EXCLUSIVE: EVO Entertainment Group will begin operating as Elevate Entertainment Group, the company said Monday. Simultaneously, EEG has acquired Austin-based arthouse chain Violet Crown Cinemas.
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The Arena Group, which controls media brands like Sports Illustrated, Parade and TheStreet, has teamed with FAST channel developer AcTVe to launch five channels tied to action sports magazines in its stable.
Powder Mag, Surfer Magazine, Transworld Skateboarding, Bike Mag and Snowboarder will provide the backbones for the new channels, which will debut globally this fall. The channels will be available on free, ad-supported streaming platforms like SportsTribal, FreeMovies+ and FreeCast, as well as via Roku, Vizio and Samsung. More distribution platforms will be added in 2024, the companies said.
Drawing on archival material spanning decades (Surfer Magazine, for example, dates to 1960), the channels will feature documentary features, shorts, original series and live events.
“As an action sports filmmaker, enthusiast and lifelong fan of these brands, it’s an honor to be in a position to make the kinds of content I grew up watching available to audiences for free, worldwide,” AcTVe CEO Geoff Clark said in an announcement. Clark’s company is handling distribution and syndication for the channels, which join the company’s growing portfolio of more than 15 other channels.
Arena Group CEO Ross Levinsohn said his company, which changed its name from Maven in 2021, is increasingly focused on FAST. The sector has experienced dramatic growth in the past couple of years as rates of cord-cutting keep accelerating and programmers look for ways to reach viewers and advertisers outside of the pay-TV bundle. Compared with ramping up a traditional cable network, lighting up a FAST channel is exponentially cheaper and requires fewer operational resources. “FAST channels will propel our strategic expansion into the highly lucrative and
EXCLUSIVE: EVO Entertainment Group will begin operating as Elevate Entertainment Group, the company said Monday. Simultaneously, EEG has acquired Austin-based arthouse chain Violet Crown Cinemas.
Anyone but You may have already had the best press tour outside of the Barbie movie. The so-called rom-com has been on our tongues since stars and sparked while filming in Australia over the summer.For those who don't remember (this year has been rife with and , after all), Powell and Sweeney's undeniable chemistry caused quite the commotion, thanks to some steamy , , and one particular flirty that went viral on Twitter. Rumors were only exacerbated by the fact that Powell’s ex-girlfriend Gigi Paris the Euphoria star on Instagram before from the Top Gun actor in late April.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director The upcoming release of “The Color Purple” musical film marks a full circle moment for Oprah Winfrey, who is producing the new adaptation 38 years after playing Sofia in Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s seminal novel. Oprah earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actress, and now “The Color Purple” musical could earn her another one as a producer if it lands a best picture nomination. Oprah produced the film along with Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.
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The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have shared details of a joint tour in the UK and Ireland next summer.Both bands played headline sets at California’s BeachLife festival last year and will come together again for a short tour that kicks off in Birmingham on June 7, 2024.The US acts will then take in shows at London’s The O2, Dublin’s 3Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s Co-op Live and Cardiff Castle across the rest of the month.Tickets for the UK and Ireland 2024 tour go on general sale this Friday (October 20) at 10am BST here. There is also a pre-sale at the same link opening this Thursday (October 19) at 10am BST.The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer’s 2024 UK and Ireland tour:JUNEFriday 7 – Birmingham Utilita ArenaSaturday 8 – London The O2Monday 10 – Dublin 3ArenaWednesday 12 – Glasgow OVO HydroThursday 13 – Manchester Co-op LiveFriday 14 – Cardiff CastleIn other news, last month The Smashing Pumpkins re-staged the release show that they held for their ‘Siamese Dream’ album 30 years ago and performed numerous rarities at the event.Taking place on September 17, the band had the tea house made to look like the original Tower Records set.
The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have today announced a summer tour of the UK and Ireland in 2024.
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King Charles' skills with a brush and watercolours have made him a top-selling artist, and other family members have also shown they are quick on the draw. Not only does Charles reign over the country, but he has proven himself to be a king in the art world too, as one of the UK’s most successful living painters.The King’s love of using watercolours first began at Gordonstoun school in Scotland, and signed copies of his work now sell at auction for four-figure sums.
Emmerdale stars Emma Atkins, Lawrence Robb and Jessie Elland have divulged some of the behind-the-scenes details from filming their first major stunt. Despite being on the soap for more than 20 years, Charity Dingle actress Emma has never been part of a big showpiece like next week's Super Soap Week.
ScotRail has announced there will be significant disruption to its services after an amber weather warning was issued in Scotland.
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The Rosenzweig Group has signed rising Australian actor Xavier Molyneux for representation in all areas.
“Just B” podcast and called the host out for making his guests on the late-night show feel like there’ being “f–king skinned alive.”“The last time I went on that show, I was with my daughter, and … he’s asking these questions like, ‘Who’s the ugliest Housewife?’ And you’re like, ‘Oh, let me think.’ Like a question that bad,” Frankel recalled of the “Real Housewives'” executive producer stirring up the pot.“Like, who is the worst mother?” the Skinnygirl liquor founder continued. “Questions that are so problematic —asking Jill’s Zarin’s mother ‘is this good for the Jews or bad for the Jews?’ then mentioning Ron Jeremy.”“All these things, that somehow he’s like, always protected, and we’re always f–king skinned alive with Tabasco sauce all over us, naked, because I saw the thing — who is the the bitchiest housewife or most dramatic?”A heated Frankel continued, “We’re out there and we get thrown like pieces of meat to just get ripped apart by that vehicle that we kiss the a– to get on.
Sixty businesses have backed Andy Burnham's plans for technical education which the government has branded 'narrow' and 'unequal'. Microsoft, Heinz and the BBC are among the big employers to sign up to the mayor's scheme.
Wes Anderson‘s latest Roald Dahl adaptation is set to arrive on Netflix this week.The acclaimed director’s retelling of the 1977 story The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is his latest adaptation of one of Dahl’s stories, having previously helmed Fantastic Mr. Fox, which earned Oscar nominations for Animated Feature and Original Score in 2010.Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade all star in the short film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival at the beginning of this month.Per the official synopsis, the 39-minute film tells the story of a rich man who, after learning about a guru who can see without using his eyes, attempts to use the skill to cheat at gambling.Find all the details of when it when be available to watch below.The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar will be available to watch on the streaming platform on September 27 at 8am BST in the UK, which is 12am PT/3am ET in the US.Netflix released a trailer earlier this month.