AMC Networks Sees 23% Drop In U.S. Advertising Revenue; Adds Streaming Subs; Stock Takes A Hit

Sky users, listen up! You can now get Sky and Netflix completely free if you try out a new way to watch TV. It's not often that you get something for nothing, but that's exactly what's on offer right now. Sky is giving away its premium channels and full access to Netflix for free.

Addie Morfoot Contributor AMC Theaters and Fifth Season are teaming up to release Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s feature documentary “Butterfly in the Sky,” about the beloved 1980’s PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow.” The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023, takes audiences behind the scenes of the children’s series and tells the story of the show’s creators, who believed the small screen could inspire a love of reading. The docu also spotlights the show’s host LeVar Burton and gives an inside look at the challenges he and the show’s creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television.

ITV's Dancing on Ice has received Ofcom complaints following Stephen Mulhern's naked stunt on Sunday night. Stephen performed a cheeky routine during the show's Sunday episode, featuring topless dancers from Magic Mike Live in London.

EXCLUSIVE: SkyShowtime‘s drama original Codename: Annika is taking its art crime sensibilities around the world.

Justin Timberlake just debuted his third new song, “Drown” on Friday (February 22)!

EXCLUSIVE: The jury for the Jodie Whittaker-backed £25,000 ($31,000) Empower Film Fund for female and non-binary filmmakers has been set.

Stockport is being recognised for its nightlife after receiving a prestigious award.

Gary Barlow has expressed his desire to use VR in future Take That shows.In a new interview with The Sunday Mirror, Barlow admitted he was inspired by the recent U2 show at The Sphere, and wanted to incorporate its high-end technology into Take That shows. The band are preparing to embark on their UK and Ireland tour, with Olly Murs as a support act.Barlow said: “When the screen came on, 18,000 people breathed in.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall have joined the cast of the animated feature “Girl in the Clouds,” directed by Philippe Riche (“Rabbids Invasion”). The film, penned by Riche and Luc Bossi, is inspired by the novel “The Little Girl Who Swallowed a Cloud as Big as The Eiffel Tower” by best-selling author Romain Puértolas. Production will start in May 2024 for a Summer 2026 release.

Train users and football fans have been warned of last minute cancellations affecting tomorrow's Manchester to London service, on the evening Chelsea play City at the Etihad Stadium.

Jack Whitehall and Roxy Horner have been spotted out on a stroll in London with their baby daughter Elsie. The new parents, who welcomed baby Elsie into the world back in September, made the most of the unseasonably mild weather as they headed out for a walk and grabbed a drink from a coffee shop on Thursday, 15 February. Comedian Jack, 35, kept things casual as he wore some charcoal coloured shorts which he paired with a puffer jacket and pair of blue trainers.

Production is officially underway for Obsessed, a new, Broadway-bound Diane Warren bio-musical: Producers announced today that licensing deals are set for songs that will be featured in the score, including the Taylor Swift hit “Say Don’t Go.”

Residents in Stockport are set to be hit with a council tax increase. The council is planning to lift the rate by 4.99 per cent, adding £111 to yearly bills for band D equivalent homes - £9.33 per month, according to its budget report.

Naman Ramachandran Streaming subscription growth in the Southeast Asia region slowed dramatically in 2023, but revenue from those subscriptions grew at a robust rate, a new study has found. The report from data analytics company AMPD, that is part of consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia, shows that the region – that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – added only 1.3 million net new SVOD subscribers in 2023, compared with 11 million in 2022. But subscription revenues grew at 12.5% to $1.4 billion.

Remember a few months ago when Swifties did a deep dive into Travis Kelce‘s old tweets — and they were so surprisingly silly and wholesome? If not spelled very well…

Plans for a new £20 million leisure and community hub in Stockport took a step closer to becoming reality this week.

So many celebrities are getting a jump start on Super Bowl weekend at Michael Rubin’s 2024 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Julianne Hough has canceled her appearances with the Dancing with the Stars Live tour due to a conflicting filming schedule.

Is Perez a bro? We don’t think so! But… He went to @PowerSlap 6 at @DurangoResort in Las Vegas and…

Manchester United great Norman Whiteside and a number of supporters have been angered by the club's decision to relocate their season ticket seats at Old Trafford.