Amid a fraught carriage dispute between the two companies, Disney has made an offer to run a debate special feed for DirecTV customers, but the company is still waiting for DirecTV to respond, according to a source familiar with the matter. DirecTV would need to accept the offer in order for customers to obtain access to the feed. Vice President...

A film and TV tax credit initiative designed to juice production and soundstage construction in California has lured Suits: LA to shoot in the state. The California Film Commission on Tuesday announced that the spinoff to the former USA Network series-turned-streaming juggernaut will get nearly $12 million thanks to a program that incentivizes the construction of additional soundstages. Other projects...

Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Comcast and its NBCUniversal streamer Peacock are flying high across the board, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh signaled on Tuesday. Speaking at the...

Dylan Douglas, the son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, is entering the media business in a significant way. Douglas has signed on to host a weekly limited series for SiriusXM, beginning Sept. 14. The series, Young American with Dylan Douglas, will run on the SiriusXM Progress channel 127 on Saturdays at 11 a.m., with replays throughout the weekend. He...

The AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S., with members including Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and more, has put forward a slate of new federal policies it hopes can create more sustainable careers in the nonprofit arts and media sectors. The policies, which speak to concerns from nonprofit workers across 11 unions, call for stronger labor protections as part...

The combination of audio entertainment giant Sirius XM Holdings and the Liberty Sirius XM tracking stock group of John Malones Liberty Media is complete. The new, consolidated publicly traded company will continue operating under the Sirius XM brand. Liberty Media, led by president and CEO Greg Maffei and chairman Malone, owned an 83 percent stake in Sirius XM as of...

In a seismic shift for Spanish-language TV news in America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos is leaving the network after a 40-year tenure. TelevisaUnivision said that Ramos and Univision News both agreed not to renew his contract, which is soon to expire. He will step down as co-anchor of Noticiero Univision at the end of 2024, after the U.S. Presidential Election....

Rupert Murdochs transition of power at News Corp. to his son Lachlan is being challenged by a major shareholder in the media company. Hedge fund Starboard Value went public with a letter addressed to shareholders of the newspaper giant, owner of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, calling on the company to eliminate its dual-class share structure and...

DirecTV filed a complaint on Saturday with the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that Disney failed to negotiate in good faith as the satellite providers blackout of Disney-owned networks continues into a second week. The FCC complaint states that Disney has failed to negotiate in good faith, according to a statement from the service. Disney has violated the FCCs good faith...

It takes a lot for a pay-TV service to subsidize its own customers if they want to sample a competitor, but in a surprise move, DirecTV will do just that. With the carriage dispute between Disney and DirecTV dragging on, leaving Disney channels like ABC, ESPN and FX dark for millions of subscribers, the two sides are beginning to tell...

2023 proved to a be a landmark year for Hollywood labor as actors and writers called a historic double strike in the name of reshaping a transforming industry. As that battle was waged over issues like AI and compensation in the streaming age, chief negotiators for the striking unions, as well as the directors union, took home the top labor...

A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission outlines a plan to strengthen and revitalize the CBS broadcast network and its owned and operated stations, should Oracle founder Larry Ellison be allowed to assume control of the broadcast licenses. Ellison, the father of Skydance founder and CEO David Ellison (who would be the future CEO of Paramount should the merger...

NBCUniversal chief content officer Donna Langley weighed in on a wide range of topics of interest to Hollywood, including the state of theatrical films, how artificial intelligence will be used in the entertainment industry, and the give and take between developing original storytelling and the desire for franchise intellectual property. Speaking at a Bank of America conference Thursday, Langley was...