Paramount Skydance is considering making a takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), reports The WSJ. The news comes just weeks after Skydance closed its merger deal with Paramount valued at over $8 billion. Paramount, led by chairman and CEO David Ellison, is reportedly preparing a majority cash bid for WBD that would be backed […]

The newly merged SES has unveiled new branding. Central to this rebranding, says the satellite operator, is the purpose statement: “Space to Make a Difference”, which it says highlights the company’s mission and the transformative impact it aims to achieve in the industry. Accompanying the launch is the new corporate tagline: Solve. Empower. Soar. “Through […]

The Alliance of Media Independents (AMI) and ITV are launching a new multi-million-pound commercial partnership – the AMI & ITV Backing Business Fund. The fund is exclusively for the member agencies of the Alliance of Media Independents (AMI) and their new or lapsed brands that wish to advertise on TV, making TV advertising more accessible […]

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has announced that British playwright, screenwriter and television writer Jack Thorne has been elected its new President effective immediately The writer, known for Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Help, This Is England ’90 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig OBE […]

StudioCanal has announced the appointment of Paul Gilbert as the Senior Vice President of English-Language Series. He will be based in London and reporting to Managing Director of Television M-K Kennedy. Gilbert will spearhead the development and production of a bold slate of premium series hailing from the UK and US, which StudioCanal will produce […]

InterDigital, a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, has been awarded a preliminary injunction against Disney by a court in Brazil. The 7th Corporate Court of the Judicial District of the Capital of Rio de Janeiro ruled that InterDigital is entitled to a preliminary injunction over Disney’s infringement of two InterDigital patents […]

UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its annual Openreach Monitoring Report for 2024/25. In 2018, digital infrastructure provider Openreach legally separated from BT, establishing its own board, staff, management and strategy, with a duty to serve all customers equally. Ofcom accepted a number of commitments offered by BT to help ensure Openreach’s independence. Ofcom monitors […]

Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has used the occasion of the 2025 MPA Awards to highlight the importance of protecting copyright and fighting the threat of content piracy. In his introductory remarks, he said the event recognised the law enforcement teams who work to secure the content we love to watch. “To […]

Pay-radio operator SiriusXM may have lost its star broadcasting attraction in the form of ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern. There are mixed reports, the gentlest being that Stern and SiriusXM have as yet failed to make an agreement over his $100 million per year contract. The other reports say Stern (aged 71) was tiring of the […]

The SME Unit of RTL AdAlliance, the international sales house of RTL Group, specialises in enabling TV advertising for the SME sector in Germany. RTL AdAlliance is now taking a decisive step by internationalising the SME Unit’s ATV offer. ATV for SMEs is introduced into the Austrian advertising market with the full-service marketing agency heise […]