Discovery CEO Touts Ad Trends, Says Planned Streamer Will Have "Fresh" Originals

The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday in Los Angeles.And Kevin Hart was spotted heading to a Super Bowl afterparty with his stunning wife Eniko Hart.The couple headed to Dr. Dre's bash at Elephante in Los Angeles. Lovebirds:The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday in Los Angeles.

This is such terrible news: Odell Beckham Jr. may have torn his ACL during the 2022 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 13).

Frank Turner is on course to achieve his first Number One album this week.According to The Official Charts Company, ‘FTHC’, which stands for Frank Turner Hardcore – is currently leading the charts with more than double the sales of his closest competition, Alt-J’s ‘The Dream‘.It would be Turner’s highest-charting album to date following on from ‘Tape Deck Heart‘, which recached Number Two in 2013.Others looking to claim their highest UK albums chart entry include Slash and Myles Kennedy.Their latest collaboration ‘4’ is set to chart at Number Three, while James Morrison’s ‘Greatest Hits’ collection is on track to enter the charts at Number Five.Elsewhere in the charts, Viola Beach’s self-titled debut album is set to re-enter the chart at Number Seven, following a special vinyl release.The posthumously-released album debuted at Number One in August 2016 after the group suffered a fatal incident alongside their manager in February of that year. Last month, Turner shared his new single ‘A Wave Across A Bay’, written as a tribute to the late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.The track has been released with the blessing of Scott’s younger brother Grant, and was first performed by Turner back in 2020 during a set of Frightened Rabbit covers.“I still miss my friend Scott every day,” Turner said about the single.

Game Of Thrones fans “lost their minds” over the show’s finale.The actor, who is currently starring in the sci-fi movie Moonfall, played Samwell Tarly in all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy drama.Fans had waited seven seasons for the climactic showdown between dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen and the ruling Lannister clan.The fans were left extremely disappointed to the point where they started a petition to remake the final season, which racked up 1.8million signatures.Speaking to NME in a new interview, Bradley said: “We were never going to please everybody. People had invested too much.”He also took umbrage with people who said the cast and crew “knew it was going to be rubbish”.Bradley added: “We genuinely wanted it to be great.

Bez has revealed that he once hid out in a cave for weeks after he was chased out of an area in Morocco where he’d shoplifted.The Happy Mondays percussionist/dancer said in a new interview that he’d turned to theft as a way to survive while travelling the world in his late teens, which was before he joined the band in 1985. Bez was “mostly homeless and sofa-surfing” at the time, and had intentions to move on from petty crime, for which he had served prison time.He told The Guardian: “By the time I was about 19, I decided I didn’t want to get caught up in the sort of shit I was doing again, so thought the best thing I could do was to have a huge adventure and go travelling.“I lived in Morocco for a bit and was shoplifting just to survive; pinching bars of chocolate.

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has said the band are in the studio working on their 12th album.Tweedy, who revealed the news in his Substack on Friday (February 11), explained to fans that his correspondence had been more irregular of late owing to the fact that Wilco are making the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Ode To Joy‘.“I’ve been in the studio with Wilco making some new music, chipping away at a new record. It’s been very very very fun and exciting.

Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen had flashbulbs popping at the premiere of their explosive tell-all documentary film Rooney last week.

Fiorentina and Sampdoria star Flachi tested positive for cocaine for the second time, his career seemed to have ended in disgrace.However, a fter an enormous 12-year ban, the Italian is set to return to football at the age of 46.The striker made his long-awaited debut for fifth division side Signa 1914, 13 years since his last match for Brescia in Serie B. Flachi had been training with his hometown side for the last five months, but was finally handed his debut by the Excellenza side.And the veteran was almost lost for words when he made his long awaited return to football.“This day cancels 12 years of disqualification.

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon shared an adorable snap with her five million Instagram followers yesterday.The picture featured a sleepy baby Rose with their two pet dogs napping either side of her.Stacey, 32, posted a picture of her two dogs Peanut and Teddy nestled beside baby Rose, who could be seen napping in a black and white spotted babygrow.  The former X Factor finalist captioned the picture: “Just because.They’ve missed each other I think…”“Rose & me have been away for a few days for work so we were so excited to come home and have all the cuddles.“Now time to put everyone into their beds and have a nice early night… Happy Sunday Everyone.“I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend.

Discovery has extended the tenure of Gunnar Wiedenfels as CFO. On Friday, the cable network group said in an SEC filing that it had signed an agreement on Sept.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorDiscovery Inc. will see ad sales dip 10% or less in the current third quarter, an improvement from a 14% drop in the previous three months as the U.S.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorImax CEO Rich Gelfond rejects the popular notion that premium video on demand is the future for blockbuster movie releases.“PVOD is a failed experiment,” Gelfond said during an online appearance Wednesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference. “The numbers haven’t worked in a pandemic, so how would they work in a non-pandemic?”Results from PVOD releases — viewership, revenue, etc.

Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone's Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, sees its pay TV future in the role of a "video store," chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge said during a virtual investor conference Wednesday. Speaking during a session at theGoldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, which was webcast, he noted that Charter posted a video subscriber gain in the second quarter, a rarity for the sector.

Music streaming giant Spotifyfeels "really good" about how the business has performed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with consumption now above pre-pandemic levels, CFO Paul Vogel said during a virtual investor conference session on Wednesday. Vogel highlighted "better than expected" user and subscriber growth in the first half.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says better-than-expected customer growth for CBS All Access and his studio's other streaming platforms has been helped by consumers cocooning in front of video screens during the novel coronavirus pandemic. "COVID has been a tailwind for streaming," Bakish told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference during a virtual appearance on Tuesday.

Cable giant Altice USA remains "committed" to the pursuit of Cogeco's Atlantic Broadband, CEO Dexter Goei told the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference on Tuesday. "We remain committed to the process," and look forward to hearing back from the board, he said during a session at the investor conference, adding that Altice USA had received "supportive" feedback from shareholders of the takeover target.

AT&T CEO John Stankey says the telecom and media conglomerate is using HBO Max and its fast-growing streaming strategy to weather the novel coronavirus pandemic. "Had we not done that and been in this situation, I feel we'd be real flat-footed," Stankey told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference during a virtual appearance on Tuesday as he discussed the recent HBO Max launch.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM is disciplined in its content spending, but willing to pay for attractive programming, CEO Jim Meyer said during a virtual investor conference on Tuesday. Appearing at the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, he was asked about the firm's roughly $460 million content spend in 2019, or 6 percent of revenue, in addition to $1.7 billion in music royalties.

NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock has reached more than 15 million sign-ups, Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts told a virtual conference on Tuesday. And Comcast Cable is trending to add more than 500,000 broadband subscribers in the current third quarter, which would be a new record, he also said during an appearance at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference.

Verizon's decision to expand its deal to offer the Disney+ streaming service free to certain subscribers by offering Disney's bundle of streaming services came due to the strong Disney brand, CEO Hans Vestberg signaled on Tuesday. "Our strategy in this area" of teaming with content brands has worked well in the case of Apple Music and Disney+, which had a "great start" when it launched late last year, he saidduring an appearance at the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference.

Satellite radio giant SiriusXM said Tuesday that CEO James Meyer will step down as CEO on Dec. 31 and become vice chairman.