Cineplex swung to a first quarter loss as the movie theater giant reported lower Hollywood box office. Cineplex posted a first quarter net loss of CAN$36.6 million (US$26.2 million), compared to a profit of CAN$5.2 million in the same period of 2024 when the company recorded a gain of CAN$68 million after selling its Player One Amusement Group business to...

Next week, when media buyers and CMOs pour into New Yorks Jacob Javits Center for Disneys 2025 upfront presentation, they will be treated to a showcase of everything the entertainment giant has to offer. I think youre going to see a show that showcases the depth and breadth of The Walt Disney Company, and its not going to be a...

A few years ago, Paramount Global ditched its annual upfront show at New Yorks Carnegie Hall, opting to hold smaller, more intimate presentations in Chelsea, with more room to talk to the media buyers and CMOs to understand what they were looking for during the breaks. There is plenty of opportunity for conversation, and theres a lot to talk about,...

Dish TV and Sling TV combined for a loss of 380,000 subscribers (7.78 million to approximately 7.4 million) in the first quarter of 2025, their shared parent company Echostar revealed in its Friday morning earnings release. The pay TV segments revenue decreased from $2.7 billion in the comparable 2024 quarter to $2.5 billion (down 7.4 percent), which Echostar says was...

Its unclear how it would work. No one knows what it would cost. And its anyones guess whether it will ever actually happen. But in the days since Donald Trump floated the seemingly crazy idea of slapping tariffs on foreign-made film and TV productions, something unexpected has started to happen in Hollywood: befuddlement has turned into murmurs of approval at...

To say that NBCUniversal ad sales chairman Mark Marshall is bullish on what his company has to offer at this years upfront is an understatement. The fact is that this will be the greatest single year of content that any single media company has ever had, Marshall says confidently, speaking with The Hollywood Reporter. He has a case to make....

Brian Weidling, the first NCAA athlete to compete on a prosthetic leg (soccer), and Kwame Morris, the son of music icon Stevie Wonder, have teamed up to launch production company Arm and a Leg, The Hollywood Reporter has learned; Dan Kruger and Emmy award-winning sports TV director Tim Sutton are their co-founders. Arm and a Leg is a full-service disability-forward...

AMC Networks reported net revenue of $555 million, down from $596 million in the prior year. Operating income fell to $63 million from $110 million. Earnings per share came in at 54 cents, missing analyst expectations. Subscription revenues decreased 3% to $313 million due to declines in the linear subscriber universe.. Streaming revenues increased 8% to $157 million, which was...

With a collective ennui permeating the entertainment industry, itd be understandable if many in attendance at a Thursday discussion with FXs John Landgraf and Disneys Eric Schrier might have been seeking at least one reason to feel optimistic. And they got it. Sort of. Late in the Disney lot panel put on by Hollywood Radio Television Society, the moderator, director...

TKO Group Holdings beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter earnings report, with the WWEs new media rights deal with Netflix, strong live event performance at UFC and WWE, and significant growth in partnerships at both brands helping the company set itself up for what it hopes will be a strong 2025. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion,...

David Eilenberg, the head of content for Roku, is exiting the streaming platform to become creative director at the production company ITV America, the studio behind shows like Love Island USA, Hells Kitchen and Queer Eye. Eilenberg, who previously worked as the studios chief creative officer before jumping to Roku in 2022, will oversee the companys full slate of unscripted...

Larry David had never appeared in a commercial at least until 2022 when he debuted in a Super Bowl ad as part of a campaign for cryptocurrency platform FTX in a spot titled Dont Miss Out. In it, he takes on his Curb Your Enthusiasm persona as a skeptic who travels through time and scoffs at inventions until hes pitched...

Paramount Globalunveiled its first-quarter financial results Thursday as controlling shareholder National Amusements, led by Shari Redstone, looks to close the sale of the Hollywood studio to David Ellisons Skydance. During the latest quarter to March 31, the company hit 79 million Paramount+ streaming subscribers worldwide, up 11 percent year-on-year and from 77.5 million Paramount+ customers at the end of its...