Film/TV

The Motion Picture Assn., the international arm of the MPAA that protects the interests of Hollywood studios abroad, has won a legal bid in the U.K. to block access to 13 websites ... More

If you were watching the first game of the World Series on Tuesday night, you might have noticed something different happen in the middle of the third inning: Instead of cutting to... More

AT&T’s proposed $84.5-billion takeover of Time Warner Inc. is the most dramatic example yet of the shift in the balance of power in Hollywood from the big screen to the small scr... More

With advanced TV, “I think over time we’ll have a much better sense of that,” says Babs Rangaiah, Partner for Global Marketing Solutions at marketing services provider IBM iX... More

NBA League Pass, the out-of-market game package, is launching a new mobile-optimized component in time for the start of the 2016/2017 season. Looking to optimize deliver of games ... More

Artifical intelligence is set to transform the marketing and communications world even more than social media has, according to 55% of CMOs surveyed by Weber Shandwick across five ... More

Facebook and Snapchat have overtaken the home pages of Yahoo and Google as the front door to the Internet for hundreds of millions of people. Now, the two rivals are pursuing a muc... More

Even if viewers don't throw rice or shout at the screen tonight during Fox's remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, they'll have a new way to participate—via Snapchat. For the ... More

NFL ratings have plummeted this year. Commentators have blamed the election, a changing TV industry, shifts in viewing format, and even a lack of big-name stars. But there may be a... More

Time was, it was online delivery that required investment decisions and a strategic shift. But now, for broadcasters looking for efficiency and transformation in how to deliver liv... More

In a sentence that only makes sense in 2016, your favorite podcasts are becoming TV shows. As announced earlier this year, Start Up, a podcast that follows the creation of Gimlet M... More

Reaching the viewer is becoming difficult for TV advertisers. Consumers are increasingly splitting their screen time among many different devices and activities. Little wonder TV a... More

Last year, HBO added nearly 3 million U.S. subscribers, capping its biggest two-year gain in three decades. There was just one problem: It didn’t get paid for many of them. Pay-T... More

The cinema always used to be the place where you go when you want to experience a movie in the very best quality possible. But with the arrival of HDR into the home on new 4K TVs,... More

Verizon would ditch the big TV bundles tomorrow if the networks allowed it, said CEO Lowell McAdam at the Internet Association’s Virtuous Circle conference in Menlo Park, Calif. ... More

An Oct. 10 study from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) noted that this year marks the first time ever that NFL fans can stream live games on social media platforms, and that’s going ... More

It’s a casting director’s dream. Jack Ma, China’s richest man, and the highest-grossing Hollywood auteur of all time have struck a deal to work together to produce and financ... More

An initiative aimed at taxing Hollywood and foreign films in Russia in a bid to raise more funding for homegrown movies has failed amid opposition from exhibitors. "The [film exhib... More

While broadcast viewers are thought to represent a more traditional TV audience than those watching cable, a new report says they are actually less likely to watch programming live... More

Netflix’s audience of cord-cutters and cord-shavers who can’t be bothered with traditional cable TV are disrupting another classic Hollywood viewing experience: the movie theat... More