5 has announced Sam & Ade Go Birding (w/t), a new three-part factual series produced by Frank Films, following actors Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson as they head off some weekend adventures around the country to spot and celebrate Britain’s beautiful birds. The series was commissioned by Kit Morey for 5. Sam & Ade Go […]

Big audiences have always pulled wagers toward them. What changed is the surface. A sports book once sat in its own lane, while television built the spectacle and sold the ads. Now the layers sit closer together. A championship game airs across broadcast, cable, apps, and social clips, while traders, fantasy players, and casual viewers […]

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favourite teams and leagues. Data from Hub Entertainment Research’s Evolution of Sports: What’s the Score? Wave 5 study finds that the growing number of services carrying games is also making sports harder for fans in the US to find. Hub’s bi-annual sports study tracks how […]

True Crime, a UK channel specialising in crime documentary content – and part of a joint venture owned by AMC Networks International UK and Paramount – is expanding its original content library. On April 6th, the True Crime channel will launch UK Crime Files, a new curated nightly block of original British true crime documentaries […]

Paramount Skydance has confirmed plans to combine the HBO Max and Paramount+ SVoD platforms into one service. Paramount CEO David Ellison made the – perhaps somewhat unsurprising – announcement during a call with investors on March 2nd, just days after the company said it would acquire Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of HBO. Should […]

Paramount+ UK & Ireland and MGM+ has announced the commission of new original UK adventure series Treasure Island. The six-part drama will bring new life and a star cast to Robert Louis Stevenson’s celebrated 18th century epic, with David Oyelowo (Selma, Silo) starring as Long John Silver, Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter, Mission: Impossible) as Bess Hawkins, […]

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bross Discovery (WBD) have now entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD, after Netflix walked away from the table. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of WBD. The transaction has been unanimously approved by […]

Paramount Skydance has reported a wider net loss of $573 million in Q4 2025, and that it increased revenue by 2 per cent to $8.15 billion (€6.91bn). The entertainment giant, which is embroiled in a bidding battle with Netflix for ownership of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), saw improvements in its streaming business offset by continued […]

5 has announced a partnership with JD Williams, which will see the inclusive fashion and homeware retailer become the official sponsor of the ‘Unmissable Drama’ strand on 5 across linear and streaming, in a deal negotiated by independent media agency the7stars.  The sponsorship, which will run from March 1st through to December 31st 2026, will […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that its Board of Directors has determined that the revised proposal from Paramount Skydance Corporation “could reasonably be expected to lead to a ‘Company Superior Proposal’ as defined in WBD’s merger agreement with Netflix”. The revised proposal includes an increased purchase price of $31 per WBD share in cash […]