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Paramount Global-Skydance merger expected to close on August 7
FCC approved $8bn transaction this week.
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US government approves Paramount Global-Skydance merger
Federal Communications Commission votes 2-1 in favour, with strong dissenting voice from Democrat Anna Gomez.
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Creative Europe to receive substantial budget increase under EC proposals
Fiad welcomes budget increase; expresses concern over Creative Europe combination.
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Locarno Pro 2025 aims to match private film financiers with emerging talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner reveals some of the highlights of the festival’s industry programme.
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Emily Atef, Babak Jalali projects among Venice Gap-Financing Market 2025
67 projects have been selected, with a focus on the UK, Chile and Morocco.
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Paramount Global settles Trump CBS lawsuit for $16m, issues no apology
Paramount co-CEO defends, Writers Guild condemns, move widely believed to pave way for Skydance merger.
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Oaktree Capital buys FilmRise, merges it with Shout! Studios to launch Radial Entertainment
Transaction follows alternative investment player’s 2023 investment in Shout! Studios.
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Ben Affleck, Matt Damon’s Artists Equity strikes film deal with Sony Pictures
Sony to finance, handle global distribution and all ancillaries.
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Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Cyril Aris projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
A total of 45 projects will benefit from the latest round of grants.
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Ang Lee project among 48 features approved for California tax credits
The new round of approvals comes with the state’s industry in recovery mode.
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New Regency gets library investment and new production credit facility
Upcoming feature projects include Blood Meridian and Watch Dogs.
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Warner Bros Discovery top execs discuss impending split
David Zaslav tells analysts: ”The motion picture business is probably the smallest part; it’s very hit-driven.”
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UK post-production house and film equity investor LipSync enters administration
Lipsync confirmed the administration to Screen on Friday.
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Producer-financier Closer Media hits Cannes for global auteur search
EXCLUSIVE: Backer of ’The History Of Sound’, ’Orwell: 2+2=5’ wants to work ”with the best talents of this generation and globally”.
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Paramount Global co-heads say Skydance merger still on track for first half of 2025
Paramount+ adds $1.5m global subscribers to reach 79m subscribers.
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WBD global streaming subs increase by 5.3m to 122.3m in mixed Q1 report
CEO David Zaslav addresses shift in thinking on Max: “We’re not going to flood the zone.”
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South Korea’s Lotte Cinema and Megabox chains set to merge
The move has been taken as the local film industry continues to struggle due to the growth of streaming platforms.
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Disney announces Abu Dhabi theme park in strong Q2 earnings, no tariffs talk
Disney+ subs climb to 126m.
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Sony Pictures to release Jalmari Helander’s ‘Sisu’ sequel in November
Jorma Tommila returns as one-man army.
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South Korea commits $1bn to boost growing animation industry
Ministry rolls out five-year blueprint focused on theatrical animation, cross-media IP and AI-driven production.