Netflix and Lionsgate have become the latest companies to expand the production pause in LA as the pandemic spreads across California. US studios including CBS, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Universal TV and Disney’s 20th Television have all paused production over recent weeks as Covid cases spiked across LA. Netflix has now delayed production on […]
US studio Warner Bros. has appointed Amy Friedman to the newly created role of head of kids & family programming. Sundance Feniger has also been upped to head of digital enterprises for Warner Bros. global kids, young adults and classics, in the latest management restructure announced by parent group WarnerMedia. Both will report to Tom […]
Legendary links with Frost & Graham Legendary Entertainment has linked up with Ashes To Ashes and The Spanish Princess duo Emma Frost and Matthew Graham to launch a new prodco. Watford & Essex will be based in the UK city of Bristol and already has 10 projects on the slate, which will be supported by […]
WarnerMedia International has revealed its new consolidated leadership team across India, Southeast Asia and Korea, which will be headed by Clement Schwebig. The move comes as part of the AT&T-owned company’s ongoing global restructuring to focus on streaming operations, and will unite WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, which comprises the legacy Turner and HBO businesses, with Warner […]
WarnerMedia has unveiled a newly-formed TV & digital distribution team in the UK & Ireland under recently appointed chief Polly Cochrane, with long-standing Warner Bros. exec John Stanley set to leave the company. Stanley, who has headed Warner Bros. home entertainment operations in the UK, Ireland, Spain and the Nordics for the past 14 years, will […]
Covid-19’s impact on the global TV industry is going to be felt for years to come and the changes it has brought about are myriad. Yet while the focus at the start of the pandemic was largely on the impact on production and dwindling ad revenues for broadcasters, the repercussions more recently have seen a […]
Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain president & MD Josh Berger is stepping down after more than 30 years at the company, with Polly Cochrane promoted to take up part of his remit. Berger, who is also president of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development, will leave in December, with Cochrane – who was most recently EVP […]
NBCUniversal (NBCU) is poised to unveil its new entertainment chief, following the company-wide restructure last month. Warner Bros. TV’s Susan Rovner, who has been rumoured to be in the running for the top job over recent months, has been appointed to take the newly created role at NBCU and will report to Mark Lazarus. NBCU […]
WarnerMedia’s ongoing restructuring has continued with the promotion of Warner Bros. alum Jay Levine and the exit of digital chief Thomas Gewecke. Levine, who becomes chief strategy officer & EVP of business operations across its studios and networks, has been with Warner Bros. for more than a decade and was most recently EVP of TV business […]
WarnerMedia’s wholesale restructuring has continued with the departure of Warner Bros. distribution chief Jeffrey Schlesinger and Ron Sanders, the company’s EVP of international business operations. The duo join Warner Bros. Entertainment’s CFO Kim Williams in departing the AT&T-owned firm, with US reports suggesting that around 600 staff across divisions are to be laid off. The […]
