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Warner Bros Discovery launches WBD AIM

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) International has launched WBD AIM (Audience Insights and Measurement), a first-party data platform that it says enables advertisers to target their campaigns with new levels of precision, across a number of markets throughout EMEA, APAC and LatAm spanning its most engaged assets including CNN, Max, discovery+ and Eurosport. WBD adds WBD […]

August 23, 2024

Fubo wins Venu Sports injunction

Sports-first live TV streaming platform FuboTV has been successful in stopping the launch of The Walt Disney Company, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery’s Venu Sports joint venture (JV) after its request for a preliminary injunction was approved by the US District Court, Southern District of New York on August 16th. The company describes the ruling […]

August 19, 2024By Colin Mann

WBD’s Finch retiring

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that Kathleen Finch, Chairman and CEO of US Networks, has decided to retire after 25 years witn the company. Upon Finch’s retirement at the end of the year, the US Networks business will be led by Channing Dungey, Warner Bros Television Group Chairman and CEO. “There is no one […]

August 16, 2024

WBD writes down $9.1bn on cablenets

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30th 2024. Shares in the media giant dropped by around 11 per cent in extended trading on August 7th after reporting a Q2 loss of $10 billion. This was primarily due to a $9.1 billion (€8.32bn) write-down of the value of WBD’s […]

August 8, 2024

WBD, YouTube Paris 2024 content creator partnership

Audiences will be immersed in the Olympic Games like never before this summer as a new collaboration between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and YouTube is set to bring Paris 2024 to a diverse set of fans, further expanding the reach of Eurosport’s live coverage. The new content partnership will base a group of YouTube creators […]

July 16, 2024

WBD settles merger suit for $125m

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has settled a claim from some shareholders relating to the 2022 merger of AT&T’s Warner Bros and Discovery. They had claimed the $43 billion deal was too preferential to bigger sharedholders. Now, through mediation, the two sides have agreed to a $125 million settlement that will bring the lawsuit to an […]

July 8, 2024

WBD Access announces Black Britain Unspoken S3 directors

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Access, the talent development division for under-represented creatives, has announced Donell Atkinson-Johnson, Lauren Gee and Joladé Olusanya as the three filmmakers who will tell their stories of what is means to be Black and British as part of Black Britain Unspoken. Launched in 2022, Black Britain Unspoken aims to give opportunity […]

July 8, 2024

Liberty Global acquires WBD Formula E stake

Liberty Global is to acquire shares held by Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) in the electric car racing series Formula E. The acquisition of shares held by WBD will, on completion, bring Liberty Global’s total share of ownership in Formula E to 65 per cent and mean that Liberty Global will take a controlling interest in […]

June 14, 2024By Colin Mann

Ireland: Legal film & TV Charter published

The Irish Industry Trust for IP Awareness, the representative body for the education and communication of copyright awareness and the safe and legal consumption of film, television, and other created content in Ireland, has launched a Best Practice Guide and National Charter to encourage accurate and responsible reporting of entertainment in the media. The Trust […]

May 30, 2024By Colin Mann

US sports streamer JV named Venu Sports

Pete Distad, CEO of the forthcoming sports streaming platform being built through the joint venture created by ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros Discovery, has unveiled the future brand identity for the service. “We are excited to officially introduce Venu Sports, a brand that we feel captures the spirit of an all-new streaming home where sports […]

May 17, 2024By Colin Mann