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Six of Britain’s biggest gas and electricity suppliers will pay out £10.8 million to the energy watchdog after failing to meet the first annual target under a government push to install smart meters across the UK.

Aisling Bea And Matthew Lewis Join Romesh Ranganathan Comedy ‘Avoidance’

Martin Lewis has warned that people who pay for their energy by direct debit could be being overcharged.

Martin Lewis said certain E.ON customers could save roughly 50 per cent on their energy bills by switching to one particular tariff.

The British tabloids would like us to believe that “Bond 26” is just around the corner, with various rumors about directors and casting (new names being touted as frontrunners every couple of months) making the rounds online. However, producers from EON, the stewards of the James Bond franchise, have suggested that things aren’t coming together as quickly as rumblings would indicate, and producer Barbara Broccoli calls the process “a big road ahead” while speaking with The Guardian to promote their upcoming Amazon game show series “007 Road To A Million.” READ MORE: Matthew Vaughn Says He Has No Shot At Directing Bond: “They’re Not Keen On Me” The Bond franchise executives haven’t even begun the process of “modernizing the franchise,” which would tell us that we won’t be getting “Bond 26” anytime soon, mentioning a development timeline of 3-4 years.

Liza Foreman Set in a pre-#metoo era, Oz girl-band drama “Paper Dolls” has been realized by an all female filmmaker team shedding light on this darker era for women in the music industry. Former MTV Australia chief Mark Fennessy executive produced the 8-part scripted drama for Paramount + through his two-year-old banner Helium.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer‘s compensation rebounded to prior levels in fiscal 2023, reaching $21.5 million.

EXCLUSIVE: Jillian Share, who was recently eOne‘s President of Film Production, has been named President of Teton Ridge Entertainment, a new Los Angeles-based independent studio.

Martin Lewis has issued urgent advice for E.ON customers on how they can significantly cut their energy bills.

Over 800,000 families could be in for an electricity bill shocker if they fail to take action by the end of March 2024.

Eccho Rights’ co-founder Fredrik af Malmborg has stepped down from his CEO role.

EXCLUSIVE: eOne’s long-serving President of International Distribution, Stuart Baxter, is leaving ahead of the Yellowjackets and The Rookie studio ahead of its $500M sale to Lionsgate, we can reveal.

K.J. Yossman The first season of James Bond reality TV series “007’s Road to a Million” has yet to drop, but casting is already underway for Season 2.

Hasbro’s chief executive said the toy giant’s renewed focus on its roots by selling eOne was a hard decision but the best one for the company, which will save in terms of management distraction and cash.

The CW is closing on a deal to turn Trivial Pursuit into a gameshow hosted by LeVar Burton.

EXCLUSIVE: With Mipcom on the horizon, Sweden’s Eccho Rights is building out its sales team by hiring well-respected exec Tess Charman.

Andrea Bocelli is getting the feature documentary treatment. The revered singer will be profiled in Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe, which eOne will produce and finance.

Hasbro has set its leadership team for its “asset-lite” entertainment division.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Hasbro is launching a new division called Hasbro Entertainment, which will unify the company’s film, television, animation, and digital media businesses. Olivier Dumont will serve as president of Hasbro Entertainment, while Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano will serve as the head of film and head of television, respectively.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said the planned split of Lionsgate and Starz will take place in the first quarter of 2024, a change from the prior outlook for early fall of this year.

Lionsgate beat Wall Street analysts’ forecasts for the first quarter of its fiscal 2024, with revenue climbing 2% as the company’s library posted more robust results.

Following the announcement this morning that Lionsgate has agreed to acquire Entertainment One from Hasbro for $500M, eOne’s top film and TV executives, Steve Bertram, President, Film & TV, and Michael Lombardo, President, Global Television, are preparing to exit.

Hasbro will move to an “asset lite model for future live action entertainment” following the $500M eOne sale, according to CEO Chris Cocks.

Lionsgate has acquired Entertainment One’s (eOne)TV and film operations from Hasbro for approximately $500 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

Hasbro has confirmed the sale of Entertainment One (eOne) to Lionsgate for $500M, which should close by the end of this year.

Speculation is intensifying that Lionsgate is getting closer to a deal to acquire the Hasbro-owned Entertainment One.

EXCLUSIVE: UK VFX firm Misc Studios, which worked on the likes of Alex Garland movie Men and Amazon’s The Rig, has shuttered.

Ewan McGregor saw the strike coming in June, just as filming on his Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow was nearing the finish line. 

An energy giant forced a gran to pay ­thousands of pounds extra by wrongly calculating her bills for seven years.

Naman Ramachandran eOne is shutting down its U.K. theatrical distribution business, owner Hasbro has confirmed to Variety. Hasbro acquired eOne in 2019 for $3.8 billion. The theatrical business in the U.K. was robust at that point with titles like “The Aeronauts,” “Sorry We Missed You” and “Official Secrets” displaying decent legs at the box office. In early 2020, eOne scored a mighty box office success with Sam Mendes’ awards season darling “1917,” which grossed more than $57 million in the U.K. There was a steady flow of releases in the months following. From 2021, a series of cost-cutting measures began, with eOne announcing that it would be laying off 10% of its film and television staff. This was followed by eOne selling its music division to The Blackstone Group for $385 million.