12-05-2023, 08:03 PM
It's as if these supersize mergers aren't really in the interests of the industry.
North American TV - Industry News and Discussion
15-05-2023, 09:24 PM
Upfronts week this week - not quite the event it once was with many pilots going straight to series now and streamers being the bigger players in town, plus the added complication of the writers strike this year. CBS declared first last week and have already unaxed one show they had dropped in Swat to give it a 13 week final season. Otherwise though only two new shows in the schedule.
Less of an event for UK and International buyers now too with more series likely to go straight to the US broadcasters streaming service rather than to the highest bidder.
Less of an event for UK and International buyers now too with more series likely to go straight to the US broadcasters streaming service rather than to the highest bidder.
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17-05-2023, 09:35 PM
(15-05-2023, 09:24 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Upfronts week this week - not quite the event it once was with many pilots going straight to series now and streamers being the bigger players in town, plus the added complication of the writers strike this year. CBS declared first last week and have already unaxed one show they had dropped in Swat to give it a 13 week final season. Otherwise though only two new shows in the schedule.
Fox has actually downplayed presenting a schedule and preferred to focus on Fox Sports, Fox News... and Gordon Ramsay dropping F-bombs...
deadline.com
And NBC, whose upfront was picketed by WGA strikers, had a dearth of big-name stars (barring the presence of Seth McFarlane as Ted, Real Housewives cast members, Mario Lopez, William Levy and Rafael Amaya, etc.) leading the Peacock to ask NBC News talent to serve as emcees:
deadline.com
Over at Disney, it was an AllFront which became overfocused on ESPN, as it ramps up the production of personality-led episodic programming:
deadline.com
And Spanish-language network Univision held a joint upfront with Mexico's Televisa (under the TelevisaUnivision JV company) at NY's Pier 36, focusing on its own ViX streaming offering and announcing Univision will air Spanish coverage of Super Bowl LVIII on an agreement with CBS:
deadline.com
And Netflix has been the casualty of the strike, with its upfront at the Paris Theater being cancelled at last minute and switching to its virtual investor platform. Paramount had already planned to drop its Carnegie Hall upfront last year in favour of more personalised meetings.
variety.com
deadline.com
(10-05-2023, 08:32 AM)W. Knight Wrote: More cuts at Paramount: 25% reduction at the newly-combined Showtime/MTV Studio team; MTV News to be ended:
deadline.com
And the cuts continue... they affect the Smithsonian Channel NY offices; the Washington hub will be less impacted. Additionally, as part of the aforementioned merger of Showtime Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios, all networks will now be overseen by the Entertainment Networks team, led by Chris McCarthy:
deadline.com
22-05-2023, 11:49 PM
Big news on the local TV front: After months of stagnation at the FCC, the merger between station group Tegna and hedge fund Standard General is officially terminated by Tegna. The latter is now owing Tegna a termination fee of $136 mil, plus looking into possibilities to take back the extra costs incurred in drafting the proposal:
www.businesswire.com
www.businesswire.com
Watch this space...
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26-05-2023, 10:55 PM
World, PBS' global documentary channel, rebranded in early May with a more digital-focused prospect:
worldchannel.org
worldchannel.org
Watch this space...
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06-06-2023, 01:58 PM
(22-05-2023, 11:49 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Big news on the local TV front: After months of stagnation at the FCC, the merger between station group Tegna and hedge fund Standard General is officially terminated by Tegna. The latter is now owing Tegna a termination fee of $136 mil, plus looking into possibilities to take back the extra costs incurred in drafting the proposal.An update to this: Allen Media Group, owned by Byron Allen, most notably owns The Weather Channel and being the last pair of hands on the Black News Channel, is now eyeing for Tegna:
www.npr.org
Watch this space...
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15-06-2023, 07:12 PM
Sort of related to the theme here: Disney is to close more TV channels in South Asia and Korea.
Quote:Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming.From variety.com
The channels concerned are National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Channel, Star Movies and Star World. Linear services will end from September in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Korea, and by December in Taiwan.
The group expects to retain a streamlined television portfolio with channels in Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand for the time being.
Watch this space...
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16-06-2023, 01:20 PM
(15-06-2023, 07:12 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Sort of related to the theme here: Disney is to close more TV channels in South Asia and Korea.
From variety.com
Hi, i'm Faiz from Indonesia and while I'm a visitor for this website (including predecessors) for a long time, this is the first time I'm making comment (also looking contributing for this website if I had one), especially for this article.
Speaking about Nat Geo, I know that the Asian feed also managed the subfeed for MENA, while FNG MENA had a several FOX and Star branded channels in that region (FOX, FOX Life, FOX Movies, FOX Action Movies, Star World, Star Movies, the first five only available on beIN platform, while the last two available on OSN and beIN platforms) which also for a long time its playout being moved to UAE (their current playout are managed by Ericsson broadcast and media hub in Abu Dhabi). Giving that main Asian feed being closed, will Nat Geo also closed in that region (as in the case of Nat Geo People back in October 1st, 2021, where Asia/MENA feeds being closed), being continued but replacing one of FOX/Star channels, or being continued independently (continuing managing from Hong Kong, where current Asia/MENA feeds being based, or moving its playout to where current FOX/Star MENA channels being based)?
14-07-2023, 05:44 AM
Seems like Lionsgate is doing a Viacom (2006-19) to its Starz subsidiary, as the latter is to remain in the original company while their studios is to be spun off:
Quote:On Wednesday, the Hollywood studio disclosed the public filing of a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission around its planned separation into two independent, publicly traded companies.From www.hollywoodreporter.com
Lionsgate said the potential separation would spin off its studio business, including the Motion Picture and Television Production groups, into a separately traded public company, while the media networks business, which mostly comprises Starz, would remain in the existing company.
“We remain excited by the prospect of separating Lionsgate and Starz into standalone companies with strong financial foundations that will allow each company to pursue its own distinct strategy while offering investors the opportunity to own both a pure-play publicly-traded content studio and a premium subscription platform,” Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said in a statement.
The Form 10 filing lays out the corporate structure of the separated studio and media networks businesses, to be relaunched as New Lionsgate and New Starz.
Watch this space...
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