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...But though this series is rambling, rowdy and guilty of hanging around too long (rather unlike a gentlemen) it is also a diverting slice of light lads-and-dads entertainment....
...Netflix executives said among their primary goals was improving the variety and quality of their entertainment, including television shows, movies and games....
...Netflix has agreed a $5bn deal to screen World Wrestling Entertainment’s flagship Raw programme in the US over the next decade, in the group’s biggest foray so far into streaming live events....
...News and sports had been the only content that kept traditional “linear” television afloat as a business model....
...He had made his start in the entertainment industry in the early 1970s at an obscure, money-losing outpost of the Time Inc empire called Home Box Office....
...Access is also seeking to invest more in South Korea as a centre for film and television....
...And unless that sounds like solid entertainment to you, you’re probably best off giving The Winter King the cold shoulder. ★★☆☆☆ On ITVX from December 21 and MGM+ in the US...
...Paramount is the studio behind some of the most legendary films and television shows, such as The Godfather, Titanic and Star Trek....
...The plan to spin out Lionsgate Studios comes two years after Screaming Eagle’s Sloan, the former chair of Hollywood studio MGM, joined Lionsgate’s board of directors....
...Like other legacy entertainment companies, Warner is facing a sharp decline in its traditional television business....
...Netflix struck an optimistic note about the health of its business, marking a sharp contrast with legacy Hollywood studios suffering from steep declines in linear television and heavy streaming losses....
...Underscoring the market’s potential growth, a report by GroupM reckons advertising spending on retail media in North America will surpass television revenue by 2025....
...Where one might have hoped that the show would develop into a wry Whartonian send-up of elite Manhattanites, the HBO original (airing on Sky Atlantic in the UK) seems content to provide light, lavish entertainment...
...But Greenfield said merging two companies with lossmaking streaming services and large portfolios of declining television assets was not the answer to their problems....
...But it is also saddled with declining legacy television assets and a heavy debt load....
...They have large stables of cable television networks, which are losing subscribers due to “cord cutting” and are heavily exposed to a weak TV advertising market....
...Warner Bros Discovery shares fell 19 per cent on Wednesday for their biggest daily drop since March 2021 after the entertainment group warned investors it was “unlikely” to meet its goals for paying off...
...Bayer Q3, Bertelsmann Q3, Commerzbank Q3, Continental Q3, Crédit Agricole Q3, Deutsche Post Q3, Eneos Holdings Q2, Eon Q3, Hiscox Q3 trading statement, ITV Q3 trading update, Lyft Q3, Marks and Spencer H1, MGM...
...Netflix is investing $2.5bn in South Korean entertainment as global media companies step up investment in the country on the back of hits including Squid Game and fitness reality show Physical: 100....
...But gone is the sense of euphoria or achievement that was prevalent in 1989, when Japanese exports of cars and televisions soared and a rise in property prices appeared unstoppable....
...Later, in the television age, biography gave way to personality....
...But in recent years, Silicon Valley has disrupted the business model of film and television in much the same way as it has the music business and news media....
...Warner Bros Discovery, the Hollywood conglomerate that owns CNN, HBO and other media and entertainment businesses, has been searching for a leader for the news channel since ousting Chris Licht in June....
...Just this week, Disney-owned sports channel ESPN announced plans to launch a sports book, joining the likes of DraftKings, MGM, and Ireland-based Flutter Entertainment....
...But this could turn out to be the best year in entertainment for decades. First, there are the mavericks who have had a killer year....
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