ViacomCBS Tries to Simplify a Complex Video-Buying World for Advertisers

James McClain Though she’s still in her 20s, billionaire heiress-turned-Tinseltown film producer Erika Olde (“Home Again,” “Woman Walks Ahead,” “The Female Brain”) is already a veteran player in the high-end Los Angeles real estate market.

Universal Orlando is bouncing back faster than Walt Disney World attendance-wise, according to a new report fromDeutsche research analysts Bryan Kraft and Benjamin Soff. Released on Thursday,Kraft andSoff note in their report that Universal, which reopened its theme parks in June (to a greatly diminished capacity), is seeing an “uplift in admissions," highlighting Saturdayswhen attendance is down 64 percent from 2019 crowds.

ViacomCBS are open to Nick Cannon returning to the network as he has “gone on a journey” since he was fired for antisemitic remarks made on his podcast.On a June episode of his Cannon’s Class podcast, the Masked Singer U.S.

Jeff Vasishta Let’s hope Jared Watson, the lead singer from rock/reggae/ska band Dirty Heads has a soundproof room in his new, distinctly suburban Costa Mesa home, if he intends on holding some impromptu jam sessions there.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPepsi says it will stick with the NFL for as long as the league can put games on the field.Pepsi has long been one of the sports giant’s biggest sponsors, so much so that it has become synonymous with the annual halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Jurassic World: Dominion has resumed filming post-coronavirus, and new on-set images have now been shared.Work on the film was initially delayed following the outbreak of the pandemic earlier this year, but is back underway now.New photos of the film have now been shared as part of a New York Times article documenting the COVID-19 safety measures that Dominion are employing on set, as one of the biggest Hollywood films to have resumed filming.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple reportedly is teaming with ViacomCBS for the first bundle tied to Apple TV Plus, which would offer a steep discount of about 50% for customers who buy CBS All Access and Showtime together.Per a Bloomberg report, subscribers to Apple TV Plus (which costs $4.99) will be able to get both CBS All Access and Showtime streaming services for an additional $9.99 per month.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterActors’ Equity Association, the union that represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, including around 750 Disney live performers, has reached an agreement with the Walt Disney Company for its performers to return to work at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as the company sets up a COVID-19 testing site outside of the park.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In March, Italy was the global epicenter of the coronavirus crisis. The world looked on in horror as the nation was ravaged by the disease and life ground to a halt.

Christine and the Queens – real name Héloïse Letissier – has announced she’ll be releasing a collection of remixes of the title track of ‘La Vita Nuova’, her recent EP.The “first batch” of ‘La Vita Nuova’ remixes will be released on Friday August 14, produced by PC Music founder A.G. Cook, Logic1000 and Populous.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal broadcasts some of the best-known and longest-running programs in late-night TV. Now the company hopes to add two new shows to its wee-hours roster.The company behind “The Tonight Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Night” and “A Little Late” will launch two weekly programs on its Peacock streaming-video outlet, one led by “Late Night” writer and personality Amber Ruffin and the other hosted by former “Comedy Central” host Larry Wilmore.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS International Studios, the global production arm of ViacomCBS Networks International, has named Cineflix Rights executive Kate Laffey as its vice president.Laffey will be based in London and will report to Pierluigi Gazzolo, president of studios and streaming at ViacomCBS Networks International.

Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic.

One could argue that the past several months of theaters being shut down has had more of an impact on the future of the film industry and the box office than in the 100 years before it. And that’s even after you take out the fact that the chains and cinemas have been earning zero dollars over that time.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorViacomCBS absorbed a blow to its advertising business from COVID-19 in the second quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts for earnings but clearing the bar for total revenue.Earnings of 77 cents a share came up short of the consensus expectation of analysts for 93 cents.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS said its second quarter net income tumbled amid declines in advertising revenue at its cable and broadcast outlets, the latest sign of the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the operations of U.S. media companies.Revenue fell 12% to $6.28 billion, compared with $7.14 billion in the year-earlier period.

ViacomCBS will launch a connected video advertising platform called EyeQ later this fall, the company said Tuesday. The platform will serve as a single transaction point for all of the company’s video assets.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAiming to further streamline its offerings for advertisers across its portfolio, ViacomCBS has set the launch of ViacomCBS EyeQ a platform billed as a “single transactional point of entry” to its digital video content.Advertising reach across broadcast and cable television, streaming and digital video was a big part of why Viacom and CBS merged last December.

Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins has announced a new podcast series called Pass-Through Frequencies.Hosted by Fender Guitars, the show will see Adkins delve into the craft of songwriting and creative process through in-depth conversations with various special guests.Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is set to appear on the first instalment, which will air this coming Thursday (August 6).

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMore people continue to watch TV or other forms of video in the midst of the pandemic, but Madison Avenue is spending fewer dollars to dazzle them.National TV advertising fell 9% in June to $3.2 billion, according to Standard Media Index, a continuation of negative trends that have been in place since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March.