Kristin Brzoznowski

YouTube has revealed a new slate of original series and specials, including a "top secret" project with Justin Bieber, all of which will be available to watch for free with ads.

Veteran producer and media executive Erik Feig has launched Picturestart, focused on creating, co-financing and producing content for all platforms, with backing from Warner Bros. and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), among others.

David Anderson has been appointed as the new managing director of the ABC in Australia for a term of five years.

First-quarter net income at Discovery, Inc. was $384 million, compared with a loss of $8 million in the prior year's quarter.

Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has unveiled its initial slate of upcoming projects, including a feature film adaptation of author David W. Blight's Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

AMC Networks posted a Q1 profit of $143 million, compared with the year-ago's $157 million, while its U.S. advertising revenues saw a nice lift.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has secured a broad-ranging five-year overall television deal with Academy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated writers, directors and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

Viacom, Ellen Digital Network and Corus Entertainment have joined the Global Video Measurement Alliance (GVMA), a joint effort to establish new digital video measurement standards, starting with social video.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, Sony reported a profit of 916.3 billion yen ($8.2 billion), up from 490.8 billion yen posted a year prior.

Netflix is planning to offer another $2 billion in senior notes to fund, among other things, content acquisitions, production and development.