Daily business news in New York
Warner Bros., a division of WarnerMedia and parent company AT&T, has shocked the movie industry by announcing it will release Wonder Woman 1984 and all of its 2021 movies on HBO Max and movie theaters simultaneously. Warner Bros. will continue to exhibit the films theatrically worldwide, while adding an exclusive one month access period on […]
NEW YORK — NBC and TIME Studios are partnering for the first-ever “TIME Person of the Year” special featuring exclusive coverage of TIME magazine’s choice for the individual or group that has had the greatest influence on the events of the year, set for Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10 p.m. In addition to the winner of 2020 […]
NEW YORK — Peacock, the streaming service from NBC that launched on July 15, is now available this week on Roku, a streaming platform that reaches an estimated 100 million people. Peacock provides access to more than 20,000 hours of on-demand movies and shows, as well as live news and sports programming, from NBCUniversal and […]
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ — Former Fox newscaster Shepard Smith is joining business channel CNBC to anchor an evening news program starting this fall. He will be based at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. effective July 13th. Smith will anchor a new one-hour evening news program titled The News with Shepard Smith, airing Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. The […]
NEW YORK — ViacomCBS has announced a multi-year agreement to deliver 14 channels from its portfolio of news, entertainment and sports networks for YouTube TV subscribers. YouTube TV offers local and cable channels to over 2 million subscribers and is owned by Google. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed and it’s unclear if […]
Streaming services need all the content they can get to compete with so many different offerings now available. HBO Max, launching on May 27, has acquired the rights to a new cooking show starring pop singer Selena Gomez. The untitled series is being executive produced by Gomez and July Moon Productions, along with executive producers […]
NEW YORK — With millions of Americans stuck at home, HBO is making nearly 500 hours of programming available to stream for free for a limited time on HBO NOW and HBO GO–without a subscription. The list of free programming includes every episode of nine popular HBO series such as The Sopranos, Veep, Six Feet Under, […]
NEW YORK – NBC’s Saturday Night Live is returning to the air in 2020 with three live shows. Actor Adam Driver will return to Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center to host SNL for the third time on Saturday, Jan. 25. Driver is currently nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in “Marriage Story.”’ Driver […]
NEW YORK – NBC’s Saturday Night Live is back live for the next three Saturdays and has released its upcoming host list. Sandra Oh will make her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on March 30. Oh, a Golden Globe and SAG Award winner, stars in BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” which returns for its second season on […]
NEW YORK — Viacom is expanding its streaming TV business with a deal to acquire Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service in U.S., for $340 million in cash. Viacom operates cable channels including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET and CMT. It also owns digital studio AwesomenessTV. Founded in 2013, Pluto TV is headquartered in Los Angeles […]