PewDiePie, the highly controversial but even higher trafficked YouTube star who had been the subject of a petition to ban him from the Google-owned platform, has jumped to a competing streaming are… | Continue reading
UPDATED with Netflix officially joining: It’s official, Netflix is a member of the MPAA. The Washington, DC-based organization just dropped the following release: The Motion Picture Associati… | Continue reading
Bob Einstein, a two-time Emmy winner who has recurred on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm since its launch and created the wacky Super Dave Osborne character, died today in Indian Wells, CA. He was… | Continue reading
Call this a case of life intimidating art. Netflix has removed an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj from streaming in Saudi Arabia after that country’s government complained that it showed t… | Continue reading
An elite group of film directors have appealed directly to Warner Bros Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich to try and save FilmStruck, the subscription streaming service that offers indie and pres… | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: For those who are constantly demanding explanations, you’ll be happy to know that Explained, the original docuseries from Vox and Netflix, has gotten a greenlight for a second seas… | Continue reading
MSNBC finally got around to confirming week-old reports Al Sharpton’s one-hour Sunday morning show PoliticsNation will be replaced by a two-hour weekend morning panel program hosted by David Gura. … | Continue reading
UPDATED with statement from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Fox Comcast has triumphed in the intense battle to acquire Sky – beating U.S. rival 21st Century Fox to the ‘crown jewels’ of European pay-TV.… | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted. Ben Affleck is attached to direct and Matt Damon to star in a true-cr… | Continue reading
As Viacom and CBS continue their discussions about a reunion tour, which are going about as harmoniously as the ones before Guns ‘N’ Roses got back together, the financial stakes of the… | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: In its latest series play, Apple is closing a deal for the rights to turn the beloved Terry Gilliam-directed fantasy film Time Bandits into a TV series. I’m told the series will be… | Continue reading
UPDATED to include background and comment: FCC chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement today raising “serious concerns” about Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisi… | Continue reading
After accusations of repeated misconduct last fall and an admission of “missteps” that led to a six-month leave of absence, John Lasseter will now exit Pixar and the Walt Disney Co. at … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: On a day when director Ron Howard introduces Solo: A Star Wars Story to Cannes, Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Howard are launching another major initiative, one designed to tr… | Continue reading
The current third season of The Expanse will be the space drama’s last one on Syfy. The cable network has decided not to renew the show for a fourth season, with the last episode slated to ai… | Continue reading
News Corp. used its third quarter investor call as a platform to continue its attack on the two dominant tech platforms whose outsized influence and practices are having a “deleterious effect… | Continue reading