Apple, Canal+ Sign Landmark, Multi-Year Deal to Bring Apple TV+ to All Subscribers in France
Canal+/Apple Apple and Canal+ have signed a landmark deal that will bring Apple TV+ to all Canal+ subscribers in France, along with some...
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Cannes 2023 Thierry Fremaux on the Festival’s Relationship With Hollywood, Scorsese, Netflix, Oscars
Credit: Jean-Louis Hupe Can the Cannes Film Festival top itself after a 2022 edition that premiered three picture nominees, “Top Gun:...
Apple and Amazon to Spend Billions on Movies for the Big Screen. Will the Pricey Gamble Pay Off?
Killers of the Flower Moon (Courtesy of Apple) It may have been implausible a few years, heck, even a few months ago, that tech giants...
Disney+ Won’t Take Ads for Alcohol, Politics to Keep Venue Family Friendly
Courtesy of Disney Not every marketer is likely to get its commercials on a new ad-supported version of Disney+. The popular streaming...
AMC Boss Adam Aron Charging Extra for Blockbusters After ‘The Batman,’ Catering to ‘Ape’ Investors
Adam Aron (Courtesy of Barrett Emke for Variety) AMC CEO Adam Aron is a rock star to a very specific group of people. Those people, of...
Apple Services Revenue Climbs 17% to $19.8 Billion as iPhone Growth Slows, Still Hits All Time High
Tech giant beats Wall Street expectations, touts more than 825 million paying subscribers for March quarter Tim Cook arrives at the...
Warner Bros. Discovery Aims to Become Aggressive ‘Global Operator’ in Wide World of Sports
‘NBA on TNT’ announcer Charles Barkley (Courtesy of Richard Shotwell/Invision) There’s a new contender in the arena. As Discovery begins...
Apple Takes Swing at Sports With Major League Baseball Rights Deal
MLB All Star Game (Courtesy of SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Apple has snared rights to a Friday-night package of Major League...
Facebook Q2 Revenue Up 56% to $29 Billion and Profit Doubles, Stock Falls on Warning of Slowing Grow
Mark Zuckerberg (Courtesy of AP) In the tech world, the big keep getting bigger. Facebook’s revenue for the second quarter of 2021 jumped...
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2 Delivers Biggest Premiere Audience for Apple TV Plus to Date, Company Claims
Pictured above (l. to r.): Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Nick Mohammed in “Ted Lasso” Courtesy of Apple TV Plus Drafting off its...
Apple Inks First-Look Deal With Oscar-Nominated Producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Content
Alexander Rodnyansky (Courtesy of Ilya Vartanian/Non-Stop Production) Apple has signed a first-look deal with AR Content, the production...
Jane Fonda to Voice Key Role in Apple/Skydance Film ‘Luck’
Luck (Courtesy of Apple TV+) Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda has joined the voice cast of “Luck,” a new feature from the just-announced...
Apple and Skydance Animation Formally Announce Multi-Year Partnership
David Ellison (Left) and Jon Lasseter (Right) Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Following Variety‘s exclusive...
Trading Places: Why Legacy Media Giants Are Suddenly Acting Like Tech Companies
CHEYNE GATELEY/VIP The Walt Disney Co. is one of the most storied brands in history, world renowned for its animated movies and Marvel...
Facebook Beats Q4 Forecasts But Sees ‘Significant Uncertainty,’ Ad-Targeting Headwinds in 2021
Facebook (Courtesy of AP) Facebook beat forecasts on both the top and bottom line when the social media giant reported fourth-quarter and...
Brie Larson to Star, Executive Produce Apple Series ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ From Susannah Grant
Brie Larson (Courtesy of Sipa USA via AP) Brie Larson is set to star in and executive produce the drama series “Lessons in Chemistry,”...
Media, Tech Stocks Fall Amid Broader U.S. Market Decline
Courtesy of AP On the first trading day of 2021, stocks of major media and tech companies slumped as investors assessed the economic...
More Streaming, More Screaming: Showbiz Predictions for 2021
Courtesy of King: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/AP Images; Zuckerberg: Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa/AP Images; Chalamet: Chia Bella James/Warner...
Buyer or Seller? How Each Film Studio Tackled Dealmaking Amid the Pandemic
Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Matt Kennedy/Lionsgate; Courtesy of Nicole Dove/MGM; Courtesy of...
Climate Change Anthology Series From Scott Z. Burns Lands Apple Series Order (EXCLUSIVE)
Scott Z. Burns (Courtesy of Dan Doperalski for Variety) Apple has given a series order to “Extrapolations,” an anthology series about...
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