber-Attack On Bectu’s Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns
EXCLUSIVE: The cyber-attack on Prospect, the parent union of film and TV group Bectu, has sparked fears that it could have compromised information pertaining to the UK’s national security....
Hulu Buys Netflix Spain Thriller; 53 Degres Promotion; King Charles I Doc At ZDF & Blue Ant – Global Briefs
Hulu Buys Netflix Spain Thriller Series ‘Innate‘ Hulu has landed U.S. rights to Innate, an upcoming psychological thriller from Fran Carballal (Cicatriz) and Enrique Lojo (En Fin) that Netflix’s...
Tokyo Gap Financing Market Launches Project Awards & Seminars
TIFFCOM’s Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) is launching project awards for the first time, along with a series of talks aimed at producers seeking international co-production.  Awards will include...
Cohen Media Group Picks Up Stéphane Demoustier’s ‘The Great Arch’
EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has taken U.S. domestic distribution rights to Stéphane Demoustier‘s The Great Arch. The historical drama is based on the true story of the Great Arch...