Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser return as the indomitable Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler in new Yellowstone spin-off Dutton Ranch, premiering globally on Paramount+ on May 15th with two episodes, and this time, they’re taking on Texas. Hauser and Reilly are joined in the new original series by Academy Award nominees Ed Harris, Finn Little, […]

UK-based CMG Productions and LA-based Moscot Global Production Services have announced a strategic partnership to bring scripted US productions to the UK. Through the partnership, CMG becomes the exclusive provider of UK scripted production services to Moscot Global and its projects. The collaboration creates a production bridge for US studios, producers, and platforms to film […]

BET+, the streaming platform focused on black culture, will shut down later this year, with its content set to be folded into Paramount+. Paramount Skydance has purchased the ownership stake held by Tyler Perry Studios in BET+, clearing the way for the transition. In a memo to staff, BET Networks president, Louis Carr, said: “As […]

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 […]