Australia’s Foxtel and Warner Bros. Discovery Renew Content Supply Pact, Seek Flexibility for Evolving Streaming Era

Australia head coach Graham Arnold says Ryan Strain deserves another opportunity to impress for his country.

DEALSConcord Music Publishing has signed Australian band Coterie to a worldwide publishing deal. “There is a deep connection and understanding that flows through their songs”, says Jaime Gough, MD at Concord Music Publishing ANZ.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has appointed streaming industry veteran Ron Downey as its Chairman.

Australian dance legends PNAU have teased a cold, cold reunion with Elton John at his Glastonbury headline slot this year. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories and Emissary Pictures, a company that straddles New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, have announced a strategic partnership for the development and production of cross-cultural films, series and content in Asia. The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market. The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.

Love Island star Jack, 23, made the surprise announcement on his Instagram on Thursday evening as he shared a snap holding his newborn baby daughter. The former Casa Amor bombshell wrote: “Welcome to the world my little Princess”. It is the first grandchild for father-of-five Ronan, 46, who shot to fame as a member of boy band Boyzone.

Ronan Keating's son Jack has become a father.  The Love Island star, 23, made the surprise announcement on his Instagram on Thursday evening.  Sharing the first snap of his newborn baby daughter, he wrote: 'Welcome to the world my little Princess'.

Rebel Wilson is known worldwide for her comic personality and acting talents, but the star is far more private about her personal life.However, in February 2023 the Bridesmaids actress announced the happy news that she and her girlfriend of one year, Ramona Agruma, were engaged. See the happy couple share a sweet tender moment together in the video below.WATCH: Rebel and Ramona share a tender moment at the fun fairBut how did Rebel meet her shy but successful LA-based sweetheart? Find out all about the pair's relationship in HELLO!'s rundown below.Australian comedian Rebel's girlfriend is none other than American jewelry and fashion designer Ramona Agruma.

Indian streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar has confirmed that it will no longer carry HBO content from March 31, in a move that was reported by Deadline last month. 

Japanese streamer U-Next has renewed its content deal with Warner Bros Discovery, under which it will continue to be the SVOD streaming home of HBO programming in Japan. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Warner Bros. Discovery and Japan’s U-Next have announced an extension of their relationship with a renewed deal to supply content to the SVOD platform. The agreement sees U-Next continue as the streaming home of HBO in Japan. Featuring exclusive content rights for HBO, HBO Original and HBO Max Original series, the strengthened agreement includes: current and future seasons of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us” and “Succession” as well as returning HBO Original and HBO Max Original series “True Detective: Night Country,” “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” and “And Just Like That…”

Netflix will splash the cash in the APAC region this year, boosting content investment by 15% as revenues grow by 12%, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Global streaming operation Netflix is forecast to spend $1.9 billion on local content in the Asia-Pacific region this year as group revenue from the region accelerates to 12%, according to a new report. The content investment spending figure represents a 15% hike. Netflix will grow revenues this year by 12% year-on-year to exceed $4 billion compared with 9% growth in 2022, says a new report published on Monday by Media Partners Asia.

Foxtel Group and Warner Bros Discovery have renewed their multi-year content agreement, under which the Australian pay-TV operator and streamer will remain the home of HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros and Discovery programming in Australia.

Watch Below: Megan Gale's makeup routineThe Aussie model will be walking for the David Jones AW23 Runway at Melbourne Fashion Festival. David Jones shared the exciting announcement on Instagram, writing, “we are proud to welcome Megan, a home-grown icon who first joined the David Jones family in 2001, back to the runway as we celebrate 185 Years of Inspiration.”  Megan was first signed as the brand ambassador of the Australian retailer in 2001, representing the brand both on and off the catwalk. The partnership spanned almost 15 years before ending in 2014 and was one of Australia’s longest-serving fashion contracts. “It has been 15 years since I last walked the catwalk, that was for Autumn Winter 2008....it feels like it was yesterday,” she told the Herald Sun.“It is quite extraordinary how much time has passed and what has happened with David Jones and also myself and my own life.”  “It just feels really lovely to come together for such an important milestone and it was an absolute honour to be asked.”Since stepping away from modelling, Megan has been focusing on her family life with Shaun Hampson. The couple, who met in 2011 and were engaged in 2017 have two children. In May 2014, the couple welcomed their first child, a baby boy named River.

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan are set to lead Scrublands, a TV adaptation of Chris Hammer’s novel for Australian streamer Stan.

Sydney Sweeney‘s outfit is partially covered by giant umbrellas as she arrives for a top secret project in Sydney, Australia on Friday (February 24).

Once upon a time, Melissa Joan Hart and Ryan Reynolds had a little bit of magic between them.

Melissa Joan Hart and Ryan Reynolds are the celebrity couple that could have been. During the latest episode of the  podcast, the 46-year-old actress opened up about the time she spent with Blake Lively's husband during their teenage years on the set of movie, which was released in 1996.On-screen, Reynolds played Hart's love interest, Seth, and the actress admitted to having eyes for him while he starred on fellow Nickelodeon show,, alongside Chris William Martin, a.k.a.

. Hart told the hosts of the podcast—fellow former Nickelodeon stars David Lascher and Christine Taylor—that she had romantic connections with two of the stars of the Nickelodeon show Fifteen: Corky Martin and Ryan Reynolds. “I dated Corky and kind of had a little thing with Ryan.” She explained that she met Martin at a Nickelodeon event, “And then I worked on Ryan Reynolds on the first Sabrina movie. The first movie we did, Ryan was in it.” Before there was a Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV show there was a Sabrina the Teenage Witch movie, which starred Reynolds as Sabrina's first love interest.While the podcast hosts seemed surprised that , it's not the first time the has mentioned it.