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GRB Studios has acquired three dramatic reality shows from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, securing the global rights (excluding the U.S.) to the programs.

Disney+ officially launched in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands today, delivering some 500 films and 7,500 episodes of TV series from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and more.

Net earnings at CBS Corporation fell to $319 million on revenues that were 1 percent higher in the third quarter to $3.3 billion.

Red Arrow Studios' Gravitas Ventures has signed a multiyear deal that sees Myriad Pictures taking exclusive sales rights to hundreds of new-release and library films.

Chris McCarthy and David Nevins are both adding new channels to their remit under the proposed ViacomCBS merger structure, while Kent Alterman and Sarah Levy exit the company.

Among Inter Medya’s highlights for DISCOP Johannesburg is the Ay Yapim-produced Endless Love, a drama series about two young people from separate worlds whose love for one another surpasses their differences, until work and secrets threaten everything.

Five global platforms will have 529 million SVOD subscribers by 2025, according to Digital TV Research, which is forecasting Disney+ to reach a total of 101 million subscribers.

Of all the new programs that debuted in October, Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow generated the most buzz on Instagram, according to The WIT.

NATPE is bringing back the iconic Iris Awards, which for the 2020 Miami event will honor Soledad O’Brien, Mort Marcus, Ira Bernstein and Perry Sook.

The Walt Disney Company’s fourth-quarter revenues rose by 34 percent to $19.1 billion, while fiscal year revenues were up 17 percent to $69.6 billion.