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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PREMION Monday December 8, 2025    IN THE NEWS Did you hear? Netflix rocked the media industry on Friday with the announcement that it had reached a deal valued at $72 billion to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and television studios, HBO Max, and HBO. If the deal is […]

Friday December 5, 2025    IN THE NEWS “CBS Evening News” co-anchor Maurice DuBois is leaving as part of a larger overhaul of talent at the network. DuBois announced his departure via Instagram Thursday, adding that December 18 will be his last broadcast at CBS News. “It has been the Honor of a Lifetime,” he […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL Thursday December 4, 2025    IN THE NEWS Comcast has set January 2 as the date to spin off most of its portfolio of cable networks into a new publicly traded company, Versant, led by CEO Mark Lazarus. The new entity will include MS NOW, CNBC, E!, […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PREMION Wednesday December 3, 2025    IN THE NEWS AMC Networks and TNA Wrestling struck a multi-year agreement to bring TNA’s flagship weekly show, “Thursday Night iMPACT!”, to AMC. AMC will feature the show as a two-hour block of TNA Wrestling every Thursday from 9-11p, starting, January 15. “TNA’s […]

Tuesday December 2, 2025    IN THE NEWS Older viewers are fueling much of the growth in influencer content, according to data from Ampere Analysis – among 55–64-year-olds, weekly viewing of influencer content in the US has jumped from 44% in 2020 to 54% in 3Q25. “The biggest surprise in our latest data wasn’t how […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SCREENVISION Cinema Wins the Holiday and Everything After Record attendance, premium attention, and a slate built to outperform every other screen. Whether it’s Broadway musicals or animated franchises, cinema delivers. ~27.2M packed theaters this Thanksgiving, ~8.6M for Wicked: For Good, and ~14.5M for Zootopia 2. December surges with Avatar: Fire and […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL Wednesday November 26, 2025    IN THE NEWS Warner Bros. Discovery has requested that bidders submit revised, sweetened offers by Monday, December 1. Paramount Skydance is pursuing an acquisition of the entire company, while Netflix and Comcast are focusing on Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max. The […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OMEDA Tuesday November 25, 2025    IN THE NEWS Station group owner Sinclair has proposed buying all the outstanding shares of rival EW Scripps that it does not already own for $7 per share. According to an SEC filing submitted Monday, Sinclair has acquired a 9.9% stake in Scripps […]

Monday November 24, 2025    IN THE NEWS Audiences want short-form vertical video to extend beyond social media, according to a survey commissioned by Media.net. Key findings in the report include: · 73% of consumers watch multiple times per day (41% a few times daily, 32% multiple times per hour). · 69% watch while relaxing […]

Friday November 21, 2025    IN THE NEWS HBO has renewed “The Chair Company” and “I Love LA” for second seasons. “The Chair Company” is pacing as HBO’s top freshman comedy in platform history, with the season averaging 3.3 million Live+3cross-platform viewers, while “I Love LA” ranks as HBO’s second top freshman comedy ever, averaging […]