Primetime TV Sees Ad Dollars Fall 5% in Upfront, but Streaming Helps Ease Pain

Noel Gallagher has reflected on his friendship with Bono, and recalled the time that he and Bruce Springsteen jokingly aggravated him by sending him a selfie.The former Oasis member made the comments during a new interview with Shuffle (via Sunday World), ahead of his performance with High Flying Birds in Dublin on Saturday (August 26).Leading onto the discussion about his friendship with the U2 singer, Gallagher began by reflecting upon his time meeting with another rock legend, Bruce Springsteen.According to the musician, he met The Boss by chance while the two were both in Ibiza and ended up spending the afternoon together. “Bruce is an amazing dude and I was lucky enough to meet him a few years ago,” he told the outlet.“I had lunch with him and his wife.

A family who booked their first holiday in 11 years at a dream villa in Spain say they were 'scammed' after they showed up to find the villa didn't exist.

Amy Dowden has asked fans for help amid her 'painful' hair loss during her ongoing cancer battle.The Strictly Come Dancing star reached out to her 483,000 Instagram followers as she asked for advice on what to do about her "painful" and "sore" scalp and head. She recently revealed that her second round of chemotherapy treatment has had a "heart-breaking" effect as she has started to lose her hair.The professional dancer, 33, announced in June that she had undergone a mastectomy after discovering that she had stage three breast cancer.

Holly Willoughby's acting skills will be put under the spotlight this weekend, as the presenter makes her TV drama debut.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor You might call it CNN Headline News — for the streaming era. Warner Bros. Discovery plans to unveil a 24/7 live-streamed news service called “CNN Max” on September 27, and indicated the outlet would focus initially on breaking news.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CNN+ may not have worked, but perhaps CNN on Max will. Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to launch new original programs from CNN that will stream on its Max streaming service, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Swifties are getting a taste of Taylor Swift’s first re-released track off her 2017 album, Reputation.

is still going strong, and Sophie Turner is the latest celebrity to join the TikTok-approved style trend. Over the weekend, the Games of Thrones star took to Instagram to show off her favorite pair of printed pajamas covered in illustrated sushi rolls. “I love my pajamas,” she captioned the cozy selfie.Brands and celebrities alike have been drawing on the abundance of the farmer's market for inspiration this summer, resulting in covetable pieces such as , , and .

The BBC, ARD/ZDF and other major European public service networks have seen viewer engagement in their services dive by nearly a fifth in the past six years, an Ampere Analysis study revealed today.

The parents of Location, Location, Location presenter Phil Spencer have died in a car crash. His father, Richard, 89, and mum Anne, 82, tragically died on Friday lunchtime when the car they were travelling crashed into a shallow tributary river that runs through their estate. It happened on the farm at Littlebourne, near Canterbury, Kent, where Phil, 53, and his siblings grew up.

Callum McLennan In the run-up to next week’s Cologne’s Gamescom, a break-down of just some of the video game titles made or in the hopper from Spain’s Canary Islands gaming scene: “All On Board!” (The Game Kitchen) Brace yourselves for “All On Board!,” a potential impending VR sensation, masterfully merging the nostalgia of board games with avant-garde VR finesse. Envisioned for Meta Quest and SteamVR, this platform promises a redefined experience, simulating the warmth of board game nights with pals. On its horizon is an ocean of community-crafted mods, empowered by a user-friendly, code-free editor, with the aim of ensuring every game feels like a novel escapade.

Madonna is set to hit the road later this year after being hospitalized for a “serious bacterial infection” earlier this summer.

Rauw Alejandro confirmed the rumors that had been circulating for days: his relationship with Rosalía had come to an end. The singer was clear in stating that this decision had nothing to do with rumors of infidelity, as he vehemently denied there was a third person in their relationship.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Bleacher Report has a new type of game to analyze. Surf on over to the sports-commentary site that has been part of the Warner Bros. Discovery stable since 2012, and you’ll see the usual stuff: a ranking of the best superstar duos in the NBA; speculation over whether the Atlanta Hawks will trade for the Toronto Raptors’ Shams Chanria; and an aggregation of a story about the Kansas City Chiefs and defensive tackle Chris Jones.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney is coming for the streaming password-sharing freeloaders. Taking a page from Netflix’s playbook, Disney chief Bob Iger announced that the media conglomerate has put a priority on finding ways to convert password-borrowing users into paying customers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A tough advertising market sent dollars toward Disney’s sports and streaming properties, the company said Tuesday, but not flocking at the same rate to its traditional TV networks. “Overall revenue and volume commitments made in the Upfront are in line with the prior year,” the company said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributors Utopia and Sumerian have set an October 13th nationwide theatrical release for Divinity, the sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Dorff, Bella Thorne, Scott Bakula and more, which world premiered in the NEXT section of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox Corp. relied more heavily on its ability to drive revenue from the transmission of the Fox broadcast network and its Fox stations, as it grappled with downturns in advertising during its fiscal fourth quarter. The owner of Fox News, Fox Sports and the Fox broadcast network said it generated profit of $375 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $306 million, or 55 per share in the year-earlier period.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBC has long been the home of the popular sports broadcast “Sunday Night Football.” Now it wants to get the word out about football on Saturday nights. Thanks to a new deal that starts in earnest this year, NBC has gained rights to air Big Ten college football games on Saturday nights commencing September 2, all part of a scramble last year that gave new rights to the league to NBC and CBS, and saw ESPN give up its hold on the conference’s games.

Austin Butler and David Beckham earned their Good Samaritan badge over the weekend and showed off their muscles in the process.