The All Quiet on the Western Front cast and crew began trooping into the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts as the clock was about to strike 1 a.m. Monday
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Dish Network showed progress in its pivot toward the wireless business, smashing Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings estimates and reporting just shy of 8 million retail wireless subscribers as of the end of 2022.
The company’s shares perked up 5% on the news, ending the trading day at $13.76, though the stock remains well below its level in mid-2022.
During the company’s quarterly earnings call, Executive Chairman Charlie Ergen widened his attack on programmers seeking to extract ever-higher fees from Dish to carry their networks. The company has long been at odds with regional sports networks and at times has feuded with HBO, Univision and local stations. Asked during the press portion of the call about the company’s dispute with Cox Media Group, nine of whose stations went Dark on Dish platforms last fall.
“I said it about regional sports and I’m saying it now,” Ergen said. “The next step in retrans is down, not up. … Any customer that wanted Cox has left Dish.”
Revenue for the quarter came in at $4.04 billion, compared with $4.45 billion in the same period of 2022. That was below Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecast, but earnings rocketed to $1.47 per share compared with 87 cents a year ago, tripling the Street’s outlook.
Net pay-TV subscribers fell about 268,000 in the fourth quarter, a slightly better drop than the year-ago quarter’s decline of 273,000. Dish closed 2022 with 9.75 million pay-TV subscribers, 7.42 million of those being traditional satellite and 2.33 million on the internet-delivered Sling TV.
Since acquiring wireless spectrum and investing in its network over the past couple of years, Dish has begun to show signs of making strides, though it remains behind category giants AT&T, Verizon and
The All Quiet on the Western Front cast and crew began trooping into the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts as the clock was about to strike 1 a.m. Monday
A Scots man who founded a social enterprise after losing his friend to suicide has been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 European list for social impact.
David de Gea’s distribution still needs improvement
American music star Chris Brown is entertaining thousands of fans in Manchester this week at his three huge AO Arena gigs. And after the opening night show on Thursday, he decided to continue the party at one of the city's swankiest celeb haunts.
Last year, as the industry was looking to lift itself out the pandemic’s purgatory at the box office, SXSW lit the wick on A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which wound up dynamiting the 18-34 hipster moviegoer set in what became the highest-grossing indie film of 2022, the best ever for the New York-based distributor, and now a potential Oscar Best Picture winner.
As expected, You dominated the Nielsen U.S. streaming charts for the week of February 6 to February 12.
Lucy Dacus has finally given ‘Night Shift’ the visual treatment, five years after it was released.The fan favourite track is lifted from her 2018 album ‘Historian’. Incidentally, its chorus contains a reference to an event happening in five years: “You got a 9 to 5, so I’ll take the night shift / And I’ll never see you again if I can help it / In five years I hope the songs feel like covers / Dedicated to new lovers.”Dacus had previously told NPR that the track song was “the only break-up song she’d even written”, adding: “For a long time I didn’t believe expressing this sort of negativity was productive, but it’s less productive to resist the truth of a situation.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor While accepting the Groundbreaker Award at this year’s Queerties on Feb. 28, Dylan Mulvaney declared, “It’s day 352 of being a girl!” The 26-year-old TikTok star, who has been chronicling her journey on social media, will mark one year of transitioning with “Dylan Mulvaney’s Day 365 Live!,” a one-night only cabaret show on March 13 at New York’s iconic Rainbow Room. The live stream event, which benefits The Trevor Project, will feature appearances by Dominique Jackson (“Pose”), Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Jonathan Van Ness (“Queer Eye”), among others. Mulvaney’s show will include original tunes plus standards and covers of Kate Bush songs. She’s planning on four wardrobe changes thanks to designers like Christian Siriano and fashion house Amsale.
Like mama, like son! Reign Disick followed in mom Kourtney Kardashian’s footsteps by debuting a new platinum blonde look.
Bam Margera has found himself in more trouble.
Jackass star Bam Margera has been arrested for domestic violence.As reported by TMZ, the skateboarder and stunt performer was arrested last Thursday (March 2) after San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to a home in Escondido, California.According to the report, a woman told the deputies that Margera kicked her. He was arrested and detained at the Vista Detention Facility on a charge of corporal injury on a current or former spouse, cohabitant, dating parter or fellow parent.It adds that, according to the SDCSD, the Jackass star posted bail for $50,000 (£42,000) the day after he was arrested and was released from custody.A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s office told TMZ that “no charges will be filed in the case from their office, as they only file charges when they believe they can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.
The percentage of female characters portrayed in the 100 top domestic grossing films increased only “slightly” last year compared to 2021, according to the latest report from San Diego State. Last year, they accounted for 33% of the protagonists – up from 31% in 2021, but well below the 40% high-water mark achieved in 2019.
EXCLUSIVE: Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was allegedly stabbed to death in her house by her daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Creed III” delivered a powerful box office knockout with its $58.6 million domestic debut, clobbering expectations and franchise records in the process. And there’s more good news for struggling theater owners starved for compelling content. It looks like the good fortune will continue in March with “Scream VI” (March 10), “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” (March 17), “John Wick: Chapter 4” (March 24) and “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (March 31). There’s at least one major release every weekend through the rest of the month, offering the kind of stability that’s been desperately missing during the great box office reset.
Hunter Ingram When your day job is spent plotting a rebellion in a galaxy far, far away, it helps to have something that can bring you back down to Earth — or whatever planet you call home. When he’s not the Empire’s most wanted on Disney+’s “Andor,” Diego Luna grounds himself by returning to the theater. He grew up going with his father, and it has been the constant of his career. “In a way, it has kept me sane,” says the actor after a long day on the London set of “Andor” Season 2. “Theater is a great way to go back and put your feet on the ground and remind you what this is all about.”
Californians in 44 counties who owes taxes to the federal or state government are getting good news: the deadline for filing returns as been pushed to October.
Shares in Dish Network continued their multi-day slide on Tuesday, falling another 6% to a 14-year low of $11.41, after the pay-TV and wireless provider confirmed its systems were hit by a cyberattack.
A living legend! Dick Van Dyke has starred on the stage and screen for decades, becoming one of the most iconic actors in Hollywood and endearing himself to generations of fans.
The National Crime Agency has reportedly removed a specialist diver who assisted with the search for Nicola Bulley from its list of experts. Peter Faulding said he would find the missing mum if she was in the River Wyre, in Lancashire where she was last seen walking her dog.
She keeps her side of the street clean. Selena Gomez threw her support behind BFF Taylor Swift after footage resurfaced of Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) seemingly dissing the pop star.