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Robin Chacko Promoted to Direct-to-Consumer EVP at Starz
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‘Morning Joe’ Knocks GOP for ‘Acting Really Stupid’ About Midterms Mail-In Voting: ‘Like Little Babies Who Play Peekaboo’ (Video)
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The Media Layoff Bloodbath: Why It’s Happening and Who’s Hurt the Most
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Disney Branded Television Extends Multiyear Overall Deal With Tim Federle’s Chorus Boy Productions
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‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season 2 Trailer Sets the Stage for Battle With the Empire: ‘Peace Was Never an Option’ (Video)
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy Named Time’s 2022 Person of the Year
The Ukrainian president has led his nation on a united front against Russia’s invasion since February
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Netflix Has ‘Not Seen a Profit Path’ in ‘Renting Big Sports,’ Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Says
“I’m very confident that we can get twice as big without sports,” the chief executive said at UBS Global’s TMT conference on Tuesday
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Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Forecasts Another Drop in Ad Revenue in Q4
“The current market is challenging and we’re in it every day and we see it,” Bakish says at UBS Global TMT Conference
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Lionsgate Television Group President Sandra Stern Promoted to Vice Chairman
Under her leadership, the studio’s television business has seen a record 14 new shows picked up to series and 15 current series renewed for additional seasons in 2022
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HBO Max Returns to Amazon Prime Video Channels
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NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Expects Disney to Write ‘Big Check’ for Comcast’s Hulu Stake
Under a 2019 agreement, the media giant’s 33% minority stake in the streamer is up for grabs as early as January 2024
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‘Servant’ Season 4 Trailer: The Turner Family’s End Nears in the M. Night Shyamalan Thriller’s Final Chapter (Video)
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How the Major Streamers Stack Up Right Now in Subscribers and Revenue | Charts
Netflix still dominates in total users and average revenue per user, but here’s who’s giving the streaming giant a run for its money
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‘Surface’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
The psychological thriller series is a collaboration between Apple Studios and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine
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Kimmel Diagnoses Kanye West as ‘Black White Supremacist’: ‘He’s Wearing the Wrong Color Hood’ (Video)
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