Apple is rebranding its Apple TV+ streaming service, giving the platform a vibrant new identity as, simply, Apple TV. The company buried the news in its announcement Monday morning about the premiere date for the film F1, which will debut on the platform Dec. 12. When Apple launched Apple TV+, the name Apple TV had already been taken by its...

Broadway musicians have voted to authorize a strike amid negotiations with the Broadway League over a new contract. Ninety-eight percent of union members voted to authorize a strike, according to results tallied Sunday. Holding a strike authorization vote does not necessarily mean a strike would be called, and it is a show of strength amid contract discussions, but it also...

Ever since the media mogul John Malone helped persuade David Zaslav to leave NBC and become the CEO of Discovery Communications, the executive has defined his leadership by dealmaking. He acquired Scripps Networks to try and build a reality-driven entertainment giant, and forged the deal for WarnerMedia over golf emojis with ATT CEO John Stankey. But the next few months...

A union representing CBS News broadcast and digital staffers has cautioned its members against responding to a memo requesting company feedback and workload details from new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. On Friday representatives of the Writers Guild of America East suggested their members refrain from replying until they get more information about the message. Many of...

AMC Networks has inked a contract extension with CEO Kristin Dolan, keeping the executive at the helm of the media company through 2028. Dolan was named CEO of AMC Networks in February 2023, assuming leadership of the company that is controlled by her husband James Dolans family. Dolan has repositioned the company around its niche streaming offerings, and pursued a...

If there was any doubt about the active role that Bari Weiss would play as the newly-minted editor-in-chief of CBS News, her first week at the news division put it to rest. The day after Paramount announced its deal to acquire The Free Press, Weiss, squeezed next to CBS News president Tom Cibrowski at the head of the table for...

For years, the narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline casualties of a once-in-a-century pandemic that shuttered theaters and a double blow from prolonged industry strikes. But theres new data that paints a different picture. Streaming services are, in fact, relying more than ever on films to keep their growth engines humming. In the...

Alexander Bafer is best known as the founder and former CEO of FuboTV, the U.S.-based video streaming service offering a premium, over-the-top bundle of sports TV channels. Then in April 2020, after the COVID 19 crisis left TV viewers hunkered down in their homes, Bafer completed the merger of FuboTV with Facebank Group, a developer of technology IP he co-founded...

Charter Communications and its Spectrum brand has spent the last couple of years reimagining its pay-TV product for a streaming era. The strategy shift, which began with last years high-profile carriage dispute with Disney, now sees most of the companys TV plans include access to streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, Paramount+, Peacock, Fox One, HBO Max and AMC+, among...

Los Angeles Times journalists have voted to authorize a strike in a move that ratchets up the pressure on management after three long years of contract negotiations. Eighty-five percent of members who belong to the newsrooms union and participated in the vote opted to allow the labor group to call a strike. The union, a Local of the Media Guild...

Shilo Sanders, the son of Deion Sanders and former University of Colorado star player no, not that one has signed with United Talent Agency, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Sanders, who was a standout safety on dads Colorado Buffaloes, has signed with UTA for all things not-sports. Shilo, Shadeur and Deion all do their sports business ventures through SMAC Entertainment,...

As speculation swirls about whether Paramount Skydance will make an offer for rival media giant Warner Bros. Discovery, the formers CEO says hes not able to talk about it. Were a publicly traded company, so were not in a position to be able to comment on rumors or speculation of any kind, Paramount Skydance head David Ellison said Thursday at...

Fox just went big into microdramas. Fox Entertainment has taken an equity stake in Holywater, a company that creates microdramas and other vertical videos, primarily through the use of AI. Together, theyll create original vertical video series, some of which will be birthed from Foxs existing IP, including storytelling extensions for current Fox shows and remake projects, the companies say....