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15.04.2024 / 22:55

Wonya Lucas, Former CEO Of Hallmark Media And TV One, Joins Comcast Board Of Directors

Wonya Lucas, a veteran media exec who held the post of CEO for Hallmark Media Networks and TV One, has been appointed to Comcast‘s board of directors.

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27.03.2024 / 14:57

Fritz Wepper Dies: ‘Cabaret’ Actor Was 82

Fritz Wepper, a German actor with a prolific TV career in his native country but known to American audiences for his funny and heartfelt performance as a German Jew is Bob Fosse’s hit 1972 Oscar-winning musical film Cabaret, died Monday at a hospice facility in Munich. He was 82.

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14.02.2024 / 03:05

NBCUniversal Parent Comcast Showcases Tech Chops With Help From Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers At Philly Event

Comcast hosted about 300 at its Philadelphia headquarters Tuesday to highlight the technology side of its business, one that’s less covered than entertainment but sets it apart from media rivals, and gives its content an attractive home.

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25.01.2024 / 16:48

Comcast Takes Peacock Victory Lap As Execs Talk Epic Universe, Ad Market And Deal Speculation

Comcast execs did some more crowing about Peacock’s landmark AFC Wild Card game this month and said it drove paid signups to the streaming service. They declined to specify how many new customers came aboard but said they’re focused on retaining those — and all — subscribers and scaling up the streamer, which passed $1 billion in revenue and hit 31 million subscribers last quarter.

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25.01.2024 / 12:59

Comcast Sees Q4 Profit Rise 8% on Business Services, Peacock, Theme Parks

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comcast saw fourth-quarter profit surge by 7.8% as the cable giant increased the number of businesses using its communications services, its Peacock streaming hub added 3 million subscribers and its theme parks saw robust activity. “Our unique and complementary capabilities will enable us to capitalize on the many opportunities ahead,” said Brian Roberts, the company’s chairman. Comcast is, like its rivals, navigating in a difficult period for media companies as one-time TV viewers migrate to streaming video, reducing interest in traditional linear entertainment services and traditional cable.

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19.01.2024 / 05:15

Christopher Nolan Praises The Power Of Sundance; ‘Oppenheimer’ Filmmaker “Never Compromised” Robert Downey Jr. Says At Opening Night Gala

“It’s a quarter of a century later, and I’m still f*cking being discovered by Sundance,” beamed Christopher Nolan tonight at the Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala as he received the inaugural Trailblazer award.

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01.11.2023 / 21:05

Disney To Buy Out Comcast’s Hulu Stake For Price Expected To Be $8.6 Billion

Disney is going all in for Hulu.

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13.10.2023 / 18:47

Skydance Latest To Make Major Donation To Humanitarian Efforts In Israel, Joins Comcast & Disney In Aid To Region – Update

Editor’s note: Deadline will update this post as more donations and efforts by major media entities are announced.

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08.09.2023 / 00:05

A Scary Surprise For The Studios As WGA Scribes Flyer Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights; “We Might Go To Disneyland Next”

EXCLUSIVE: The writers have turned up to the theme parks.

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06.09.2023 / 23:51

Paramount Bob Bakish Acknowledges Wall Street’s Dim View Of Charter-Disney Battle, But Touts His Efforts To “Modernize” Pay-TV Relationships To Suit Streaming Era

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish said the Disney-Charter carriage dispute took a “notable” financial toll on many pay-TV stakeholders, but he touted his efforts to “modernize” the company’s distribution relationships for the streaming era.

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06.09.2023 / 15:47

Hulu Stake Sale Kickoff Moved Up To September, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Reveals; Valuation For “Scarce, Kingmaker Asset” Likely To Far Exceed Initial $27.5B Benchmark

Comcast and Disney have modified their Hulu agreement to enable the expected buyout of Comcast’s one-third stake in the streamer to begin on September 30 instead of next January.

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06.09.2023 / 15:11

Comcast and Disney Move Up Hulu Sale Talks Date to Sept. 30, Roberts Claims Hulu Worth Well More Than $30 Billion

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Comcast and Disney last week signed a modification agreement to bring forward the timing of their formal Hulu sale talks to Sept. 30 from its previous January 2024 timeline, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says.

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06.09.2023 / 15:07

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts “Not Completely Surprised” By Charter-Disney Carriage Feud: “Each Company Is Dealing With Their Version Of This Transformational Moment”

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts kicked off an appearance Wednesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference by saying he’s “not completely surprised” by the Disney-Charter carriage battle.

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31.08.2023 / 22:25

California State Treasurer Tells Media CEOs To “Return To Negotiations, Work Toward Fair Deal With Writers And Actors”

California Treasurer Fiona Ma has sent letters to the CEOs of seven Hollywood studios urging a return to the bargaining table with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA to end a months-long double strike that’s shut down much of the entertainment industry and is taking a major toll on the California economy.

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17.08.2023 / 21:33

Peter Bart: Hollywood’s Gridlock, Corporate Cuts Take Toll On PR Operatives

“I know how to change bad news into good news,” Edward L. Bernays, the father of public relations, used to boast. Since he was a nephew of Sigmund Freud, I wonder how he’d find a positive mind-set among today’s practitioners of his craft.

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17.08.2023 / 20:11

Trustees Of NYC’s $250 Billion Pension Funds Warn Studios That They Risk Losing Investor Confidence If WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes Drag On

Trustees of New York City’s $250 billion pension funds have warned Disney, Paramount and Comcast that they risk losing investor confidence if they allow the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes to drag on much longer. The WGA has been on strike since May 2, and SAG-AFTRA since July 14.

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09.08.2023 / 23:55

Disney “Very Comfortable With Current Liquidity Position” As Deadline Nears To Buy Rest Of Hulu

Disney interim chief financial officer Kevn Lansberry said the company is “very comfortable with our current liquidity position” as the time approaches for it to buy Comcast’s one-third stake in Hulu.

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27.07.2023 / 14:07

Comcast President Mike Cavanagh Says NBCU Parent “Committed To Reaching Fair Deal” With Guilds: CEO Brian Roberts Mostly Mum On Earnings Call

Mike Cavanagh, the president of Comcast who was recently named the de-facto head of NBC Universal, said the company remains “committed to reaching a fair deal [with actors and writers[ as soon as possible, so we can get back to doing what we do best, which making great content together.”

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27.07.2023 / 12:27

NBCU Studio, Parks Are Standouts In Comcast Q2; Peacock, At 24 Million Subscribers, Sees Losses Widen

Media giant Comcast beat on its top and bottom line for the three months ended in June with theme parks and studio strong, even as the latter basks in another giant opening, for Opppenheimer, in the current third quarter.

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27.07.2023 / 11:26

Comcast Q2 Earnings: Theatrical Revenue Rises 65% on ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Release, Peacock Adds Just 2 Million Subs

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Comcast reported its second-quarter 2023 earnings Thursday, revealing theatrical revenue rose 65.9% year over year with the release of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” while Peacock added just 2 million more subscribers over the three month period. At the end of Q1, Comcast said the NBCUniversal streamer had reached 22 million U.S.

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07.07.2023 / 02:41

With New Role, NBCU Hoping Donna Langley Can Extend Her Knack For Original Movie Blockbusters To TV

The news Thursday about Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley’s ascent to bring TV content under her domain doesn’t just speak to the greater NBCUniversal plan to have a more unified strategy across theatrical, TV and streaming.

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30.05.2023 / 18:55

WGA President Calls on Netflix, Comcast Shareholders to Reject Executive Pay Packages

Writers Guild of America is opening up a new front against the studios as its strike continues, as WGA West President Meredith Stiehm sent an open letter to Netflix and Comcast shareholders calling on them to reject the pay packages for those companies’ top executives that are up for a vote. Netflix is set to have its annual shareholders meeting on June 1, with Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal, holding its shareholder meeting on June 7.

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16.05.2023 / 15:57

Brian Roberts Says Comcast “More Likely Than Not” To Sell Hulu Stake To Disney; Calls Mike Cavanagh, Who Stepped In For Fired Jeff Shell, “Calming Influence”

The CEO of NBCUniversal parent Comcast said it’s “more likely than not” the company will end up selling its third of Hulu to Disney, after his Mouse counterpart indicated clearly last week that this would be Disney’s preferred outcome. There’s been some grandstanding over the past year as the deadline approaches, but both of Hulu’s parents appear to be on or near the same page now.

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16.05.2023 / 15:21

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Says It’s ‘More Likely Than Not’ They’ll Sell Remaining Hulu Stake to Disney

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts addressed the company potentially selling its 33% stake in the streamer. “I think it’s more likely than not,” Roberts said. “I’m pretty certain if and when we sell our Hulu stake, it’ll be for more than what we have, and in fact, that’s contractually certain.”Disney currently owns 67% of Hulu with with Comcast’s NBCUniversal holding a minority stake.

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12.05.2023 / 18:21

Elon Musk Names NBCUniversal Exec Linda Yaccarino As New Twitter CEO

Twitter has a new CEO.

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12.05.2023 / 14:07

NBCUniversal Advertising Exec Linda Yaccarino Exits Amid Twitter CEO Talks

Wall Street Journal report that she is in talks to become Twitter’s new chief executive officer. “It has been an absolute honor to be part of Comcast NBCUniversal and lead the most incredible team,” she said in a statement. “We’ve transformed our company and the entire industry—and I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together, and grateful to my colleagues and mentors, especially Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh and the entire NBCU leadership team.”Since joining NBCU in 2011, Yaccarino’s team has generated more than $100 billion in ad sales, expanded the company’s reach globablly, helped launch Peacock, and made massive investments in data and technology capabilities.

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09.05.2023 / 19:01

Hadley Gamble Is Leaving CNBC; Exit Follows Comcast’s Firing Of NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell

Hadley Gamble, whose complaints led to the firing of ex-NBCUniversal boss Jeff Shell late last month, is leaving CNBC, the network said today.

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02.05.2023 / 14:53

Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’

unable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.The guild has shared an infographic that outlines the $773 million in combined salary that eight major Hollywood studio CEOs made in 2021. They include Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel ($308.2 million), Warner Bros.

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28.04.2023 / 16:55

Jeff Shell Out $43 Million in Stock After Comcast Termination

complaint filed by CNBC’s Hadley Gamble alleging sexual harassment, earned a total compensation package in 2022 that reached $21.01 million, compared with $21.6 million in 2021 and $16.5 million in 2020. The 2022 package included a $2.5 million base salary, $6.61 million in stock awards, $4.19 million in option awards, $7.5 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation, which represent annual performance-based bonuses, and $215,130 in “other compensation,” including $202,755 for Shell’s personal use of the company-provided aircraft.“As previously disclosed, Mr.

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28.04.2023 / 16:15

Ousted NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Lost $43.3 Million in Stock After He Was Fired

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jeff Shell, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, forfeited stock grants and options worth $43.3 million after he was fired for cause earlier this week, according to a Comcast regulatory filing. Shell was terminated as CEO of NBCU over the past weekend after an internal investigation into his relationship with Hadley Gamble, an international correspondent for CNBC. “As previously disclosed, Mr. Shell’s employment was terminated with cause on April 23, 2023. As a result, he did not receive any supplemental payments or benefits in connection with his termination,” Comcast said in its 2023 proxy statement. “He will receive only his accrued but unpaid base salary and vacation time, vested employee benefits and reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses in accordance with his employment agreement.”

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27.04.2023 / 16:37