European Commission Clears Discovery, WarnerMedia Merger

Katie Price’s house and mental health are to be explored in a duo of personal Channel 4 documentaries.

A few days after WarnerMedia said HBO and HBO Max ended 2021 with 73.8 million global subscribers, ad sales president JP Colaco said consumers had been enticed to “sign up in droves” for its cheaper, ad-supported tier.

Discovery shares, which have been in a funk for months, roared back to life today, jumping 17% on heavy trading volume after a validation from a veteran Wall Street analyst.

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Family of five! Ashley Graham gave birth on Friday, January 7, to her and Justin Ervin’s twins.

The BBC has unveiled its next generation of drama commissioning and writing talent, three Assistant Commissioners including an Industry Script Exec along with 16 scribes for its Drama Room Writers 2021-22.

The Bronx have announced the postponement of their upcoming European headlining tour dates.The Los Angeles-based punk band confirmed via social media that all existing tickets for shows across Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and France will remain valid for the new dates – originally set to take place in January 2022 – when they are rescheduled.The band’s UK shows, kicking off at Motion in Bristol on January 26, are due to go ahead as planned.“So stay tuned for the announcement, and rest

Discovery, announced today that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance of the company’s proposed acquisition of AT&T’s WarnerMedia business.

BBC3’s opening night back on linear TV will feature a World Cup-style RuPaul’s Drag Race competition, as the network unveils the first shows to feature on the refreshed channel.

West Lothian Council has asked the Boundary Commission to redraw Westminster constituencies to respect historic links in West Lothian towns.

JB Perrette, Discovery’s president and CEO of streaming and international, acknowledged the company’s struggles in the sports arena even as it has gained scale in recent years.

After much speculation, the Saudi Film Commission has announced its film incentive package, offering a 40% cash rebate of total qualifying spend for local and international productions. The announcement comes just before the country’s first-ever film festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, draws to a close tomorrow.

While the debate continues about how the good old digital pie is split between different stakeholders in the music industry, the spotlight fell on how another artist revenue stream is shared out last week, after Tim Burgess of The Charlatans commented on the commissions some venues charge on merch sales that take place at shows.In a tweet, Burgess wrote: “Big respect to those venues that don’t take a percentage of a band’s merch sales.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn spite of a new wave of COVID-19, a snow storm and train cancelations, Les Arcs European Film Festival kicked off its 13th edition on Dec. 10 with a festive opening night ceremony highlighted was the presence of Swedish star Noomi Rapace who introduced her film “Lamb” on stage.Vladimar Jóhannsson’s feature debut, “Lamb,” world premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.

Jessica Kiang Scarcely a week after the announcement that a more barebones European Film Awards (EFA) ceremony was to take place Dec. 11 in Berlin with only nominees in attendance, even that compromise proved to be too bold.

Manchester United have been handed an opportunity to edge closer to fulfilling the European ambitions this weekend after Tottenham Hotspur's clash with Brighton has been postponed.

My Chemical Romance have announced seven new dates in Europe as part of their 2022 reunion tour.Following on from a handful of extra UK dates, the New Jersey band have confirmed additional shows in France, Germany, Hungary and Poland to go alongside their already announced run of rescheduled reunion shows.Tickets for these new shows go on sale Friday (December 10) from here and the additional dates can be seen below:June 202201 – Accord Arena, Paris, France,02 – Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands06 –

David Zaslav is sad.His day started off with a sobering phone call with Suzy Welch, author, host and widow of longtime General Electric CEO Jack Welch. The morning headlines from the once largest company in the world and citadel of corporate America came as a jolt to Zaslav, who previously worked for then-GE-owned NBC for 18 years.After years of struggling, GE announced on Nov.