ViacomCBS Merger Offers Broadcast Net More Off-Bench Options If COVID-19 Shutdown Hits Fall Schedule, ‘Blood & Treasure’ Remains In Backup

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterFor more than 20 years, the Latin Alternative Music Conference has been an incubator for new sounds of all genres, and has helped power the careers of countless executives and artists from all over the world, ranging from Natalia Lafourcade and Café Tacuba to Manu Chao and the Nortec Collective.Like most conferences, LAMC has been moved online this year, but its lineup is as strong as ever, with executives like Rosalia manager Rebeca Leon and Sony/ATV Latin

industry-wide shutdown in place since mid-March.Both networks have been importing series that weren’t originally on their fall slates to fill the gaps until their regularly scheduled programming can return.(The CW has pushed the official launch of its “fall” season to early 2021.)Fox has snatched up “LA’s Finest,” which previously aired to a more limited audience on Spectrum in 2019.

The CW has acquired an Italian thriller series starring Patrick Dempsey and is now shifting around its previously announced fall 2020-21 broadcast season schedule to accommodate it.

By Peter White

The number of Ayrshire and Arran patients fighting coronavirus in hospital has hit a new low.

Tiny Gigs will raise money for the mental health charity set up in memory of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison

YouTube isn’t here to save the film festival season, but the platform’s We Are One event is surely attempting to fill the void left by the numerous canceled events due to COVID-19 this year. And with the online festival expected to begin later this week, the platform announced its first-ever line-up consisting of over 100 films, including 13 world premieres, 31 online premieres, and five international online premieres.

Lionsgate on Thursday shrunk its fiscal fourth-quarter loss as the Hollywood studio in the streaming space saw its global OTT subscriber base for Starz, Starzplay Arabia and Pantaya grow to 10.6 million, with the domestic OTT paid subscriber base standing at 6.8 million.

With the forced production shutdown creeping into summer, the fall broadcast television schedule is being significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 2,184 people have died in Scottish hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus - a rise of 50 from yesterday’s figures.

By Joe Otterson

By Joe Otterson

Sophia Bush isn’t afraid to admit her past romances weren’t all perfect.

A total of 2,134 people have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus - a rise of 29 on yesterday’s figures.

The amount of coronavirus patients discharged in Ayrshire and Arran has surpassed 200.

Maria Singh, born Princess Maria Galitzine, passed away earlier this month after suffering a “sudden” health scare. She was 31 years old.

Maria Branyas is a remarkable woman. Not only has she lived through both world wars and the Spanish Civil War, she’s also reportedly the oldest person ever to survive the Coronavirus.

By Matt Donnelly

2 min read A painting of the once gay patron Saint Sebastian is now open for sale in a unique auction for a piece of artwork that the artist Owe Zerge hung in his home until his death.

Billboard's Live At-Home series is continuing into May.