Warner Bros Discovery, Taiwan Mobile, TAICCA Sign Production, Distribution Deal

Fresh from tying the knot just days ago, Made in Chelsea's Maeva D'Ascanio was spotted enjoying a casual stroll with her baby son in London for the first time since marrying.The reality star, 31, looked tanned and fresh-faced with her brunette hair tied back in a top knot. She wore a vibrant red puffer jacket to keep off the November chill and casually slung a baby pram bag over her shoulder.

Molly-Mae Hague’s favourite cup brand Stanley has offered to buy a woman a new car after her video about her old vehicle catching fire went viral. A TikTok user named Danielle uploaded a clip to the social media platform - apparently showing the aftermath of a blaze that burned out her car.

Survivor UK contestant Leilani Sen may describe herself as a barista and cleaner on the BBC One competition, however the 45 year old has revealed that she once climbed the music charts as a pop singer in the '90s, which she kept a secret from her fellow contestants. The Hertfordshire-based mum was best known for her 1999 single Madness Sing and later released two more hits, Do You Want Me and Flying Elvis the following year before retiring to "find domestic bliss". Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview, Leilani revealed that she decided to sign up for Survivor - hosted by Joel Dommett - after splitting from her husband of 20 years.

Black Friday is approaching fast with just seven sleeps to the big shopping day but some retailers are already firing great deals ahead of the main event. As a beauty editor, I'm always actively hunting for bargains to add to my cart and enhance my beauty collection with some new products or stock up on some of my all-time faves.

Married At First Sight star Erica Roberts has opened up about the “horrible” scenes which weren’t aired on TV during the “fight night”. It was previously revealed that groom Luke Worely was removed from the show after he reportedly punched co-star Jordan Gayle. Erica has now revealed details from the bust up which Luke previously claimed had been "over-exaggerated".The star told The Sun: “As soon as it happened, my initial reaction was I was in complete and utter shock - I couldn't actually believe it had just happened.

Leonardo DiCaprio is forever indebted to Sharon Stone, and he expressed his gratitude in a recent interview.

Drew Barrymore is opening up about her appearance.

Elon Musk‘s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was just dealt a serious blow by the European Commission.

He might have lost out on his place in Blackpool this weekend, but Strictly Come Dancing star Krishnan Guru-Murthy, 53, was full of smiles as he enjoyed his newfound freedom from dance training for a night on the town with his rarely-seen son.The father and son duo looked smart and suited in shades of chic grey as the appeared on the red carpet at a film premiere in London.The Channel 4 newsreader lost out to Angela Rippon on Saturday and missed out on a trip to the Blackpool Ballroom as a result, leaving him in tears. However, he has moved on and was spotted posing for the camera with his handsome son, Jay, 16, who was originally embarrassed of his dad's appearance on the dancing show.The teenager reportedly begged his father not to take part in the dancing competition and refused to attend the launch episode alongside the rest of the family.

Bad Bunny and Kendall Jenner never showed up, several couples proudly paraded their relationship. From Antonio Banderas and Nicole Kimpel to Camilo and Evaluna, the couples making us believe in love looked amazing.

Your smile is one of the best things you'll ever wear, and is often the very first thing people notice about you.

A pensioner who snuck into a neighbour's flat and attacked a man with a spade while he was sleeping - killing him - has been jailed.

It's almost the weekend and you could celebrate in style by becoming a millionaire this Friday night (November 17).

A vulnerable care home resident choked to death on cake after he was given a full slice instead of bite-sized pieces, an inquest was told.

It's Friday night which means it's time for the weekly Manchester Evening News pub quiz.

announced on social media that he has decided to stop smoking. The longtime cannabis lover wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of himself praying: ‘“After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke.”“Please respect my privacy at this time.”He tweeted in May 2013 the amount of blunts that he rolled up a day, citing 81 as the magic number.

Scots residents have been urged to keep doors and windows closed after the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion in Fife this afternoon.

Aberdeen legend Joe Harper has blasted the SPFL's decision to hand Rangers the majority of next month's Viaplay Cup tickets - and wants a united front from clubs to take a stand.

This was not how David Zaslav and Bob Iger wanted today to go.

Christopher Nolan is on the cover of this week’s issue of Variety, out now.

Investors bid down shares of Warner Bros. Discovery today as its chief financial officer described a U.S. ad market “that has continued to be weaker than we had hoped” and a recovery that’s hard to predict “with any conviction.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Adele Lim, the screenwriter behind “Crazy Rich Asians” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” animation, says that the opportunities for Asian filmmakers are growing as Hollywood is becoming more receptive to international talent. “[In Hollywood] I felt that I was disadvantaged, coming from Malaysia. It is not the cultural nexus,” said Lim, whose infancy was in Malaysia, before her family moved to the U.S.

Christopher Nolan is freaking me out. “There’s a pretty simple argument mathematically for saying the world will end in nuclear Armageddon simply because that’s a possibility,” he’s calmly explaining. “Over an infinite timeline, it’s going to happen at some point.” It’s hard to dispute Nolan’s logic that civilization will one day vaporize, but as he tops off his mug of Earl Grey tea from a small kettle on the table in front of him, he hits a slightly more hopeful note.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav opened the company’s quarterly earnings presentation with remarks on the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, remaining “hopeful” that the work stoppage will end “soon” following the Hollywood studios’ move to adjust AI language in its “last, best and final offer” to the actors union. “We are hopeful we will reach a resolution to the SAG-AFTRA strike soon,” Zaslav said during WBD’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery narrowed its third-quarter loss as the media giant, grappling with billions of dollars in debt as a result of the 2022 merger that created it, saw the box-office success of “Barbie” offset by a 12% decline in advertising at its portfolio of TV networks. The owner of CNN, the Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema tech firm CJ 4DPlex and Cinema Plus, Azerbaijan’s leading cinema chain, have inked a deal to bring the landlocked country its first 270-degree panoramic ScreenX auditorium. 

Warner Bros. Discovery’s third quarter was mixed with ‘Barbie’ coin and free cash flow beloved by Wall Street offset by sluggish advertising and the impact of the actors’ strike on the one of the industry’s biggest content creators.

Free TV Networks, a new programming entity with a presence in both over-the-air broadcast and streaming, has enlisted Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Gray Television as partners and suppliers.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief CJ ENM Hong Kong, a unit of South Korea’s CJ ENM, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and local TV network – TVBS to launch a multi-year content fund that would support the co-production and joint distribution of audiovisual content. The “strategic alliance” combines assets including production, distribution and marketing, media networks and technology.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese entertainment conglomerate Kadokawa is seeking to double its international revenues through a strategy of diversification and localization. Taiwan is expected to be a key plank in the outreach, executives at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) heard on Tuesday. “Currently 20% of Kadokawa’s revenues come from outside Japan. I want to get this figure to 40%,” said Natsuno Takeshi, CEO Kadokawa Corp. Kadokawa has its roots in publishing of comics and other fiction and also has deeply-established roots in film production and distribution.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A trio of ministers, accompanied by a fleet of senior industry names, were on hand Tuesday in Taipei to give their official blessing to the opening of the fourth running of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) – and to underline the Taiwan government’s investment in soft power. Cheng Wen-tsan, VP of the [government executive branch] Executive Yuan, Taiwan’s Minister of Culture, Shih Che, and a minister without portfolio were accompanied by Chunghwa Telecom’s chairman, Kuo Shui-Yi, head of TAICCA Homme Tsai and Dominique Boutonnat, president of France’s National Center of Cinematography and the Moving Image, on stage at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, a former-tobacco factory site that has since been redeveloped. “Nowadays we are investing not only in semiconductors and heavy industry, but also in media and content,” said Cheng. He confirmed that some NT$10 billion ($310 million) of government funding has been approved for the “1 Plus 4T Content Plan” and will be released over four years. In a classic example of public-private partnerships, state cash is being supplemented by further financial commitments from Taiwan’s three major cable-telecoms-internet groups through deals signed last week with Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan-based streaming platform Catchplay, has set two series to release early next year. “Not A Murder Story” follows a wannabe actor who finally gets a chance of success. And when he wakes up with a dead woman besides him, he is determined not to let it stand in his way.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Unscripted queer reality dating series “Boys Like Boys” is to air on Warner Bros. Discovery’s TLC channel in Taiwan in early 2024, making it the first local LGBTQ+ dating reality show to air on linear TV in the territory. The show is an original production by GagaOOLala, Asia’s out and proud LGBTQ+ streaming service, which is pitching an expanded array of queer content at the Taiwan Creative Contents Fest (TCCF) that launches Tuesday in Taipei. “Boys Like Boys” had its premiere at the Kaohsiung International Film Festival and is now available worldwide on GagaOOLala and WeTV in the Philippines and Thailand, where the ‘Boys Love’ genre has become highly popular.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief TAICCABOSSAs Taiwan seeks for creative, industrial and political reasons to make a bigger mark for itself on the international stage, its Taiwan Creative Content Fest is diversifying, expanding and making greater efforts at cross-border outreach. Homme Tsai, chair of industry support body TAICCA spoke outline the event’s strategy and novelties in a conversation with Variety. What are the objectives of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest? The TCCF is an international event for content licensing and project investment.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has laid off a handful of executives in its drama and overall deals divisions.

When the WGA strike ended Sept. 27, broadcast networks started ramping up plans for return to production just in time to salvage seasons of at least 13 episodes for their popular returning scripted series. I hear most Wolf Entertainment crime procedurals were aiming at doing more than 13, with 15 a number circulated, and ABC and Warner Bros. TV were in a tussle over Abbott Elementary, with ABC asking for 13 and the studio pushing for 17.