Netflix’s New Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Says Streamer Shooting In LA This Week; COVID-19 Safety Protocols To Be “Permanent Part Of Production”

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorWalt Disney’s chief executive and its CFO said the dramatic spike in Florida COVID-19 infections last month right when Walt Disney World reopened have resulted in higher cancellations at the park than they’d first anticipated  – and their expectations weren’t all that high to begin with.CEO Bob Chapek and chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said, however, that the park is meeting the financial criteria set by Disney to sustain a reopening.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed streaming and sustainability in a recent interview with Music Ally published on Thursday. Ek denied criticisms that Spotify pays insufficient royalties to artists, and insisted that the role of the musician had changed in today's "future landscape." Ek claimed that a "narrative fallacy" had been created and caused music fans to believe that Spotify doesn't pay musicians enough for streams of their music.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said announcing the lockdown measures "late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications".He tweeted: "No one would argue with putting in place local action to reduce the transmission of coronavirus."But announcing measures affecting potentially millions of people late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications during this crisis."When the government ended the daily press conferences, they said they would hold

media giant’s second-quarter revenue plummeting due to the coronavirus pandemic.Peacock’s ad-supported service first became available to Comcast customers on April 15, before rolling out to nationwide in mid-July. The service hit 10 million subscribers despite not being available on Roku or Amazon Fire TV, the two biggest players in the streaming world.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer, will be honored with Variety’s Vanguard Award at the annual Mipcom international content sales conference set for Oct.

Netflix, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, has received a credit rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings. On Tuesday, the research firm raised its credit rating for the video streaming giant to BB, from BB-, with a stable outlook, as it pointed to increased subscriber growth and higher consumer usage as TV viewers sheltering during the pandemic increasingly embrace the streaming platform.

On the 25th of July, 2020, Kevin Smith may have revealed something special about the upcoming film, Bill and Ted Face The Music. While at the panel for the virtual 2020 Comic-Con, the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back director touched on the new movie.

When it premiered in May 2018, The Kissing Booth apparently became a huge hit. A month later, Netflix‘s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos called it “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world”.

Bill and Ted Face The Music – watch it below.Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves will reprise their roles as William “Bill” S.

Peter White Television EditorBig Brother will officially happen this summer. CBS will launch the season premiere of Big Brother: All-Stars on Wednesday August 5.The two-hour live move-in of the long-running reality series will air between 9pm and 11pm and comes after Deadline revealed that pre-production started earlier this month.The show traditionally starts in June but as a result of the COVID-19 production shutdown, it’s taken slightly longer than expected.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorHBO Max had a “flawless” launch in May, according to AT&T CEO John Stankey, who offered investors a few details about the streaming rollout during a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday.The call followed the release of the company’s second-quarter financial results, which saw the company exceed profit forecasts despite significant headwinds due to COVID-19.About 4.1 million overall subscribers have signed up for Max, including about one million wholesale

Big Brother All Stars officially has a summer premiere date – and it’s soon!

Snitches get stitches. Or at least that’s how the saying goes.

coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, as co-CEO. But it was investor disappointment in the outlook for new subscribers that helped drive down the stock 9% to $480.70 in after-hours trading.

Longtime Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos has been named co-CEO alongside founder Reed Hastings, the streaming giant announced Thursday. "Ted has been my partner for decades," Hastings said in a statement announcing the appointment.

Jeff Goldblum recently revealed that he is headed back to the set of Jurassic World: Dominion in “about a week and a half” for the first time since production shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Goldblum says that they are all going to England, and there are “protocols galore” to make sure everyone in the cast and crew stays safe.

Also Read: Netflix Adds Another 10.1 Million Subscribers in Q2, Stock Drops 10%“Having watched Reed and Ted work together for so long, the board and I are confident this is the right step to evolve Netflix’s management structure so that we can continue to best serve our members and shareholders for years to come,” added Lead Independent director Jay Hoag.Additionally, chief product officer Greg Peters added the title of chief operating officer.The announcements came alongside Netflix’s quarterly

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix announced that chief content officer Ted Sarandos has been appointed co-CEO of the company, alongside co-founder Reed Hastings.Sarandos, who will continue to serve as content chief, joined Netflix over 20 years ago. He’s also been elected to Netflix’s board of directors.“Ted has been my partner for decades,” Hastings said in announcing the appointment.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticComing off a coronavirus pandemic dominated second quarter, Netflix today revealed not just strong subscriber and revenue growth, but also a lot of eyeballs for some key series and films.“In Q2, we notched successes in many of our key content verticals,” the the now Ted Sarandos co-CEO’d streamer circumspectly noted in the letter to shareholders that was released Thursday just after the market closed.While nowhere near breaking any records for

Dade Hayes Finance EditorIn a major change to Netflix’s C-suite, content chief Ted Sarandos has been named co-CEO and Chief Product Officer Greg Peters has been named to the additional role of COO.Reed Hastings, who co-founded the company and has served as CEO for most of its 23 years of existence, will be co-CEO with Sarandos.After joining the company in 2000, Sarandos has spearheaded the programming effort and personified the company’s disruptive approach to releasing TV and film.“Ted has been