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Sky CEO Dana Strong has said she is “optimistic” that the company’s UK unit can keep hold of HBO content when its deal with Warner Bros. Discovery comes up for renewal in 2026.
Strong, who has led the Comcast-owned pay-TV operator for nearly three years, said that Sky had represented shows including Succession and Game of Thrones “extremely well” in the UK.
She argued that its relationships with external partners had shown that it can be better to work with Sky than against the company in wringing value out of content.
“We’re quite optimistic that the logic … of doing business together so that both parties have a better outcome in the market [means] we’ll be able to find our way through that [HBO renewal],” Strong said at the RTS Cambridge Convention.
Strong also seemingly ruled out a sale of Sky’s German unit, Sky Deutschland. She said the appointment of a new CEO Barny Mills earlier this month was evidence “that we’re in it,” adding that there is “a lot of potential” for streaming in the German market.
Strong presented Sky research showing international demand for British TV shows is set to grow by 50% over the next decade.
It found that the UK media and entertainment sector has the potential to be worth an additional £10B ($12.3B) by 2033 — rising to £53B ($66B) and adding 40,000 more British jobs.
But Sky called for several policy overhauls in order to pave the way. Sky said “regular benchmarking” of the UK’s TV tax credits should be carried out to make sure the country is keeping up with other territories.
Strong also called for a broadening of R&D tax credits to include “creative endeavors” after finding that a day week of Sky’s technology resources are deployed on regulatory requirements, at a “significant cost
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Ben Shephard appeared to struggle to get a word in edgeways as he and Kate Garraway tackled Transport Secretary Mark Harper over the Prime Minister's decision to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester. The MP appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (October 5) after it was announced on Wednesday (October 4) by Rishi Sunak at the end of the Conservative Party Conference.
SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, is attending New York Comic Con on Oct. 14 for the panel “AI in Entertainment: The Performer’s Perspective”.
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more than proved this summer. The beauty of Taylor Allison Swift is that her extended reign over pop music has afforded us an abundance of costume inspiration from each of her 10 original studio albums.
Angelique Jackson It might officially be fall, but Netflix had a “Strong Black Summer.” At least, that was the name of the streamer’s warm-weather months campaign promoting a string of TV, film and documentary projects fronted by Black talent. Among the hot titles were Gabrielle Union’s rom-com “The Perfect Find,” the John Boyega-starring conspiratorial caper “They Cloned Tyrone,” a fourth season of the Emmy-nominated comedy “The Upshaws,” comedian Michelle Buteau’s semi-autobiographical series “Survival of the Thickest,” the “Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop” documentary, and a first look at awards contenders “Stamped from the Beginning” and “Rustin.” “The goal of ‘Strong Black Summer’ was to generate conversation and create community with Black consumers and partners,” says Netflix’s Shelly Gillyard, vice president of marketing in the U.S.
ABC is making some changes to its lineup following the resolution of the writers strike.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Andrey Zvyagintsev, the two-time Oscar-nominated Russian filmmaker of “Loveless” and “Leviathan,” will next direct “Jupiter,” a politically-minded movie set to shoot in Spain and France next spring. The movie will tell the story of a Russian oligarch’s reckoning with the harsh reality of his family’s future.
Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst While “Barbie” may have been a huge opening salvo in Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz’s plan to turn toy brands into media IP, it’s just the beginning of a versatile long-term strategy that will extend far beyond the cinema to TV and gaming for the likes of “Monster High” and “Hot Wheels.” That was Kreiz’s message at his keynote Q&A at the Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit last week in Los Angeles, where he celebrated the big win the Warner Bros. movie delivered for the toy company’s iconic doll — but put it in a broader context.
Caroline Brew editor National Geographic has signed a first-look deal with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning production company Muck Media for unscripted series and specials. Muck and National Geographic have previously collaborated on “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” which is nominated for nine Emmys at the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In “Trafficked,” van Zeller investigates shadow markets, criminal organizations and trafficking networks around the world.
Rob Schneider is angry.
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As we brace ourselves for the colder weather, right now might be the perfect opportunity to refresh our wardrobe with some stylish new clothing.
Dementia is a debilitating disease that affects the brain, but there are things you can do now to prevent it in later life.
Scientists have just discovered that a common kitchen ingredient often used in sandwiches could help lower the risks of dementia.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent SAN SEBASTIAN — In a first big deal to be announced during this year’s San Sebastian Festival, Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio, one of Europe’s biggest independent and international creation-production-distribution powerhouses, has acquired Cimarrón, the Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico-based production house and services company. Of “highly significant value,” TMS said Friday, the deal looks set to consolidate TMS’ presence in Latin America and beyond.
An expert has explained how to tell the difference between ‘normal’ ageing and the symptoms of dementia.
K.J. Yossman Sky boss Dana Strong has said she is “optimistic” that Warner Discovery will renew its content deal with the European cable service when it expires in three years.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Denis Villeneuve and Paul Thomas Anderson marveledat Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” crossing the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office, which makes the Universal Pictures release the highest-grossing biopic in history. In an interview with the Associated Press, Villeneuve said he knew “Oppenheimer” was a “masterpiece” on first viewing, but he never thought it would be nearing $1 billion at the global box office. “Where it is right now has blown the roof off of my projection,” Villeneuve said.
As cars tried to make their way through Lloyd Street South in Fallowfield, a line of blue, black and brown bins carefully positioned across the road blocked access. Beyond the row of bins lay a police cordon where emergency services were parked up and responding to a tragic incident.