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Worldwide Pants, NBCUniversal partner with Merzigo for David Letterman show digital expansion

Worldwide Pants, the production company founded by David Letterman and owner of The Late Show with David Letterman library, and NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution, which owns the Late Night with David Letterman library, have partnered with Merzigo, the global media technology company powering the next era of premium content distribution and monetisation, to optimize both […]

June 23, 2026

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount+ this July

Paramount+ has launched the official trailer and key art for the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The 10-episode season premieres globally on July 23rd on Paramount+. New episodes will be available weekly on Thursdays through September 24th. In season four of the Paramount+ Original Series, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – […]

June 16, 2026

CBS News cuts begin

CBS News is laying off dozens of employees as part of a strategic restructuring announced in a memo from its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. The cuts are expected to affect 6 per cent of a roughly 1,100 person staff, according to The Guardian. Previous reports had put the cuts at closer to 15 per cent. “We […]

March 20, 2026

BIScience launches TV Intelligence Suit

BIScience, the company behind AdClarity, the AI-driven ad intelligence platform, has announced the launch of its TV Intelligence Suite, bringing US linear TV coverage into AdClarity’s existing digital, social, video, and CTV capabilities. The platform now delivers cross-media intelligence using one consistent methodology and consistent performance metrics. Most legacy ad intelligence providers were built around […]

March 11, 2026

Biancuzzo retiring from Hearst Media Production Group

Frank Biancuzzo, who since 2021 has served as president of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), has announced that he will retire from the company at mid-year 2026 — capping a career of more than four decades in television, most of it spent with Hearst Television. HMPG, a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent […]

March 5, 2026

UKTV acquires trio of US dramas from Paramount

UKTV has acquired three US dramas from Paramount Global Content Distribution, including the UK broadcast premiere of NCIS: Sydney Seasons 1 and 2 for U&alibi, as well as NCIS: New Orleans (Seasons 1–7) for entertainment channel U&W and SEAL Team (Seasons 1–5) for its free streaming service U. The deal is the latest between UKTV […]

November 25, 2025

Zuffa Boxing signs Paramount deal

Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, and TKO Group, the sports and entertainment company, have announced a long-term media rights agreement in which Paramount+ will become the exclusive home of Zuffa Boxing throughout the US, Canada and Latin America. Zuffa Boxing is the new professional boxing promotion formed by TKO and entertainment conglomerate Sela, with leadership from UFC President […]

September 30, 2025

CBS Atlanta debuting AR/VR news studio

CBS Atlanta announces the official launch of its local newsroom and the debut of its augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) news studio on September 15th – the first of its kind in the area. Leading this next-generation news experience is three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and Atlanta native Jobina Fortson-Evans, who has been named […]

September 9, 2025

CBS cancels Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be canned in May 2026, its host announced this week. The CBS show was the most watched of the network late shows. The company says the decision is “purely financial”. CBS parent Paramount is in the throws of the merger with Skydance and recently settled a lawsuit with […]

July 18, 2025

Paramount pays out $16m to Trump

NoParamount Global has agreed to a $16 million (€13.6m) payout to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS and 60 Minutes, regarding its election-time interview with Kamala Harrris. Co-CEO George Cheeks defended the move at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, noting: “The company has agreed in principle to settle the lawsuit, and as reported, it does […]

July 2, 2025