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Warner Bros. Discovery
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TBI Weekly: What Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest moves spell for DC & HBO
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has finally started drawing out the roadmap for its merged streaming…
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WBD to launch merged streamer in 2023, details HBO boost & DC strategy
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has set a summer 2023 launch for its combined DTC streamer,…
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HBO Max faces radical change, with tax write-offs, disappearing content & looming staff cuts
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)-owned streaming service HBO Max appears to be on the verge of…
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Warner Bros. Discovery sets restructured UK & Ireland team under Antonio Ruiz
Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed its senior leadership team for the UK & Ireland, to…
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WBD UK boosts lifestyle content on channels & Discovery+
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) UK has commissioned 149 hours of new and returning lifestyle programming…
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NBCU confirms former WBD exec as new unscripted entertainment chief
NBCUniversal’s TV & streaming group has confirmed Corie Henson as its new EVP of unscripted…
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TBI Weekly: Why HBO Max & Hulu’s rights-sharing deal adds up
HBO Max and Hulu’s decision to share ‘co-exclusive’ streaming rights to breakout comedy hit Abbot Elementary can…
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Hulu & HBO Max share ‘exclusive’ rights to hit US comedy ‘Abbott Elementary’
Warner Bros Discovery’s HBO Max and Disney-backed streamer Hulu are to share exclusive streaming rights…
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Warner Bros. Discovery appoints global DE&I lead & forms diversity council
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has promoted Asif Sadiq to the position of chief global diversity,…
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Exclusive: WBD cuts hit Europe as HBO Max EMEA’s originals team to disband
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is in the process of making deep cuts across Europe, with…
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WBD expands true crime slate in UK with three new shows
Warner Bros. Discovery UK has commissioned three new true crime series – The Swindlers, Dead…
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HBO content boss Casey Bloys inks new five-year contract
Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, has inked a new five…
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News round-up: HBO Max Spain seeks ‘The Traitors’; WBD & AMC call ‘Code 1’; BBC orders ‘That’s My Jam’
HBO Max Spain seeks ‘The Traitors’ HBO Max has ordered a local adaptation of psychological…
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HBO Max & Cartoon Network to adapt African superhero comic ‘Iyanu: Child Of Wonder’
Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics & YouNeek Studios…
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TBI Weekly: Why WBD’s backtracking offers regional opportunities
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s decision to end the global roll-out of HBO Max and its backtracking…
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Exclusive: WBD plans combined streamer for France, as HBO Max roll-out ends
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to launch its new combined streaming service in France, with…
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HBO Max halts original productions in European restructure
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has halted development of local original productions for streaming service HBO…
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WBD’s Quest & Discovery+ order robbery docuseries ‘Inside The Heist’
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has ordered a six-part crime docuseries exploring some of the most…
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Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery & others make abortion promise as Roe v. Wade overturned
Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are among a number of US-based media giants to…
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News round-up: More job cuts at Netflix; CBBC snags ‘Total Drama’; SBS buys ‘Traitor’
More job cuts at Netflix Further job cuts are expected at Netflix later this week,…
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TBI Weekly: What BANFF & MIFA tell us about 2022 so far
TBI has been on the road this week, taking in the mountainous surroundings of Annecy…
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CNN+, TBS, TNT & TruTV execs among latest WBD departures
The head of programming at now defunct CNN+ is among the latest execs to depart…
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Exclusive: WBD looks to broaden kids offer in EMEA & eyes coproductions
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) EMEA is looking to broaden the appeal and range of its…
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WBD hires UnivisionTelevisa’s Luis Silberwasser to lead sports
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has appointed former Telemundo and TelevisaUnivision exec Luis Silberwasser to its…
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Warner Bros. Discovery shakes up APAC management, with further senior departures
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its new core APAC team structure under regional bosses…
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils EMEA team, with five more senior exits
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its EMEA team, with a raft of country managers…
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Factual round-up: Nutopia & Younge link for diverse projects; Marquee TV buys Helio Arts; WBD samples Espresso
Nutopia & Younge link for diverse projects Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia has struck a deal…
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Discovery+ orders ‘Vardy vs Rooney’ doc & extends ‘Johnny vs Amber’
Warner Bros. Discovery UK is expanding its ‘vs’ documentary format, with a follow-up to original…
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TBI Weekly: Has LA Screenings become just another market?
LA Screenings was once seen as an annual pilgrimage to the home of entertainment for international…
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A+E, Amazon, Banijay and Warner Bros. Discovery join Coded For Inclusion initiative
A+E Networks, Amazon Studios, Banijay Americas and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed on to support and participate in…