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Egyptian Films Hit 67 in 2023, But Scripts Lag
At El Gouna, Egyptian producers say output is recovering but script development and distribution strategy must improve to reach Gulf and global audiences.
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Fremantle Names Sharon Levy CEO of Americas & Australia
Fremantle taps ex-Banijay exec Sharon Levy as CEO for the Americas and Australia from January 2027, folding U.S., Mexico and Australia under…
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Netflix Sets Oct 13 Release for The Conjuring Interactive Game
Netflix will launch The Conjuring: Unspoken on October 13 as an interactive TV horror game built with Supermassive Games and Warner Bros.
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Digger opens at $8M; Cruise defends long-game cinema
Tom Cruise defends Digger as a long-term film after an $8M North American start puts its $350M break-even target out of reach.
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RedBird Adds $4B to Skydance-Warner Deal
RedBird Capital Partners has committed $6 billion in total to Skydance after adding $4 billion in new equity to the Paramount-Warner Bros.…
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Barrymore hits 1.8M premiere; Adam’s Law leads new strips
Drew Barrymore’s seventh-season premiere averaged 1.8 million viewers, up 21%, while Adam’s Law debuted as the top new syndicated strip.
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JioHotstar enters MENA via Starzplay with 500M MAU base
India’s largest streamer enters MENA as a hub inside Starzplay, with day-and-date originals and a cricket-upsell plan structure.
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Amazon Prime Sets $8 Billion Sam Bankman-Fried Doc for November
Amazon Prime Video has set a three-part docuseries featuring prison interviews with convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, for November.
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Skydance Day 1: $70B giant flags layoffs ahead
The Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes as a nearly $70 billion company, with $6 billion in targeted savings and…
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Skydance Faces an $80B Debt After Warner-Paramount Merger
Skydance’s Warner-Paramount merger closes with $80B in debt and $6B in targeted synergies. Streaming and IP are the bets, but layoffs loom.