NBCU Chief Steve Burke On NBC And Universal Pictures: “We Have The Cards” During Comcast’s first-quarter earnings call, which was largely dominated by discussion of the company’s game-changing bid for Sky, there was also a lot for Hollywood to digest in the company’s TV and film results at NBCUn..

KCETLink Rejoins PBS, Agrees To Merge With SoCal Flagship Outlet KOCE KCETLink Media Group (KCET) and PBS SoCal (KOCE), the flagship PBS outlet for Southern California, have agreed to merge the companies. The name of the new organization will be announced with the closing of the merger, which is..

‘Puzzle’ To Open Edinburgh Fest; Chen Kaige To Chair Macau Jury – Global Briefs The Edinburgh International Film Festival will screen the international premiere of Puzzle as its opening night gala. The drama from Marc Turtletaub stars Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan and will be released by Sony ..

Hilton Partners With Showtime For New Innovative In-Room Entertainment Venture Hilton is innovating features to their hotels with the Hilton Honors App, their Connected Room technology and now complimentary Showtime programming. Hilton guests will now have the instant benefit of Showtime streami..

Viacom Q2 Report Shows Improved Media Networks, Profitable Paramount Viacom reported largely positive second-quarter results, with total revenue slipping 3% to $3.15 billion. But media networks showed improvement, especially on the international front, and Paramount Pictures turned a profit for ..

Twitter Reports Second Profitable Quarter In A Row, Beats Street Expectations Twitter exceeded analyst expectations in the first quarter, thanks to better-than-expected revenue growth. Related Trump Rides Again: President Continues Saturday Tweetstorm The company reported per-share..

Comcast Edges Estimates With Q1 Results Fueled By Olympics, Super Bowl Along with the news of its game-changing bid for Sky, Comcast’s first-quarter results beat estimates with strength across divisions, highlighted by the addition of nearly 400,000 broadband subscribers and broadcast TV revenue..

Comcast Makes $31B Rival Bid For Pay-TV Giant Sky Let the battle commence. Comcast is officially looking to spoil Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Sky by launching a rival offer of 30B (£22B). The U.S.’s largest cable company Comcast has made a formal £12.50 a share offer for the pan-European broadc..

UK Sales Firm WestEnd Appoints Former AI Film Exec Toby Hill As Head Of Acquisitions & Development UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has appointed former AI Film and Icon exec Toby Hill as Head Of Acquisitions And Development, effective immediately. Hill began his career at Icon acquiring titles for..