US late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV screens after he was suspended for making MAGA jokes relating to the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Disney, which owns ABC – the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live – said that it suspended the show because it “felt some of […]
As part of its continued commitment to the Los Angeles market, Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, opened a 5,000 square-foot-facility in Burbank. The new space features a Dolby Atmos demo theatre, a video production space with a hard cyc wall, a large video conferencing room, […]
Skydance Media and Paramount Global have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what they describe as a “premier standalone global media and entertainment company”, which will be known simply as ‘Paramount, a Skydance Corporation’. Paramount Class B shares will begin trading immediately on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the new ticker symbol ‘PSKY’. The close […]
Paramount+ has announced that Hollywood legend, Samuel L Jackson, has signed on to headline his first TV series following the greenlighting of Nola King, a spinoff of the hit series, Tulsa King. Jackson’s character will be introduced in the upcoming third season of Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone, set to premiere in September. “Samuel L […]
A man from North Wales has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online. Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the man, aged 47, on suspicion of copyright offences. He is suspected to have obtained thousands of films, TV series and music without the […]
SoFast, a FAST TV tech partner and global distributor of FAST and pay-TV channels, has announced a partnership with Deepdub, a specialist in Hollywood-grade AI-powered dubbing and localization. Effective immediately, SoFast will offer all its clients the ability to launch multilingual FAST channels from English-language content, supported by Deepdub’s AI voice solutions for studio-quality localisation. […]
Chaos launches Chaos Arena, a new tool that saves Hollywood millions of dollars by removing the biggest costs of virtual production. With Arena, artists can bypass game engines completely, using their normal pipeline to put ray-traced 3D content on LED walls in a matter of minutes. “Virtual production has been transformative, but the current process […]
Echelon Studios has announced the theatrical release of Young Nam Ko’s masterpiece Suddenly in the Dark (1981), fully restored in 4K. Never before seen in S theatres, film fans will have a rare opportunity to experience this classic like never before at a one-night-only screening on July 1st at Laemmle’s NoHo 7 in North Hollywood. […]
Mometu, in collaboration with Entertainment Squad’s genre label The Horror Collective, proudly announces the acquisition of The Haunting of Hollywood, a gripping psychological thriller marking the debut of rising European filmmaker Lilia Doytchinova. The film will make its exclusive streaming premiere on Mometu on February 7, 2025, followed by a TVOD release on May 6, […]
Forecasts from Ampere Analysis predict that global content spend will increase by just 0.4 per cent year-on-year to reach $248 billion (€239.7bn) in 2025. This follows a 2 per cent growth in content investment in 2024 driven by increased ad spend on the US Presidential Election, the Paris Olympics, and the resolution of the 2023 […]