Mansha Daswani

Sarah Aubrey, formerly at TNT, has been tapped as head of original content at HBO Max, reporting to Kevin Reilly, chief content officer at WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service.

Netflix missed its subscriber growth forecast for Q2, adding just 2.7 million as compared with the 5.5 million added in the same period last year and the 9.6 million new customers in Q1.

Sophie Turner Laing and Josh Berger, among others, share tributes to Justin Bodle, who passed away in his home in France yesterday at the age of 58.

Digital TV Research projects that global AVOD revenues will double between 2018 and 2024 to reach $56 billion, led by the Asia Pacific and North America.

Lionsgate has signed a first-look deal with R&B artist and Mudbound star Mary J. Blige.

Robert Blair has been promoted to president of Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD), continuing to operate out of the London office.

Niecy Nash (When They See Us, Claws) has joined the cast of Kidnapped: The Kamiyah Mobley Story, a Lifetime TV movie that will air as part of its Robin Roberts Presents movie and documentary banner.

World Screen’s Anna Carugati moderated a panel with Dick Wolf and the cast of his CBS show FBI at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

The Amazon-owned ad-supported free streaming video service IMDb TV is planning a European launch for later this year and has announced that it is tripling the size of its content lineup.

Chris Coelen will remain as CEO of Kinetic Content and is set to begin working with Red Arrow Studios on a new venture to develop and produce scripted content for the U.S. and international markets.