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With uncertainty clouding its long-term NBA relationship, TNT Sports continues to fill out its portfolio, setting a 6-year rights deal with the Big East Conference for men’s and women’s college basketball. The agreement will bring more than 65 regular season Big East college basketball games to lead…

Film London Predicts $12B Film & TV Boost To UK Capital Film London has suggested that the film, TV and animation industries could generate as much as $12B (£9.5B) in investment in the UK capital in the next five years to 2028-29, as a result of its support activities.  The body released the figures…

David Zaslav can now boast of having a former Press Secretary to the President of the United States among his corporate inner circle. However, even with the trophy of Robert Gibbs now on his shelf, the Warner Bros Discovery CEO may do well to remember the transition from DC to Hollywood has proved full of…

As intrigue continues to swirl about its future role as an NBA broadcaster, Warner Bros Discovery’s Turner Sports has secured U.S. rights to the French Open tennis tournament. The annual late-spring major, whose 2024 edition will wrap this weekend in Paris, is slated to be carried by WBD’s linear…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has dipped into the acquisitions market for European drama series The Crimson Rivers. The licensing deal with ZDF Studios is for all four seasons of the show, comprising 32 episodes in total, for French-speaking territories and Belgium. On June 11, the series…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says execs “continue to talk to the NBA” about a renewal of rights, but he argued that even without pro hoops the company’s sports offerings are “very robust.” “I was just down in Atlanta. We’ve got a great team down there and we love our experience with the…

Channel 4’s 'Hollyoaks' Makes International Soap History Long-running Channel 4 series Hollyoaks has made history as the first UK soap to be made available on YouTube around the world. People living abroad will be able to stream full episodes for free, coming a few months after Channel 4 moved to a…

Andy Cohen once described the Real Housewives franchise as "guilt free gossiping," and now he, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros Discovery and others are denying any guilt in the workplace discrimination and retaliation claims from RHONY vet Leah McSweeney. And, with the Constitution as their primary shield…

Charles Barkley, one of the mainstays of the long-venerated studio show Inside the NBA — which won yet another Sports Emmy last night — says the current media rights situation “sucks right now” for Warner Bros. Discovery staffers. About 200 jobs could be lost, Barkley said in an interview Wednesday…

The sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery finally has a name: Venu Sports. The company’s name and logo were announced this morning by CEO Pete Distad. The service expects to launch this fall in the U.S., though it faces a legal challenge from pay-TV company Fubo…

Emboldened by the success of Barbie, the biggest theatrical film of 2023 and also a potent draw in streaming, Warner Bros. Discovery mobilized its film slate in its upfront presentation to advertisers. Execs pointed to upcoming tentpoles like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (which was nearing its world…

Mindy Kaling got right to the point at the top of the Warner Bros Discovery presentation Wednesday by joking how her show The Sex Lives of College Girls is "filled with smoking hot guys who run around campus topless.”  "It's a Max show, not a BBC show," she said.  Sexy! Here’s what else…