Miramax has found its new headquarters and is on the move from Century City to West Hollywood. The production company, co-owned by Paramount Global and Qatar-based beIN Media Group, inked a new, long-term lease to move its office to The Lot at Formosa. Miramax will settle into a new 16,000 square foot space on the campus along Santa Monica Boulevard...

Movie theater giant Regal Cineworld Group has named Kelly Dowdy chief digital and technology officer and Adam Snow chief strategy officer. In the newly created roles, both will report to CEO Eduardo Acuna. As the momentum continues for both our business and the theatrical industry at large, Im confident that Kelly and Adam will play critical roles in advancing our...

Caleb Pressley, host of the interview show Sundae Conversation, is breaking away from Barstool Sports and going independent. Starting this month, Pressley will produce and distribute all of his content, including Sundae Conversation, through his newly launched company Bill Joe Productions. Pressley will partner with Tom Bradys creative agency, Shadow Lion, on sales and talent production for Sundae Conversation. The...

Through it all, the Kempers have been gamely keeping up appearances. Beverly Hills-based entrepreneur Ross and his wife, Linda, heiress to her late father Kirk Kerkorians multibillion-dollar fortune, recently attended the U.S. premiere of a Colombian auteurs magical realist drama at TCL Chinese Theatre. Meanwhile, their eldest daughter, Tess, a 25-year-old former international debutante and burgeoning lifestyle influencer, has been...

Canadas actors union has reached a tentative deal with indie film and TV producers. ACTRA, representing around 22,000 performers, announced the new Independent Production Agreement with the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing indie producers, the Association Qubcoise de la Production Mdiatique, the Quebec counterpart, and representatives of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which reps the the major...

Disney started off 2025 with a bang, unveiling on Monday a surprise merger of its multichannel video streaming service Hulu + Live TV with competitorFuboTV, forming a combined company that will continue to be publicly traded under the Fubo name, but with the Hollywood giant controlling 70 percent and a majority of the board. Fubo will dropits lawsuitagainst Venu Sports,...

New year, new streaming price hikes. Warner Bros. Discovery is the first media company to raise the price of a streaming service in 2025, hiking the cost of Discovery+ by $1 to $5.99 for the ad-supported plan and $9.99 for the ad-free plan. The price hike is effective immediately for new subscribers, with existing D+ subscribers getting a 30 day...

Getty Images and Shutterstock, two of the globes biggest commercial photo, video and stock image marketplaces, are planning a $3.7 billion merger as the companies grapple with a marketplace rocked by the emergence of artificial intelligence tools. Getty, which provides wire service photography and video to news outlets and businesses globally, including most red carpets and film festival premieres, plans...

Roku has reached more than 90 million streaming households as of the first week of January 2025. The streaming platform provided the update Tuesday, after saying in October that it no longer plans to give quarterly updates on its streaming household numbers and average revenue per user. As of October, the company had 85.5 million streaming households. This update comes...

Paramount Global, which is set to be acquired by David Ellisons Skydance Media, and NBCUniversal parent Comcastunveiled the renewal of comprehensive distribution agreements on Tuesday to continue delivering Paramounts leading portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, news and sports brands across Xfinity platforms. Financial and timing details werent disclosed. The multiyear deals ensure carriage of Paramounts networks, including CBS,BET, Comedy Central, MTV,...

The U.K. government of Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that it will make creating sexually explicit deepfake images a criminal offense as it cracks down on vile online abuse. The proliferation of these hyper-realistic images has grown at an alarming rate, causing devastating harm to victims, particularly women and girls who are often the...

Sony Group unveiled a new focus to its business strategy on Monday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it was an area that sits somewhat adjacent to all of the things the Japanese conglomerate has long been famous for electronics, gaming, Hollywood moviemaking and a richly valued music catalog. The firm suggested it was pinning a...

In a surprise move, UFC chief Dana White will join the board of directors of Meta Platforms Inc, the tech giant that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg an avid mixed martial arts fan announced the addition of White and two other board members, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst, Monday. Dana, John and Charlie will add a...