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ViacomCBS CEO Seen ‘No Materials Impact To Date’ From Coronavirus: Will Look For Strategic Options For Simon & Schuster
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish stated the corporate has seen no materials impact to this point on the corporate as a result of coronavirus epidemic, save having to maneuver the discharge date of Sonic The Hedgehog “in a few Asian markets.” He additionally stated the corporate will search for strategic alternate options for writer Simon &
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CBS’ EVP Communications Kelli Raftery To Depart After Extra Than 20 Years On the Firm
Kelli Raftery, EVP Communications for CBS, is leaving the corporate after greater than 20 years. Her final day will probably be April 6. Raftery’s choice to depart comes days after her longtime boss and mentor, CBS’ EVP and Chief Communications Officer Dana McClintock, introduced that he could be exiting in the summertime after 27 years. They’re
Quibi Raises One other $750M Forward Of April Launch
Quick type video streaming service Quibi introduced Wednesday that it’s closed a second funding spherical — elevating $750 million forward of its scheduled launch subsequent month. The second increase included investments by new and present buyers – studios, main expertise firms, strategic companions and monetary buyers. “We concluded a really profitable second increase which is
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US cap on Chinese language media workers reveals insecurity in its system: Chinese language specialists
Photograph: Yin Bogu/Xinhua The US transfer to cap Chinese language media worker numbers within the US is a nasty and egocentric try to divert consideration away from frustrations over home points and vent anti-China sentiment at Chinese language journalists, which isn’t the act of a accountable superpower and divulges the US’ diminishing confidence in its
Fox Information Cancels Upfront On Coronavirus Fears
Has Fox Information opened the floodgates? The community is the primary to cancel its advertisers upfront presentation scheduled for March 24 on coronavirus issues. “In a precautionary effort to maintain our staff, consumer and company companions protected, we’ve got decided that it will be greatest to cancel our upcoming occasion in New York primarily based
Sony Footage Shutters Three Euro Workplaces Amid Coronavrius Fears
Sony Footage Leisure has closed workplaces in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, for the remainder of this week as a precautionary measure towards coronavirus. The variety of circumstances rose sharply within the UK as we speak, rising to 85 from yesterday’s determine of 51. This morning, the UK’s Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, instructed BBC
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Asymptomatic instances immediate NE border metropolis to recheck folks arriving since January
A girl stands at an indication exhibiting the nationwide flags of China and North Korea on Friday on the Yalu River financial institution in Dandong, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. A metropolis in Northeast China has began a brand new spherical of screening of people that have arrived since January 18, after two asymptomatic infections with
Netflix Units Premiere For Season Two Of Soccer Doc Sequence ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’
Netflix is about to kick off the second season of soccer documentary sequence Sunderland ‘Til I Die subsequent month. The streamer is to launch the sequence, which is produced by The Late Late Present with James Corden producer Fulwell 73, on April 1. The second season, which can embrace six episode, will comply with the
Crimson Bull Premieres Music Present ‘The Reduce,’ Govt Produced by George Levendis
Crimson Bull Media Home on Wednesday launched “The Reduce,” a brand new music competitors present that includes 18 promising artists battling it out for a serious prize, on its Crimson Bull Music YouTube Channel. “The Reduce” is government produced by George Levendis, former head of worldwide for Simon Cowell’s Syco Leisure, the place he oversaw
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New Slate Ventures Choices Rights To James B. Stewart’s ‘Den Of Thieves’, Oscar-Nominated Terence Winter To Pen Restricted Sequence
Jordan Fudge, Jeremy Allen and Zach White’s media fund New Slate Ventures has optioned the rights to Den of Thieves from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Avenue, The Sopranos) is about to adapt the non-fiction e-book right into a restricted sequence. Printed in 1992, Den of Thieves (which has nothing
BBC & ITV-Backed U.S. Streamer BritBox Hits 1M Subscribers
EXCLUSIVE: BritBox, the U.S. streamer backed by the BBC and ITV, has hit 1M subscribers. The service has doubled its take-up since January 2019. The platform, which launched in March 2017, attributed its success to tapping into an “underserved” viewers of ladies 45 years and older with a slew of British sequence. It famous that
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Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas Starrer ‘Official Competitors’ Goes Into Manufacturing
MADRID — Filming has begun in Spain on “Competencia Oficial” (“Official Competitors”) starring Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas’ and Oscar Martínez, and one of many largest Spanish-language options to enter manufacturing this yr. Argentina’s Martínez, although much less well-known overseas, is among the grand skills of Latin American cinema and theater, profitable a greatest actor Coppa
London Movie Pageant Provides TV Sequence, AR/VR Strands & Grows Business Program
The London Movie Pageant (Oct 7 – 18) is including TV collection and AR/VR strands and rising its trade program. For the primary time this yr, consistent with many different main festivals, the occasion will host new collection from broadcasters and streamers. A gala occasion will headline the strand of roughly 30 new initiatives. Additionally,
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Chinese language, worldwide students criticize West’s double requirements on human rights in Xinjiang
○ China’s counter-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang have introduced stability to the area and it isn’t an excuse for “oppressing completely different views.” ○ How do double requirements adopted by some Western international locations hinder world anti-terrorism work? Are there different international locations below unfair overseas accusations over their counter-terrorism work? Students from completely different international
Berlin Winner Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned To Serve Jail Time period In Iran
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose newest function There Is No Evil gained the highest award on the current Berlin Movie Competition, has been summoned to serve a one-year jail time period in his residence nation. Rasoulof was sentenced final 12 months for the political content material of his movies, which an Iranian courtroom cited as
MTV’s ‘Are You the One?’ Headed to Germany
Viacom Intl. Studios has signed a cope with German broadcaster RTL’s TV Now SVOD service for an area adaptation of relationship gameshow format “Are You the One?” It’s Viacom’s second format cope with RTL solely for TV Now after final yr’s sale of the relationship present “Discovering Prince Charming,” which has already been renewed for
‘The Simpsons’ Will Be Accessible To Stream On Disney+ In The UK
Disney has put to mattress weeks of hypothesis by confirming that it’ll make The Simpsons obtainable to stream within the UK when Disney+ launches on March 24. In a tweet on Wednesday, the Home of Mouse stated greater than 600 episodes of the long-lasting Fox animation can be featured on Disney+ alongside content material from
Little Dot Studios Nabs Wing in First Main Acquisition
All3Media-owned Little Dot Studios has acquired London-based manufacturing firm Wing. The transfer marks Little Dot’s first acquisition as a part of its deliberate development technique. The digital content material creator and distributor, which has places of work in London, Munich, Berlin and Los Angeles, is aiming to develop operations each organically and thru additional acquisitions.
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All3Media’s Little Dot Studios Buys Content material Company Wing As It Plans Spending Spree
Little Dot Studios has acquired content material company Wing because the All3Media-owned digital studio embarks on a mergers and acquisitions spree. Wing took flight in 2007 and makes a speciality of sport, making branded content material for companions together with the Worldwide Olympics Committee, The America’s Cup, System 1, Coca-Cola, Hugo Boss and McLaren. It’s
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‘Misbehaviour’ Author Rebecca Frayn To Helm Adaptation Of Whitbread Prize-Winner ‘Spies’ With Left Financial institution
EXCLUSIVE: Brit scribe Rebecca Frayn, whose newest characteristic is the Keira Knightley-starring Misbehaviour which hits UK cinemas subsequent week, is about to direct Spies, based mostly on her father’s 2002 Whitbread Prize-winning novel. Michael Frayn is dealing with the difference of his personal work. The e-book follows a person as he relives his childhood experiences
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‘Spitting Picture’: BritBox Palms Puppet Comedy Reboot Two Seasons As Debut UK Authentic
Spitting Picture is returning after BritBox handed the puppet comedy reboot a two season order – its first unique fee within the UK. The SVOD service ordered the collection from Final Week Tonight with John Oliver producer Avalon. It should air within the autumn with the second season to observe in 2021. Growth of the
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Trevor Noah Says Biden Owes Black Voters “Wakanda Without end” Salute After Tremendous Tuesday
Regardless of voting glitches in elements of Southern California and a race too near name in Texas at 11:59 p.m. ET, each Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders walked away with bragging rights after Tremendous Tuesday. Tonight on The Each day Present‘s particular stay election version, host Trevor Noah sifted by means of the outcomes and
Dr. Phil’s Son Sells Weird L.A. Mansion to Native Socialite
A glass-encased gun wall, lavender sofas and indignant anime figures made the itemizing for this L.A. mansion go viral in early January, again when it first popped up on the market. Tucked into the mountains above Beverly Hills, the secluded villa has an bizarre Tuscan-style McMansion exterior however an inside that’s been assaulted and overwhelmed
Amazon Worker In Seattle Checks Constructive For Coronavirus
A employee at an Amazon workplace in Seattle has examined optimistic for the coronavirus, Deadline confirmed Tuesday night. The worker doesn’t work on the firm’s headquarters, however at Amazon’s Brazil workplace constructing in Seattle, CNBC reported. “The worker went dwelling feeling unwell on Tuesday, February 25 and has not entered Amazon places of work since