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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PREMION Wednesday December 17, 2025    IN THE NEWS The BBC could be forced to release a Netflix-like subscription service, or take on limited advertising as a way to broaden its funding sources, according to a policy paper cited by Deadline.com. The paper maps out possible scenarios for the […]

Tuesday December 16, 2025    IN THE NEWS CBS is doubling down on what’s working with a new special, “Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Pt. 2,” airing Monday, December 22 at 8p. That’s less than a month after the 1996-2005 comedy’s first anniversary special, which premiered November 24 and had an encore broadcast four days […]

Monday December 15, 2025    IN THE NEWS Google is removing AI-generated YouTube videos featuring Disney characters, following a cease-and-desist letter from Disney that accused Google of infringing on its copyrights. “We have a longstanding and mutually beneficial relationship with Disney, and will continue to engage with them,” said a Google spokesperson. “More generally, we […]

Friday December 12, 2025    IN THE NEWS The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have struck a three-year licensing deal that makes Disney the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform. Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos, drawing from a set of more than 200 […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OMEDA Thursday December 11, 2025    IN THE NEWS YouTube TV will start offering over 10 cheaper, genre-specific packages early next year that give “more choice and flexibility to our subscribers,” the company said in a blog post. YouTube TV Plans will include a sports plan with a comprehensive […]

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OMEDA Tuesday December 9, 2025    IN THE NEWS Paramount launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, three days after WBD announced a deal with Netflix that had won the approval of both companies’ boards. Paramount circumvented the WBD board to offer shareholders what it described […]

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!, […]