Kristin Brzoznowski

Anthony Vinciquerra, who spent almost ten years at Fox, will become chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).

21st Century Fox reported quarterly revenues of $7.56 billion, a 5-percent increase from the prior-year quarter, with higher ad revenue in the TV segment thanks to Super Bowl LI.

The Walt Disney Company has reported an 11-percent jump in profit in its second fiscal quarter, with strong gains in its studio and theme park divisions.

First-quarter net income available to Discovery Communications was $215 million, down 18 percent on the comparable period a year ago.

The Sony Pictures Television Networks thriller series Absentia, starring Stana Katic (Castle), will open this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

Global pay-TV revenues are forecast to peak in 2017 at $202 billion, according to Digital TV Research, though the market will not see a rapid decline after.

The federal executive government of Australia has passed a comprehensive media reform package that will see the current broadcasting license fees done away with, as part of an effort to "improve the sustainability of Australia’s free-to-air broadcasting sector."

At YouTube's digital newfront event, the platform unveiled a range of new celebrity-driven originals, among them Kevin Hart: What the Fit?

Net earnings attributable to Viacom for the second fiscal quarter were $121 million, down 60 percent in a year-on-year comparison.

AMC Networks' financial results for the first quarter, ended March 31, show a 1.9-percent increase in net revenues to $720 million.