Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says Covid Shutdowns Reduced Streaming Content Available In Q4; Warns Wall Street, Subscriber Growth “Not A Straight Line”

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs, latest figures reveal.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe board of Ozy Media, the media and entertainment company accused of deceiving investors and advertisers, has had a change of heart and will not be shutting its doors, CEO Carlos Watson said Monday.“This is our Lazarus moment, if you will,” Watson said in an appearance on NBC News’ “Today” show.The about-face comes after Ozy announced Friday, Oct.

NEW YORK -- The CEO of Ozy Media on Monday called the company's announcement last week that it was shutting down “premature” and that after meeting with advertisers and other partners that it would continue to operate.“We have something special here,” Carlos Watson told CNBC on Monday morning.The board of directors of Ozy emailed a statement Friday saying the company was ceasing operations less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the media organization’s claims of

Married At First Sight UK star Bob Voysey has revealed that he has been inundated with people offering to be "Mrs Bob" since leaving the show. The contestant, 26, made the heartbreaking decision to leave the experiment earlier this month with former partner Megan Wolfe, and he has since been stopped in the street with marriage proposals.

Married At First Sight UK star Bob Voysey has revealed that the show's dinner parties were so explosive that the cast couldn't even finish filming two of them. Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview ahead of Thursday's final episode and Monday's explosive reunion, Bob, 26, teased that "utter carnage" took place behind-the-scenes at the dinner parties with cameras not even able to catch it.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorA day after CAA clinched a deal to acquire ICM Partners, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel told an industry crowd on Tuesday that he considered an ICM acquisition more than a decade ago, before Endeavor pulled off its acquisition of William Morris Agency.Emanuel weighed in on the big news in Hollywood during his long-scheduled Q&A at the Recode conference in Beverly Hills.

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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster were thrilled to mix business with pleasure in Hungary as they looked forward to the rocker's new tour. And the happily married couple posed as they explored the local sights in Budapest before catching up with the rest of Rod's band members in the run up to his forthcoming shows in Vegas.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has spoken out in defence of the studio in light of the ongoing lawsuit with Scarlett Johansson.The Black Widow actor sued Disney over the film’s day-and-date release strategy, claiming it is in breach of her contract.The Marvel star’s agent claimed that she would have received a greater percentage point of box office takings if the film had been released exclusively in cinemas.Chapek was asked about the payment of talent as the distribution models continue to change –

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish was out beating the Wall Street drum for new Paramount boss Brian Robbins, who, he told investors, will lead “the film studio of the future.”

Scarlett Johansson shocked the world after she went public with her lawsuit against Disney over the release strategy of “Black Widow.” The actress claims that the streaming release of “Black Widow” made it so she missed out on $50 million worth of backend money that was likely hers if the film got a typical theatrical release.

TMZ that the 35-year-old Tampa resident was hospitalized in August and placed on a ventilator, but is now out of the intensive care and breathing on his own, without a fever or cough, and has tested negative for COVID. That said, he is still in the hospital, and has minimal use of his arms and legs.According to Messing, he is unable to stand and walk on his own, and is going through physical therapy, using a machine to help get his legs working again.

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel never brought up the name Scarlett Johansson, whose challenge to Disney alongside her reps at rival CAA has riled the industry. But in a virtual appearance at the Goldman Sachs Communcacopia Conference, the exec said talent is “getting paid very, very well” despite massive shifts in windows.

Wall Street Journal could add up to $50 million.In Disney’s initial response, the company said the lawsuit had “no merit whatsoever” and called Johansson “callous” for asking for more than her upfront salary of $20 million. The studio has countered by saying that it fulfilled its theatrical obligation by releasing “Black Widow” on 9,000 screens in the U.S.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” will land on Disney+ on November 12 as part of the upcoming Disney+ Day, Bob Chapek announced as part of a conference on Tuesday .Disney+ Day is being billed as an annual, company wide celebration of the streaming service in honor of its two year anniversary and will feature new content from every Disney franchise and brand, including Marvel, “Star Wars,” Pixar and “The Simpsons.” In addition to “Shang-Chi,” which so far has been playing exclusively in

Disney CEO Bob Chapek mentioned today during a Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Communacopia Conference that Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings will hit Disney+ on Friday, Nov. 12, which the studio is designating as Disney+ Day.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney Plus global paid subscribers will increase by “low single-digit millions of subscribers” for the quarter ending September 2021, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said.The Disney Plus core market sub growth (excluding Hotstar) will continue both domestically and internationally, “but we hit some headwinds,” Chapek said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference Tuesday.Chapek’s signal that Disney Plus will slow down in the current quarter, which is Disney’s FY Q4

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix is launching an entirely free plan — with a more limited content selection, available only on Android phones — first in Kenya.The streaming company’s hope is that by offering a 100% free tier, which includes about one-fourth of the content available in its paid-streaming plans in Kenya, more people will try out the service and end up subscribing.“If you’ve never watched Netflix before — and many people in Kenya haven’t — this is a great way to experience