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Friday January 17, 2025 Cynopsis will not publish on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr Day.    IN THE NEWS Fox Sports and LIV Golf inked a multi-year media rights agreement that brings live coverage of LIV Golf League competition to US viewers beginning next month with the start of LIV Golf’s third official League season. […]

Thursday January 16, 2025    IN THE NEWS TikTok’s US employees don’t need to panic (yet) about the law that calls for the Chinese-owned video app to be banned due to security concerns. “Your employment, pay and benefits are secure, and our offices will remain open, even if this situation hasn’t been resolved before the […]

Wednesday January 15, 2025    IN THE NEWS Four days after the demise of Venu Sports, DirecTV launched a skinny bundle of 40 sports and broadcast channels, MySports, priced at $69.99 per month. DirecTV has distribution agreements with media companies including Disney, Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal, as well as networks from the […]

Tuesday January 14, 2025    IN THE NEWS While over 70% of consumers are familiar with the term “generative AI,” and 57% say they’ve used a generative AI product like ChatGPT, only 18% are “very confident” they could explain to someone else what generative AI is or how it works, according to Hub study “AI […]

Monday January 13, 2025    IN THE NEWS RIP, Venu Sports. On Friday, ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have decided not to move forward with their proposed bundled sports streamer. “After careful consideration, we have collectively agreed to discontinue the Venu Sports joint venture and not launch the streaming service,” they said […]

Friday January 10, 2025    IN THE NEWS With wildfires still raging in LA, the Producers Guild extended voting for this year’s awards until tomorrow, January 11. The nominations announcement is now slated for Sunday, January 12. Also postponed were the release of nominations for the 2025 American Society of Cinematographers Awards and for the […]

Thursday January 9, 2025    IN THE NEWS Nominees for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday. “Shogun” topped list with five nods, followed by four for “The Bear” and three for “The Diplomat.” The ceremony is set for Sunday, February 23 at 8p on Netflix. The nominee news was shared via […]

Wednesday January 8, 2025    IN THE NEWS Paramount Global and Comcast announced the renewal of their distribution agreements, which deliver Paramount’s portfolio of broadcast brands – including CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network and more – across Xfinity platforms. Comcast subscribers will also retain access to streamers Paramount+, Pluto TV and BET+. […]

Tuesday January 7, 2025    IN THE NEWS FuboTV and Disney have struck a deal for Disney to combine its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, thus ending Fubo’s antitrust litigation against the formation of Venu Sports by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. Fubo has agreed to a $220 million cash payment […]

Monday January 6, 2025    IN THE NEWS Paramount and Skydance Media fired back at critics of their pending merger, including LiveVideo.AI Corp., the Center for American Rights, and Fuse Media, maintaining in a regulatory filing that far from being harmed by the deal, their critics are making demands that threaten free speech. “These filings […]