Paramount Global has reported total company revenue decreased 6 per cent to $7.19 billion (€6.39bn) in Q1 2025, which included an 8 percentage point impact from CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII in the year ago period. Excluding the Super Bowl comparison, Q1 revenue grew 2 per cent. DTC revenue – bolstered by hit originals, […]
More than half (55 per cent) of US studio movies took 90 days or more to hit subscription streaming platforms in 2024, according to research by Ampere Analysis. The 90-day new normal for big-budget films reflects studios’ revived strategy of encouraging US audiences back to cinemas by delaying movie releases on streaming. With box office […]
CosmoBlue Media has announced that all major studios, including Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBC Universal, Lionsgate, Amazon MGM, Elevation Pictures, and more, have confirmed their content deals with CosmoGO, the soon-to-be rebranded platform emerging from CosmoBlue Media’s acquisition of the Cineplex Store. With continued collaboration from leading studios, CosmoGO says it […]
ITV has announced that espionage thriller, Rabbit Hole, starring Kiefer Sutherland, will be available to stream on ITVX from May 11th. Produced by CBS Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution, Rabbit Hole follows Sutherland as John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, who is framed for murder by powerful forces who […]
Little Disasters, a psychological thriller series starring Diane Kruger and Jo Joyner, will premiere as a box set exclusively on Paramount+ UK & Ireland on May 22nd. An adaptation of the hit novel of the same name from bestselling author Sarah Vaughan (Anatomy of a Scandal), Little Disasters centres on the friendship between Jess (Kruger), Liz […]
SHOWTIME has announced that the original drama series, Dexter: Resurrection, will debut with two episodes on July 11th on streaming and on demand for Paramount+, before its on-air US debut on July 13th at 8:00 pm ET/PT. Remaining episodes will premiere weekly. Internationally, the title will launch exclusively on Paramount+ in Canada, the UK, Australia, […]
Paramount+ has announced that Academy Award nominee and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner, Sam Elliott, will join the second season of Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Landman as a series regular. Elliott won the Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Sheridan’s 1883, and received an Academy Award nomination and a National Board of Review Award […]
SF Studios has announced that Charlotte Førli Neumann will be joining the company as Head of Theatrical Distribution in Norway, starting August 1st. In this role, Neumann will oversee all aspects of theatrical film releases in Norway, including strategy, budgeting, release planning, marketing, sales, and media investments. Neumann brings over 20 years of experience in […]
The FCC ‘has engaged’ with executives at Paramount in order to discuss what will help win approval for its proposed deal to merge with Skydance Media. Conversations between FCC officials and Paramount executives involve the media company’s diversity and equity initiatives (DEI), according to the WSJ. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has openly criticised DEI, recently […]
South by Southwest (SXSW) London hsa announced the first wave of the programme for the highly anticipated inaugural SXSW London Screen Festival, taking place from 2-7 June in Shoreditch. Set to platform 12 World Premieres and 30 UK Premieres, fans can enjoy a host of films, documentaries and short films by purchasing individual screen tickets, […]