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 […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OMEDA Thursday November 20, 2025 IN THE NEWS Major League Baseball has inked new media rights deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN. Sunday night games will move from ESPN to NBC Sports, which also nabbed ESPN’s Wild Card rights. Netflix will have the annual Home Run Derby, along […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL Wednesday November 19, 2025 IN THE NEWS AMC Networks has launched subscription streaming service All Reality, featuring over 2500 hours of reality programming from We TV and other AMC Networks brands. Programs include “Love After Lockup,” “The Braxtons,” and “Mama June,” among others, along with a […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PREMION Tuesday November 18, 2025 IN THE NEWS Sinclair has been in discussions with rival broadcast station owner E.W. Scripps for several months regarding a “potential combination,” according to an SEC filing, and has acquired an 8.2% stake in the company. Scripps operates 60 local stations and owns […]
Monday November 17, 2025 IN THE NEWS Disney and YouTube TV agreed on a carriage deal on Friday, 15 days into a blackout of Disney channels on the service. The agreement includes carriage of ABC and ESPN, along with other networks, and the inclusion of the Unlimited tier of ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer streaming at […]
Friday November 14, 2025 IN THE NEWS Doesn’t sound like Disney is backing down in the carriage dispute that has left its channels dark on YouTube TV. On an earnings call Thursday, CEO Bob Iger told analysts, “The deal that we have proposed is equal to or better than what other large distributors have […]
© 2026 Access Intelligence, LLC – All Rights Reserved.
