TV Shows & Movies
Ryan Gosling’s New Film Is Being Attacked For Johnny Depp And Amber Heard ‘Joke’
People are taking to social media to express their concern after hearing a reference to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Ryan Gosling's latest film. The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Emily Blunt as IF, was released this week, but film had already...
The Reunion Photo Of Mrs. Doubtfire’s Siblings Has Left Admirers Emotional For One Reason
A reunion photo of the siblings from Mrs Doubtfire has been revealed, and it has left us all in tears. The 1993 Robin Williams picture is a classic, widely regarded as one of the best comedies of the 1990s. The Hillard siblings, played by three young actors, have had...
Meta Ad Revenues To Overtake All Linear TV By 2025
TV revenues may have shown indications of recovery at the start of 2024, but new data from WARC predicts that linear TV gains will be eclipsed by social media gains over the coming year. Meta alone is expected to surpass all global linear TV ad revenues by 2025, as...
Reinventing Broadcasting For Live Sports And local TV News Using Bonded Mobile
Local television broadcasters are increasingly relying on sophisticated cellular technologies such as 4G and 5G to transform how they offer news and live video to their consumers. This move is about more than just staying current with technological advances; it is...
Telly Sees Social Budgets Coming Into CTV
One of the most unique companies in the TV advertising industry is Telly, a US startup that provides consumers with a free dual-screen TV with commercials broadcast on the second screen. Today, the firm makes its debut at the IAB NewFronts in New York, announcing a...
Paramount Receives A Last $5 Billion Offer From Skydance Media To Close Its Merger
Over the last month, reports have circulated that Paramount is nearing an agreement to be sold to or merged with Skydance. Skydance has now made a final and best offer of around $5 billion to merge with Paramount. According to CNBC, the Redstone family would receive...
Paramount Receives A Last $5 Billion Offer From Skydance Media To Close Its Merger
Over the last month, reports have circulated that Paramount is nearing an agreement to be sold to or merged with Skydance. Skydance has now made a final and best offer of around $5 billion to merge with Paramount. According to CNBC, the Redstone family would receive...
Brian Roberts’ Pay Increased To $35 Million At Comcast
According to a proxy statement filed by Comcast, chairman and CEO Brian Roberts received $35.4 million in salary in 2023, an increase of 11% over the previous year. In addition to his salary of $2.5 million, Roberts received $15 million in stock awards, $9.2 million...
Netflix And Amazon Prime Video Are Eating The Lunch Of Traditional Broadcast Ad Sales
Streaming video platforms have been a shining example of innovation in the ever-changing media and entertainment industry, engaging audiences with diverse and high-quality content. As we move ahead, these platforms are poised to make a historic entry into traditional...
The First Trailer For The Live-Action Lion King Prequel Has Just Dropped
Thirty years after we saw Mufasa die in The Lion King, we're about to venture back in time for a prequel to the epic narrative. Watch the trailer for the new movie here: Yes, it is true: it has been 30 years since Simba was forced to grow up without a father; since he...
Warner Bros. Discovery Launches A Unified Data Offering, YouTube’s Q1 Ad Revenues Top $8 Billion, And A Study Shows TV Is Doing More With Less
Warner Bros. Discovery launches its first-party data platform, Olli. Warner Bros. Discovery announced the debut of Olli, a new proprietary first-party data platform that will manage campaign planning, activation, and measurement across the media conglomerate's entire...
Pixar Discloses ‘Heart-Wrenching’ Last-Minute Update In Finding Nemo
Pixar is well-known for producing great, even Oscar-winning films, yet there were once concerns that it had created a 'poor' movie. Pixar has created a succession of great films that people of all ages enjoy, like Toy Story and Up, Elementals, and Inside Out. By 2002,...
Big Variations In TV Advertising Attitudes Between The US And Europe Found By RTL AdAlliance Research
Industry professionals are typically well aware that the European CTV advertising business is extremely different from the US market and will not grow in precisely the same manner. The amount of regional competitors, the language and regulatory obstacles prevalent in...
Advertisers Look To CTV And Social Video In The Lead-Up To Cookie Deprecation
CTV spending increased in the UK last year, according to the most recent IAB Digital Adspend report, as advertisers seek to invest in cookieless environments. The analysis, conducted in collaboration with PwC, discovered that ad expenditure on CTV devices (£1.2...
Brittney Griner Joins Robin Roberts For ’20/20′ Special
Brittney Griner, the WNBA player who spent ten months in a Russian prison, will appear alongside Robin Roberts in an ABC primetime special on Wednesday, May 1. The 20/20 program is titled "Prisoner in Russia: The Brittney Griner Interview." "In the wide-ranging...
Viaplay Remains Resilient By Reiterating Emphasis On Fundamental Markets And Distribution Alliances
Viaplay, a Nordic streaming company, has become the most recent European broadcaster to report evidence of recovery in the TV advertising market with a positive start to 2024. Q1 sales increased by 6 percent year-over-year, which was comparable to the quarterly...
“Fallout” Gets A Quick Renewal On Prime Video
Prime Video has bought a second season of Fallout. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy created the show, which is based on a computer game and takes place 200 years after the apocalypse. It premiered on April 10. The show is described as "the story of haves and have-nots in a...
Whoopi Goldberg Ignites Retirement Rumors From The View After Appearing ‘Weary’ And ‘Uninterested’ In A Recent Broadcast
Fans of The View have been discussing Whoopi Goldberg's future on the show after she purportedly appeared 'uninterested' on a recent episode. Goldberg, now 68, joined The View's cast as a host and moderator in 2007 and has remained a regular on the show ever since....
Netflix Tells Us About Ad Growth, Sony Gets Ready To Bid On Paramount, And Axel Springer CEO Says “Don’t Fear Google, It’s Already Won”
It's still hard to scale, but Netflix's ad revenue grew by two thirds in the first quarter. Netflix said that its ad membership grew by 65% quarter-over-quarter in the first quarter of this year. This follows two quarters of similarly high growth as the company...
Quentin Tarantino Apparently Abandoned Planning For His Final Film
Quentin Tarantino has an impressive filmography, but what was expected to be his final directorial effort may have been canceled. Tarantino has been entertaining moviegoers for decades, and many were looking forward to what was thought to be his final film, The Movie...
Cord-Cutting In Hotels Is Becoming Easier As AirPlay Comes To Select IHG Hotels
One of the more difficult aspects of traveling these days is being able to access the applications you want while on the fly. For some time now, certain hotels have provided Chromecast support. IHG Hotels and Resorts is now offering AirPlay in select locations. Cord...
Seth MacFarlane Would Discontinue ‘Family Guy’ For Just One Reason
"Family Guy" has captivated audiences for 25 years. The animated comedy has been on the air since 1999, and creator Seth MacFarlane has no plans to discontinue it after 23 seasons. The comedian, 50, spoke candidly about the show's stability over the last two decades...
With Marketing Budgets Under Pressure, CTV Measurement Is More Important Than Ever
There are numerous promising trends in CTV investment in Europe, according to Stefanie Briec, AudienceXpress's Director of Demand Sales, UK & EMEA. However, the coming year will also present obstacles. Fragmentation is a challenge, and firms with limited marketing...
Jennifer Lawrence Is Expected To Play Leonardo DiCaprio’s Wife In A New Biopic Directed By Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence could team up again in a next film. Following the success and accolades of Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese is looking forward to his next projects. If you've seen his films, you'll notice that DiCaprio appears...