Skydance Media submitted an updated filing with the FCC to reflect that David Ellison, CEO of Skydance, will hold 100% percent of the Ellison family’s voting interests in the newly combined Skydance-Paramount. According to the amended FCC filing Tuesday, David Ellison’s role will be chairman and CEO of New Paramount, combining the assets of Skydance […]

Paramount Global has signed a multi-year volume deal with Qatar-based powerhouse beIN Media Group, which will boost the content offering of beIN’s TOD premium streaming platform that is available across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. BeIN is a co-owner of U.S. indie studio Miramax. Its TOD streaming platform currently commands a 4% share […]

The world premiere of Paramount Global’s “Watson” raised the curtain on this year’s Mipcom in Cannes. The series, set to premiere on Jan 26 on the CBS Television Network, sees “Reasonable Doubt” star Morris Chestnut as the iconic Dr. John Watson in a Sherlock Holmes spin focusing on Watson’s medical career. “Watson” follows the titular character […]

Jeff Shultz, who has served as chief strategy officer and chief business development officer of Paramount Global’s streaming division, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Shultz joined Paramount in 2019 as part of the acquisition of Pluto TV and was a key executive on the leadership team that launched and grew […]

Paramount Global disclosed that Charles Phillips Jr., who led the board’s special committee on M&A that ultimately reached a deal to merge the company with Skydance Media, is exiting the board of directors. Phillips originally joined the board of Viacom in 2004. He had formerly served as president of Oracle — the software company founded […]

With Paramount Global poised to be taken over by Skydance Media in 2025, the three execs running Paramount as co-CEOs — George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins — now have an additional provision in their employment agreements that will let them quit and receive severance benefits if they are demoted from their co-CEO roles. […]