EU Commission approves Microsoft’s Bethesda acquisition

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s head of comedy Kate Daughton and comedy commissioner Sarah Asante are both leaving the British broadcaster after more than five years, Deadline hears.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC ups arts and music programming; BBC Studioworks hires Universal’s Katie Leveson; “Promising Young Woman” gets Sky Cinema release in the U.K.; HBO Europe commissions “The Informant”‘; and Hulu picks up Israeli series “Juda.”BBC is doubling investments in arts and music programming on BBC Two over the next two years and will commit to at least eight major arts and music boxset series for BBC iPlayer each year.A new structure will see arts and

The daily grind! Prince Harry has added another job to his resume after stepping back permanently from his senior royal duties last month.

Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire gaming-focused chat software and platform Discord.Per a Bloomberg report, the potential acquisition could cost more than US$10billion, if a deal is struck between Microsoft and Discord. Bloomberg’s anonymous sources say Discord has been talking to a number of potential buyers, and reached out to Microsoft to “gauge interest”.

Lina Khan, who had a key role in a House subcommittee investigated antitrust investigation of major tech giants, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the Federal Trade Commission.

Korea’s NEW Strikes Multi-Picture Deal With Library Pictures

The New Zealand Film Commission's CEO Annabelle Sheehan is stepping down. The leadership change was announced Thursday by the NZFC's chair Kerry Prendergast.

Naman Ramachandran Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle and Netflix “Tiger King” sensation Joe Exotic are the subjects of two contrasting documentaries commissioned by U.K. broadcaster BBC Two.In “Britney” (working title), BAFTA-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar seeks to uncover the truth behind the conservatorship that pop icon Britney Spears has been held under for the last 13 years.

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation has sold out international rights to In the Lost Lands at the virtual European Film Market, booking a string of multimillion-dollar presales for the fantasy-adventure movie.

Microsoft has confirmed that “some new titles in the future” from Bethesda will be “exclusive to Xbox and PC”.This comes from an Xbox Wire post today (March 9) from Head of Xbox Phil Spencer who officially welcomed Bethesda to the Xbox family, following its $7.5billion acquisition of parent company Zenimax Media, approved by both the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the European Commission.“This is the next step in building an industry-leading first party studios team,

Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, which will make Bethesda and a bevy of other studios part of the Xbox family.The SEC published a Note Of Effectiveness on Thursday, March 4.

Naman Ramachandran BritBox North America, the BBC Studios and ITV-backed SVOD service specializing in British content, and the BBC have commissioned crime drama “Hope Street.”The ensemble serial is set in the fictional town of Port Devine in Northern Ireland, and will focus on its police department, and the mysterious arrival of English detective constable Alimah Khan, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.The cast includes Brid Brennan (“Brooklyn”), Des McAleer (“The Crown”),

Naman Ramachandran Monika Shergill, VP, content, and Srishti Behl Arya, director, international original film, Netflix India, are buzzing.

Victoria’s mental health royal commission has recommended an after-care service for LGBTQI persons following a suicide attempt and full funding for Switchboard’s Victoria’s Rainbow Door program.

Christopher Vourlias Polish director Paweł Maślona (“Panic Attack”) is prepping a lavish period drama about the American Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kościuszko.Produced by Leszek Bodzak and Aneta Hickinbotham for Aurum Film, the production house behind Jan Komasa’s Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi,” the historical epic — with the working title “Scarborn,” from a script by Michał A. Zielinski — received development funding from the Polish Film Institute.

A third coronavirus vaccine is now approved for emergency use in the United States.

Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista are set to star in a new movie together called In The Lost Lands.