ViacomCBS Unveils 16 Performers For 2021 Showcase

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Museum of Modern Art has unveiled the festival lineup for Doc Fortnight 2021, the 20th edition of its annual showcase of nonfiction films from around the globe. Over 18 documentary features and four short films will be screened as part of the festival.In a concession to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s films will be offered exclusively on MoMA’s Virtual Cinema from March 18 to April 5, 2021.

Naman Ramachandran ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has upped Olivier Jollet to a newly created senior role to drive the company’s streaming and mobile businesses.In the role of senior VP of strategy and business development, streaming and head of mobile for VCNI, Jollet will report into Kelly Day, president of streaming and COO of VCNI and Jeff Shultz, chief strategy officer and chief business development officer of streaming for ViacomCBS.In his streaming role, Jollet will be

ViacomCBS looked for options to rebrand its CBS All Access streaming service, the company strategically chose a name that invoked one of Hollywood’s oldest brands: Paramount Plus.

The Just for Laughs comedy festival, run by a consortium led by ICM and Howie Mandel, has unveiled plans for a hybrid 39th edition this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, fest organizers said the traditionally in-person festival in Montreal will return to its annual dates from July 15-31, 2021.

ViacomCBS and Disney have staked out familiar ground during mid-May for their upfront pitches to advertisers, but early signs indicate that 2021 will see continued rethinking of the annual ad-buying ritual.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS intends to return to the industry’s “upfront week” to showcase new programming, a sign that the media industry is working to bring back a few traditions as the world continues to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.The presentation will be virtual, as it was last year, and will take place May 19, a ViacomCBS spokesperson confirmed. But the move shows the media sector hoping to bolster a more traditional business schedule.

ViacomCBS-owned fight circuit Bellator MMA will have its matches air on corporate cousin Showtime as the premium network continues to ramp up its investment in ring sports.

In late 2019, just before its merger with CBS closed, Viacom hired ITV Studios president of international Maria Kyriacou as president of U.K., Northern and Eastern Europe, lauding her "track record of growing international revenues from production, content licensing and distribution at both ITV and Disney." When she started in early 2020, her London-based role at the combined company had changed topresident of ViacomCBS Networks U.K.

The CW Network and its ad-supported cable sibling on the WarnerMedia side, TBS and TNT, have teamed up to give two tentpole new series an extra promotional boost with a one-episode cross-network rebroadcasts.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “Yellowstone” prequel series is set at Paramount Plus under an extension of series co-creator Taylor Sheridan’s overall deal with ViacomCBS.The prequel, “Y: 1883,” follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America.

Yellowstone co-creator/executive producer Taylor Sheridan has signed a massive new overall deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Group for multiple new series, starting with Yellowstone prequel Y: 1883 for Paramount+, which will be unveiled with a teaser during the Super Bowl on CBS this Sunday (You can watch it above.)

Nick Cannon and ViacomCBS have re-united after the longtime host of Wild ‘N Out was fired last summer for what the company called “hateful speech and…anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” It means the improv competition, which had been renewed at VH1 for three more seasons ahead of Cannon’s controversial comments, will soon jump back into production, sources close to the situation tell Deadline.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVViacomCBS has reestablished its working relationship with Nick Cannon.

ViacomCBS Networks U.K. (VCN U.K.) said Thursday that it "has accelerated its streaming business with the launch of a new growth and partnerships division, tasked with increasing streaming revenue and expanding its range of partnerships in the U.K." The newly formed unit will be led by Dan Fahy, who has been promoted to senior vp,head of emerging business, reporting to Sarah Rose, who takes on an expanded role as chief operating and commercial officer at VCN U.K.

BAFTA has published the longlists for its 2021 Film Awards, which members will now whittle down to the final nominations. You can see the lists in full below, there are 15 per category for most awards, with exceptions (director, for example, has a gender-balanced 20).

BBC & PBS Team For ‘Unsolved Histories’ The BBC and PBS are co-producing a four-part series in which historian Lucy Worsley will attempt to shed light on some of British history’s biggest unsolved mysteries.

Advertising inventory for Super Bowl LV, which CBS will broadcast on February 7, has virtually sold out.

The biggest day in the NFL is rapidly approaching, which means a slew of celebrities and performers joining the players at the 2021 Super Bowl.  As the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, many will be more focused on the illustrious 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show as well as the handful of performances that come to capitalize on the major TV event.  While the NFL promises to drop a few surprises from celebrities and artists during the broadcast, several stars

With less than two months to go before Genius: Aretha finally hits the small screen, the Oscar nominee who is portraying the Queen of Soul is hitting this year’s Sundance Film Festival as one of the shindigs’ jurors.

ViacomCBS' ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) unveiled a new content slate at the virtual NATPE Miami 2021 event on Thursday, including series, documentaries, a made-for-TV, or streaming, movie based on an Argentine-Mexican musical telenovela and kids programming.