Nearly four-and-a-half years after Max launched in the U.S., Warner Bros. Discoverys streaming platform finally debuted in several key Asian markets this week. On Nov. 19, Max became available to customers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as the five biggest Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. Outwardly, the long delayed introduction of Max...

Netflix is facing a proposed class action from subscribers who were plagued by persistent buffering and freezing glitches that caused them to miss parts of the boxing spectacle between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. A Florida resident alleges Netflix was woefully ill-prepared for the nine-figure global audience that tuned into the bout. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages on behalf...

A major shareholder proposal calling for News Corp. to scrap its dual-class share structure was voted down on Wednesday. Following the media companys 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, News Corp. said the non-binding proposal to adopt a recapitalization plan that would eliminate a dual-class share structure was convincingly defeated. The final voting results were unavailable from News Corp., but will...

A real opportunity to invest and build additional scale and a new growth trajectory. Those are some of the things the Brian Roberts-run Comcast promised on Wednesday in unveiling its plan to spin off most of its cable channels, formerly a key profit growth engine, into a separate company. The new entity, led by Mark Lazarus, will include the likes...

Letterkenny producer New Metric Media has tapped SiriusXM Canada veteran Ben Miner to launch anewdivision to drive into standup comedy and podcasting. Miner served as manager of comedy, sci-fi and gaming as part of SiriusXMs comedy channel in Canada, and will become vp of standup and podcasts at New Metric Media, effective Jan. 2025. He will be charged with developing...

NBCUniversal is set to undergo major changes in its C-suite and in its TV business, with the company reorganizing its executive ranks in connection with its plan to spin off most of its cable networks. One big winner will be NBCUniversal Studio Group chairman and chief content officer Donna Langley, who will take on added responsibility as chairman ofNBCUniversalEntertainment and...

Comcast made things official on Wednesday, unveiling the spin-off of most of its cable networks into a separate entity, led by Mark Lazarus, promising a new growth trajectory for the combined assets. Cable channel Bravo, the NBC broadcast network, and streaming service Peacock will remain part of Comcasts entertainment arm NBCUniversal. Comcast president Mike Cavanagh had mentioned at the end...

U.K. media firms Sky News, the Guardian Media Group, the Financial Times, and dmg media, publisher of the Daily Mail, have signed a strategic partnership with L.A.-based tech company ProRata.ai, an ethical AI firm whose technology is designed to compensate creators and publishers for the use of their work by generative Artificial Intelligence systems. ProRata signed similar partnerships with The...

In a sign of just how embattled the pay-TV business is, a Comcast idea to spin off its cable channels went from Wall Street trial balloon to game plan in just a few short weeks. The conglomerate that owns NBCUniversal is getting ready to announce Wednesday it is cleaving its less lucrative cable networks away from its film and TV...

In 2015, Meta had a problem with its ad business. The company, then Facebook, was reckoning with a slowdown in ad pricing growth, caused by a shortfall in data needed to train its system that personalized ads and other content for users. Against this backdrop, Meta in 2017 launched in-house streaming platform Facebook Watch. It announced plans to spend more...

Sunset Blvd. again hit its highest grossing week yet at the St. James Theatre, bringing in $1.9 million, up $50,000 from the prior week, and playing to 95 percent capacity. This marks the fourth consecutive week the musical has built upon its grosses, since opening Oct. 20. And, as was the case last week, the backlash against Nicole Scherzinger for...

The Federal Communications Commission is likely to take a close look at a distortion complaint filed against CBS over its editing of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Brendan Carr, who will be FCC chairman when President Trump is sworn into office in January, said on Fox News Tuesday that the complaint is likely to arise as the FCC...

Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group and CJ ENM have unveiled a deal to jointly develop, finance and distribute English-language and Korean-language feature remakes of each studios films. The new agreement will see Warner Bros. become the lead studio on English language remakes originating from CJ ENMs library, while Miky Lees CJ ENM will take the lead on Korean language movies...