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...As technology groups and media companies spanning Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Disney search for titles to add to their streaming services, the value of popular television content and movies has soared....
...In this era, according to Group M, an individual’s day-to-day experiences — “their entertainment, search and shopping recommendations, and even their news digest” — will become “increasingly customised and...
...Apollo has done deals in the restaurant and entertainment sector before but has largely focused on companies in North America. Among its past investments are the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain....
...Disney has drawn interest from activists, who are capitalising on a slump in its stock as it grapples with heavy spending on its streaming business and declining margins in traditional legacy television....
...Most of the company’s international entities, and a TV joint venture with broadcaster A&E, are not part of the Chapter 11 filing....
...It reported $1.5bn in revenues last year, with its largest unit — managing Hollywood stars and offering services to the feature film and television industries — growing 13 per cent to $666mn....
...But he had big aspirations to take on the establishment that dominated the entertainment industry....
...Live content remains king in the entertainment industry....
...“No television screen or entertainment execs needed,” she writes. But the lack of adults in the room often shows....
...A generational shift in consumption habits means some analysts predict gaming will overtake traditional television to become the largest source of entertainment revenue in the coming years....
...Bob Iger, the long-serving chief executive of Walt Disney, recalls a presentation that Centerview gave to senior managers at the entertainment group several years ago....
...Outside the US, Disney has created a general entertainment service via its Star brand....
...It’s rare for Trian, which owns a $900mn stake in the entertainment behemoth, to back down so easily....
...We are now deep into awards season, that time of year when the showbiz industries attempt to turn their annual office parties into televised entertainment....
...During her tenure Dubuc, a well-regarded television executive who was previously the chief executive of A&E Networks, expanded Vice’s work as an entertainment studio — capitalising on the demand for programming...
...Forbes anointed Ashley and Mary-Kate as being the 11th richest women in entertainment....
...The first law of successful arena entertainment — make it spectacular and memorable — was finessed, not transgressed. ★★★★☆ the1975.com...
...stake in the entertainment and media group....
...Activist investor Dan Loeb has appeared to step back from his call for Disney to sell or spin off the ESPN sports television network, after chief executive Bob Chapek vowed to restore the business to its...
...Wall Street is also demanding a plan to deal with the rapidly declining television business, a traditional cash cow in which Iger cut his professional teeth....
...A+E Networks was filming a new series of History’s Greatest Mysteries and couldn’t think of anyone better to perform a few feats of illumination than The Real Fox Mulder....
...These investors are betting that ferocious demand for new television shows will endure for many more years, according to interviews with top executives....
...It’s used for live, virtual production on film and television sets. It’s used by architects to prototype buildings. It is used by engineers in product design and by automotive companies....
...AT&T agreed to spin off and merge WarnerMedia with rival Discovery earlier this year at a significantly lower price than it paid to acquire the entertainment group in 2016....
...A local loner, Colin Stagg, closely resembled the e-fit provided by a witness but no evidence linked him to the crime....
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