Jamie Stalcup

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery have entered a definitive agreement in which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., HBO Max and HBO for approximately $82.7 billion.

At the 2025 Asian Academy Creative Awards, Chinese Mainland took home the prizes for best drama series and best feature film for Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty: To The West and MuMu, respectively.

Comcast Corporation’s board of directors has officially approved the previously announced separation of Versant Media Group, which will house most of Comcast’s cable TV networks and several digital businesses.

Avalon has acquired a stake in Calamity Films, producer of Brassic, Pride, Judy and Last Christmas.

Nicholas Hoult (Superman, Nosferatu) and Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People, Twisters) are set to star in Mosquito, a comedy from screenwriter Tony McNamara (The Great, Poor Things) for Disney+ and Hulu.

Samsung TV Plus has partnered with Zee Entertainment UK to launch the single-IP channel Jodha Akbar, featuring episodes of the Jodha Akbar historical drama, in France.

Tubi has now become available on Virgin Media TV in the U.K., making its catalog of over 60,000 TV episodes and movies accessible to millions of households at no extra cost.

HBO Max will be near full availability across Europe in the new year, with the platform to launch in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein on January 13.

Jeff Shultz, former chief strategy officer and chief business development officer of Paramount Streaming and chief business officer of Pluto TV, has been named CEO of Radial Entertainment, effective January 1.

Following the success of the 2024 Paris Creator Collective, NBCUniversal is hosting the Milan Cortina Creator Collective for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games, in partnership with YouTube, Meta and TikTok, for over 25 creators to tell the stories of the event.