The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its first quarter ended December 27th 2025, with revenues up 5 per cent to $26 billion (€21.9bn) in Q1 fiscal 2025, beating analyst estimates. The media giant saw significant gains in entertainment revenue, particularly boosted by box office hits, whilst the company’s Experience sector (ie theme parks) […]
Lionsgate Studios has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steven T. Mnuchin, as a director, effective immediately. Mnuchin brings financial and regulatory expertise from his tenure as US Treasury Secretary, as well as entertainment industry experience from his leadership at Dune Capital Management – a hedge fund that focused on entertainment industry investments. […]
Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films will premiere on November 7th exclusively on Disney+. The two-part documentary from 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment, which provides a fascinating glimpse into the making of the Oscar-winning box office phenomenon Avatar: The Way of Water and a first look at the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, […]
Film AlUla, the film agency of the Royal Commission for AlUla, has signed an agreement with MBS MENA Limited, the newly established regional entity of The MBS Group, the studio operator and production services provider, to exclusively manage and operate the AlUla Studios. This strategic partnership marks a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the region, pairing Saudi […]
Full market data for 2024 has been released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) in association with the Official Charts Company that confirms that video is officially the most popular form of entertainment in the UK. The total value of the media and entertainment industry in the UK in 2024 was £30 billion […]
Hollywood film director James Cameron has joined the board of StabilityAI, 40 years after making The Terminator. His role will centre around how the technology can be used in special effects. “I’ve spent my career seeking out emerging technologies that push the very boundaries of what’s possible, all in the service of telling incredible stories,” […]
ReedPop has announced that the voice cast of Avatar the Last Airbender will be attending MCM Comic Con x EGX from October 25th to 27th at ExCeL London. Running across three seasons from 2005 to 2008, Avatar the Last Airbender captured the imagination of children and adults alike, as viewers followed Aang’s journey to master […]
Biddeo.io, a technology platform that helps advertisers expand the reach of online video ad campaigns while ensuring brand safety and suitability, has announced the appointment of Adam Kline as its North America CEO, marking the company’s next phase of international expansion. Based in New York, Kline will oversee Biddeo’s expansion into the US market. Biddeo.io […]
Netflix added 9.3 million subscribers in Q1 2024, hugely surpassing analyst estimates, and now has 269.6 million subscribers globally, further asserting the company as the world’s leading streaming service. Netflix reported revenue of $9.4 billion (€8.8bn), up 15 per cent YoY, and operating income of $2.6 billion. The company advised that it will stop reporting […]
The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s aristocratic gangster series starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, continued its reign atop Netflix’s English TV List with 11.7 million views in the week commencing March 18th. 3 Body Problem, the new sci-fi series from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo, began its invasion in second place with 11 […]