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Whitney Cinkala L.A. Rams Coach Sean McVay, RedBird Capital Partners founder Gerry Cardinale and NCAA Champion and MVP of the 2023 NCAA Championship Angel Reese have been added to the program for Variety and Sportico’s co-branded Sports and Entertainment Summit, presented by City National Bank, on July 13 in Los Angeles. The collaboration marks an expanded day of programming for the event. Already announced speakers include NBA all-star, entrepreneur and philanthropist Russell Westbrook; NBA all-star and producer Blake Griffin; Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles; and ESPN’s Rosalyn Durant. A keynote conversation with McVay will cover the 2022 Super Bowl Champion team, how the incredible fan energy provides inspiration for them and what the team is excited about heading into the new season.

Variety, about her vision for campaign strategy, having led marketing efforts on such films as “Air,” “Saltburn” and the Academy Award-winning film “American Fiction.” She has also spearheaded marketing for hit series including “Expats,” “Mr. & Mrs.

A new statement from the BBC includes an apology to a family involved in an alleged scandal with News at Ten's presenter Huw Edwards. BBC bosses apologised to the relatives of a young person who Huw, 62, allegedly gifted more than £35k to when they turned 17.

William Earl Variety will host its annual Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 24 in Los Angeles. The one-day event will identify the best opportunities to engage today’s evolving audiences and consumers who continue to be fast-moving targets across growing media platforms.

Warner Bros. Discovery through the streaming wars.

William Earl The Variety Entertainment Summit returns to CES on Jan. 10 at the Aria featuring a day of panels and keynote conversations.

Ellise Shafer The BBC has published its terms of reference for the review of its non-editorial complaints process following last week’s Huw Edwards scandal. The review will be led by BBC Group COO Leigh Tavaziva and Deloitte, under the direction of Simon Cuerden. It is set to commence this month and will be completed by late fall. “The objective of the review is to assess the effectiveness of the current BBC policies and processes regarding non-editorial complaints and allegations (complaints) which come into the BBC,” according to a press release. “The review will cover complaints received by the BBC Public Service or World Service in the U.K. It will not cover the editorial complaints process. Areas of the BBC not currently within scope, e.g. BBC Studios, will be considered for assessment as part of the action plan from this review.”

Naman Ramachandran BBC director general Tim Davie and acting chair Elan Closs Stephens answered searching questions from the U.K. Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Tuesday on the corporation’s funding model. The BBC’s main source of revenue is annual license fee of £159 ($202). The BBC annual report, which was published last week revealed that the number of people who bought a license fee fell by 500,000 to 24.3 million. Consequently, BBC revenues dipped from £3.8 billion to £3.74 billion. The license fee, which is currently frozen for two years, is set to rise significantly in April 2024. It emerged on Tuesday morning that a review into the BBC funding model could be ordered this fall. “The evidence that there is a growing unwillingness to pay is shown by figures each year. The licence fee model is becoming unsustainable,” the London Times said, quoting a government source.

The BBC has drafted in a senior partner from Deloitte to help with its high-profile review into protocols following the Huw Edwards scandal, which Tim Davie revealed should complete in the late Autumn.

William Earl Variety will return to the Riviera for three days of programmed interviews with leaders in the industry at the Variety Cannes Lions Interview Studio presented by Canva. The studio will take place from June 20-22 with all conversations moderated by a Variety editor. Kevin Hart, Will.i.am., Keke Palmer and Amanda Gorman are among the slate of speakers who will take part in the studio, as well as Kelly Campbell, president, Peacock; Claudine Cheever, VP of global brand and marketing, Amazon; Jeremy Zimmer, CEO, United Talent Agency; Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing and communications officer, Mastercard; and Julia Goldin, chief product and marketing officer, LEGO.

K.J. Yossman Sky boss Stephen van Rooyen said the streamers will have to adapt and change just as linear networks did a decade or so ago. Van Rooyen, who is CEO of Sky U.K. and Ireland and CCO for the Comcast owned-Sky Group, was in conversation with Sky News anchor Sophy Ridge at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference on Thursday in London. When Ridge asked the media boss whether he had relaxed about the threat of streamers since the great “Netflix reset” of last year, he replied: “Actually I never really thought about it that way.” “There’s been a lot of rhetoric about traditional TV versus new TV and all that stuff, particularly over the last seven or eight years,” van Rooyen said. “But we never really thought of it that way. We’ve thought about the customer, we’ve thought about the competition, we’ve thought about how it either presents an opportunity or how it can be aggregative to the consumer experience we deliver.”

down £208. 8 million on last year. As well as the benefits accrued by her father’s business, Murty is also a canny businesswoman in her own right.

“Freedom of expression” will be front and center of Ofcom’s thinking when the UK regulator draws up the new code governing the streamers, according to chief Melanie Dawes.

K.J. Yossman Culture secretary Lucy Frazer set out her vision for the U.K.’s creative industries on Thursday morning, which included a plan to boost the creative sector’s gross added vale by £50 billion and create a million more jobs by 2030. “Our creative industries are world class,” Frazer said. “We are in the golden age of the silver screen. We rival any country in the world at sound and visual effects, and are on track to double U.K. film stage space by 2025.” Frazer, who was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference in London, added: “The world over, there is demand for high-end British productions not just because of our fantastic actors and our great locations, but because of our tech know-how and production skills. The imagination of our designers, our producers, our content creators, our writers and artists is spearheading growth right across our economy.”

The UK is on track to double its film stage space within two years, new Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will say tomorrow, while unveiling a target to grow the creative sector by £50B ($62B) and create 1 million jobs.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “Subscription fatigue” among consumers is only getting worse, making it even more challenging for direct-to-streaming video providers to retain customers, according to Deloitte’s latest Digital Media Trends survey. As streaming video competition continues to intensify, subscription growth rates across the industry have slowed — and churn rates have increased, according to the Deloitte’s 17th annual Digital Media Trends report. On average, U.S. consumers pay $48 per month for subscription-video services, Deloitte’s survey found. About half of those surveyed agreed that they “pay too much” for SVOD services, while about one-third said they intend to reduce their number of entertainment subscriptions.

Kate, Princess of Wales, is sending a message to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with a "power play" to prove the Royal Family "matters". On Tuesday, the 41-year-old mother-of-three donned a cream blazer and went into business mode meeting representatives of huge firms including IKEA, Co-op, Unilever, Lego, finance giants Natwest, Aviva, Deloitte and the Bank of England no less. The Princess was able to host the companies worth billions of pounds as she championed early years development with the launch of her new "Business Taskforce for Early Childhood" later.

William Earl Variety is pleased to announce additional speakers for its annual Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 19 in Los Angeles, including Christian Parkes, CMO, Neon; Catherine Halaby, head of entertainment, North America, TikTok; Deon Graham, chief brand officer, Combs Global; and Rachel Delphin, CMO, Twitch. Parkes and Halaby will join a Keynote Entertainment Marketing Leaders panel, also including Karen Bronzo, CMO, Warner Bros. Discovery; Dwight Caines, president, domestic marketing, Universal Pictures; and Marc Weinstock, president, worldwide marketing and distribution, Paramount Pictures. Graham, who oversees campaigns for Sean Combs’ businesses such as Revolt TV and Cîroc Vodka, will join a multicultural marketing conversation featuring Ellene V. Miles, SVP intersectional marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Motion Picture Group; Christine Benitez, SVP multicultural marketing, Paramount Pictures; and Claudia Chagui, SVP marketing and creative, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.

As Kate Middleton urged business leaders to prioritise wellbeing in the workplace to support family life following the launch of her business taskforce on early childhood, one body language expert believes she is "not afraid to push boundaries" in her new role. Speaking on behalf of Betfair Casino, Darren Stanton shared his opinion on Kate, as she stepped out to deliver a speech for the business-based campaign in London yesterday.

Over 2,500 jobs could be created after proposals for a new £60m building at Manchester Science Park were revealed.

William Earl Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 19 in Los Angeles. This year’s summit will feature Karen Bronzo, chief marketing officer, Warner Bros. Discovery; Dwight Caines, president, domestic marketing, Universal Pictures; Marc Weinstock, president, worldwide marketing and distribution, Paramount Pictures; Lisa Vanderpump, TV personality and executive producer of “Vanderpump Rules,” businesswoman, author and philanthropist; Terry Crews, actor, bestselling author, entrepreneur and host; among other elite creative and industry speakers. Bronzo, Caines and Weinstock will be among participants of a Keynote Entertainment Marketing Roundtable, moderated by Claudia Eller, chief production officer, Variety, in which leading film and TV marketers will share how they are promoting their projects to today’s audiences.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has quietly taken full control of The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures in a deal worth £5.5M ($6.6M).

Taking advantage of the expected mass tune-in for tonight’s finale of The Walking Dead, a handful of ads featuring characters who died during the show’s 11-season run has given fans reason to not look away during commercial breaks.

A major development in East Manchester has been pushed back amid concerns about the safety of children at a new school planned nearby. The plans for 716 homes at the former Jackson's Brickworks site in Newton Heath were set to be approved by councillors on Thursday (September 22).

Plans to build four blocks - one towering 42 storeys - for more than 1,500 homes in a historic area of Salford once featured in a painting by LS Lowry have been submitted to the city council. The first of three phases of the scheme will see 585 apartments on top of 20,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space in the highest building,w which will be built at Greengate if approved.

Ryan Reynolds is launching a nonprofit to help people from underrepresented communities get started in creative careers. The 'Deadpool' actor hopes The Creative Ladder can help "talent of all backgrounds" has the chance to flourish, while the organisation will offer programmes and services to boost career options in advertising, marketing, design and commercial production, as well as providing leadership training, mentorship and more.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRyan Reynolds has launched a new nonprofit to support accessibility to creative careers for people from underrepresented communities.The Creative Ladder, which includes Deloitte as a founding donor with a $500,000 donation, will offer programs and services for students and creative talents to increase career options in marketing, advertising, design and commercial production. The organization will also provide leadership training, mentorship, networking opportunities and career development resources.“We started talking about The Creative Ladder right after we launched the Group Effort Initiative, so I am so thrilled the day is finally here,” Reynolds said in a statement on Tuesday.

Sky CEO Dana Strong has talked up the pay-TV giant’s relationship with the Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) as having “never been stronger,” revealing that 30% of BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s content is watched on the platform.

Simu Liu is giving a big shout out to his former employer on social media.

Simu Liu is celebrating a difficult, but deeply important life event.

wcinkala pmc-editorial-managerVariety is pleased to announce that Dakota Johnson, Hulu President Joe Earley and Prime Video and Amazon Studios Global Chief Marketing Officer Ukonwa Ojo are among the speakers participating at the Variety Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on May 24 in Hollywood. Johnson will be joined by partner Katie O’Connell to discuss their strategy on building their production company TeaTime Pictures. Current projects in which Johnson stars and produces include upcoming film releases “Cha Cha Real Smooth” and “Am I OK?”Earley will be featured in a keynote conversation focusing on his leadership vision for Hulu.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHulu is back with another aggressive Black Friday promotion, as the Disney-controlled service aims to boost its base amid the fiercely competitive streaming wars.Hulu is letting new and eligible returning customers sign up for the ad-supported plan for just 99 cents per month for a year, currently available at this link. That’s an 86% discount from the regular price of $6.99/month (and represents a $72 savings over the 12-month period).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHave you signed up for Netflix, Disney Plus or HBO Max just to watch one new show or movie — then canceled for a few months until the next must-see thing comes out?Now there’s a name for this behavior: “churn and return,” a term coined by consulting firm Deloitte. It’s most common among younger generations: Nearly half of millennials (47%) and 34% of Gen Z in the U.S.