RTL Group to Sell Leading Dutch Broadcaster to DPG Media for $1.2 Billion

Thania Garcia Tencent Music Entertainment Group, an online music and audio entertainment platform based in China, and Universal Music Group, have announced the renewal of a multi-year licensing agreement. With the agreement being re-upped, Tencent will continue to have reach over UMG’s music catalogs for the music apps QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and WeSing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Asia’s video industry is set to grow by an annual 2.6% over the next five years to reach $165 billion by 2028, says a new study from research and consultancy firm Media Partners Asia. That follows 5.5% growth in 2023. The firm’s “Asia Pacific Video & Broadband Industry 2024” report spans a widely-defined cluster of free TV, pay-TV, SVOD, premium AVOD and user-generated content and social video in 14 Asia-Pacific countries and territories.

Gogglebox's Pete Sandiford shared a lovely photo with his wife Paige as they celebrated the end of 2023.The couple had an exciting year after welcoming their second child in June. Paige posted the sweet snap on Instagram, captioning it: "First and last post of 2023,". Pete then shared the post on his Instagram Stories, joking about staying up past 10pm.

Manchester United great Peter Schmeichel says Erik ten Hag was wrong to haul off Kobbie Mainoo at half-time during the 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon. Mainoo started for the fourth match running, but the teenager was sacrificed after 45 minutes to make way for Scott McTominay.

Manchester United fans are lamenting the absence of Rasmus Hojlund in the club's clash with Nottingham Forest, although are happy that Amad has made the squad for the first time this season.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has recalled Antony to the starting line-up for this evening's clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground because of his ability to make runs in behind.

Ant McPartlin's ex, Lisa Armstrong, has been sharing some cryptic posts on social media, hinting at karma 'coming for people'. The Strictly Come Dancing makeup artist, who split from her electrician boyfriend James Green earlier this year, is reportedly planning a move to Hollywood.

The Denver Broncos star quarterback Russell Wilson, who you may often see on Hollywood red carpets alongside his wife Ciara, has reportedly been benched for the remainder of the NFL season in a surprising move.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, the creators of ChatGPT and other A.I. platforms, over copyright infringement, claiming the companies are responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages.” The suit, filed Wednesday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, does not include a specific monetary demand but does assert the above-mentioned claim that Microsoft and OpenAI are responsible for billions in damages, and also demands that any chatbot models and data that pulled copyrighted work from The Times be dismantled.

Manchester United supporters are divided on Erik ten Hag’s decision to sell Anthony Elanga after the winger helped Nottingham Forest pull off a shock win.

Two teens have tragically been killed in a three vehicle horror smash just three days before Christmas.

Kanye “Ye” West has put his Malibu mansion on the market for $53million (£41.9million).The controversial rapper bought the Tadao Ando-designed property in late 2021 for $57.3 million in an off-market deal. He ended up removing the home’s interiors, leaving it essentially gutted, and is selling it at a loss rather than renovating it.The new owner would need to spend several million dollars to redo the interiors.

Elon Musk‘s X/Twitter is back up after going down tonight all over the world.

The social media platform - formerly known as X - is currently down for some users.

Porno For Pyros have shared an uplifting new Christmas track titled ‘Pete’s Dad’ – check it out below.The new song comes in time for the holiday season, and sees the alt-rock band recall their time spending Christmas with the father of guitarist Peter DiStefano.It also celebrates the musician’s father being told that he is cancer-free. “Pete’s dad don’t have cancer anymore/ The doctor called and told him so, just before/ We sat down for Christmas supper/ When he found out we all cried a little,” frontman Perry Farrell sings in the chorus.Although the track was labelled as new music by the band when they first teased it on their X/Twitter page, it was originally shared nearly 30 years ago as a standalone single in 1995.“Best friends are people of action, when Porno for Pyros created this song ‘Pete’s Dad,’ that’s when I knew these band of men were my best friends,” DiStefano said in a statement announcing the song.

When They See Us, Moonlight), and is created, written, and executive produced by filmmaker Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), who directed all seven episodes. Jerome also serves as an executive producer.

RTL Group is selling its Dutch business RTL Nederland for €1.1B ($1.2B) in cash.

The speculation is always churning around the Marvel Universe and it didn’t help there was a lot of crossover misinformation about the upcoming “Thunderbolts” movie and “Captain America: Brave New World” earlier this year and last. Last night the trades didn’t help, with Deadline accidentally claiming that Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Solider was in “Captain America 4,” outlets covering it and then the trade quickly deleting the information.

A high school security officer in a small central California town has pled guilty to making homemade explosives with a teenage student and selling them online. Yeesh!!

It looks like Heather Rae El Moussa is definitely not returning to Selling Sunset!