A+E Networks Pushes For Change In How TV Ads Are Sold

Also Read: 'Black Widow' Moves to July, Will Be Released in Theaters and Disney+ SimultaneouslyDisney also announced on Tuesday that “Black Widow” has been pushed from May 7 to July 9 and will premiere in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access simultaneously. The home release format — called Premium Access by the company — is the same as the one Disney is using for its animated film “Raya and the Last Dragon,” which was released on March 6.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne of Southern Europe’s fastest growing industry events, Spain’s Malaga Festival is pushing back its industry centerpiece Spanish Screenings from June in order to be able to celebrate an on-site event.“Last year and this, we’ve learnt not to make [longterm] plans.

True Lies as a TV series has been further delayed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.CBS have reportedly made the decision in order to give producers, including James Cameron, who wrote and directed the original film, more time to develop the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A pilot is reportedly scheduled to be filmed over the summer.Burn Notice creator Matt Nix is set to write the pilot, which was ordered in February.

The National Football League's eye-watering 11-year, $100 billion media rights deals will have repercussions for the media and entertainment industry for years to come — but it may not hasten the end of linear TV as its currently set up.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorA series of prominent TV-series endings will give AMC Networks an opportunity to seek new beginnings with advertisers.The New York owner of the AMC, IFC and Sundance cable networks will be selling ad inventory in the final cycles of “The Walking Dead,” “Better Call Saul” and “Killing Eve,” all part of the media industry’s annual “upfront” market, when U.S.

A new content partnership between AMC Networks and Complex Networks, billed as an effort to “leverage the strength of food and fandom” will start off with a focus on The Walking Dead.

Looking to expand opportunities for advertisers beyond pay-TV, AMC Networks has set a slate of original digital series to be produced by the studio arm of its in-house branded integration agency, The Content Room.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLena Headey will star in and executive produce the Spectrum-AMC Networks series “Beacon 23,” which hails from Zak Penn, Variety has learned.The series is described as a sci-fi psychological thriller. It follows two people whose fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known universe.

Former Game of Thrones star Lena Headey has been tapped as the female lead in Beacon 23, Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks’ psychological thriller series based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Hugh Howey. Headey will also executive produce through her production company, Peephole Productions, as part of her first-look deal Boat Rocker Studios, which co-produces Beacon 23 with Spectrum Originals.

AMC Networks and Alliance of Women Directors have partnered to launch High-Octane Episodic Directing Series, a program of five master classes centered on directing actions and thriller content in scripted television.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn a world focused on streaming, A+E Networks isn’t turning off the traditional TV.The company, jointly owned by Walt Disney Co. and Hearst, is placing emphasis on original TV series aimed first at linear TV, with a vow to increase original hour of programming by 50%.

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Haley Bosselman editorMarch honors the trailblazing women of history, and television is joining in by highlighting their triumphs and life stories.Each day of March, MSG Networks will showcase a legendary woman in sports, including the University of Hawaii’s historic volleyball team from the early ‘70s and tennis icon Billie Jean King, for example, while Syfy is airing a series of autobiographical video shorts about female animators.HBO Max, meanwhile, will debut a limited series about

Adding to its multicast network portfolio, the E.W. Scripps Co. is launching two channel offerings focused on reality TV.

Donald Trump returned to the spotlight on Sunday with a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference, but the news networks took different approaches to how they covered the event.

AMC Networks, the cable networks company that operates AMC, IFC, WE tv, BBC America and SundanceTV, has reported better-than-expected streaming subscriber growth for 2020 and better-than-feared U.S. advertising trends in the final quarter of the year.

AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll said Friday popular series Better Call Saul will likely return in the first quarter of 2022 after Covid-19 delays.