For the first time in 33 years, veteran buyers and sellers will be wandering a trade floor far from Santa Monica during the American Film Market. Nearly every year since 1991, the U.S. film industrys leading content market has set up shop at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. The old digs werent exactly luxurious, but no one ever said...

Altice USA continued its loss of video subscribers during its third financial quarter as the wider cable industry fends off the impact of cord-cutting and TV viewers turning to streaming platforms. The cable operator, led by CEO Dennis Mathew, shed 77,000 more video customers during the third quarter, lowering its total video subscriber base to just over 2.1 million Optimum...

NBC Sports and Imax have partnered to bring the first-ever live college football game to the giant screen exhibitor. The Nov. 9 match-up that has the Penn State Nittany Lions hosting the Washington Huskies in the annual White Out game from Beaver Stadium will be shown live in select Imax theaters and on Peacock. Ticket sales for the Big Ten...

Lionsgate has renewed its long-standing film slate deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group after signing new agreements with Grindstone president and CEO Barry Brooker and principal Stan Wertlieb. The new deal, set to run through 2027, will cover upcoming releases like action-thrillerAlarum, starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by Mike Polish;Dito Montiel-directed Riff Raff, starring Jennifer Coolidge and Ed Harris and recently...

While Hollywoods strikes last year yielded certain protections for writers and actors, many other workers say theyre now seeing a higher barrier to entry level jobs on the other side of it. Across the industry, organizers say theyre hearing of multiple assistant-level jobs being cut and of increasing requirements to get those starting jobs, while the pay remains low amid...

His knees are bad, hes paunchy and puffy, and the former celebrity hairdresser has gray roots at least 2 inches long. At 79, Jon Peters no longer is the bad-boy seducer of women from Barbra Streisand to Pamela Anderson, the inspiration for the Warren Beatty film Shampoo, the wild-man character that Bradley Cooper portrayed with all the old bluster in...

Strong political advertising drove Fox Corp. to a big quarter, with ad revenue surging and profits more than doubling compared to a year ago. Fox reported revenues of $3.56 billion, up 11 percent from a year earlier, including advertising revenues of more than $1.3 billion, also up 11 percent. Meanwhile, net income was $832 million, more than double the profits...

Warner Bros. Discovery has promoted Deniz amaz Oflaz to the role of vp of local original productions, local channels and streaming operations lead for Turkey. In her expanded role, she will oversee both the streaming and linear TV businesses in the region, the conglomerate said on Monday. amaz Oflaz, who has served as CEO of Warner Bros. Discoverys streaming platform...

Paramount Global has been sued for allegedly tracking subscribers viewing history. A class action lawsuit filed in California federal court on Friday accuses Paramount of sharing users personally identifiable information, including a record of every video viewed, with Meta and TikTok, to serve targeted ads. It seeks at least $5 million in monetary damages on behalf of users across the...

Its the time of the season for end-of-the-year budget decisionmaking around Hollywood, in a year thats already seen cutbacks across the industry, from the C-suite to administrative roles. United Talent Agency, the Beverly Hills-based Big 3 firm run by CEO Jeremy Zimmer, is undergoing some cuts and is parting ways with about 10 agents whose contracts were not renewed, a...

Marty Pesis who soldVouch, a hiring platform for creators, to YouTuber MrBeast earlier thisyear has launched Troveo, a platform helping content owners, including creators, filmmakers, production companies, and others to license their content to AI companies while retaining ownership rights, with $4.5 million in seed funding. The launch comes with financial backing from early-stage venture capital firm Seven Seven Six,...

Comcast Corp. opened its latest earnings call with a surprise announcement: The Brian Roberts-run media giant was weighing whether to spin out its cable TV channels into a separate well-capitalized company that would position them to take advantage of opportunities in the changing media landscape. Was Comcast testing the waters? Sure. Comcast president Mike Cavanagh made it clear that the...

Chief brand officer, The Walt Disney Co.; president of marketing, The Walt Disney Studios and Disney+ A recent day from Ayazs calendar explains why Bob Iger hand-picked the marketing wizard in 2023 to serve as the conglomerates first-ever branding officer while continuing to oversee campaigns for movies and streaming series. This year, Disney is back on top at the box...