Warner Bros. Discovery will give Max, its enhanced streaming service, its first outing in the Asia-Pacific region beginning next week in a partnership with Japan’s U-Next. As in Europe and other territories where it has already launched, Max represents both a wider content offering to Japanese viewers than forerunner HBO and a technological upgrade. However, […]

On the set of CNN’s “NewsNight,” guests may not be certain whether they should shake hands or ball them up into fists. When the cameras are off on the set of anchor Abby Phillip’s program, the atmosphere matches that of a nice dinner party. Before the 10 p.m. show even got on the air one […]

Warner Bros. Discovery U.K. boss Andrew Georgiou said the Olympucs had been “great” for the media company. Georgiou was speaking at the tail-end of a phenomenally successful summer in Europe for WBD, which had the exclusive pay TV rights to the Olympic Games across most of Europe. “We had more subscribers come on after Day […]

Charter Communications, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, continues to reshape itself for the streaming era: Under an early deal renewal with Warner Bros. Discovery, Spectrum TV Select customers will have access to the Max streaming service “at no extra charge.” The two sides reached the new deal “nearly a year early,” according to WBD […]

Warner Bros. Discovery is consolidating its Global Themed Entertainment licensing group — whose purview includes the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s theme parks — and its Studio Tours & Retail group under one umbrella. The new division, dubbed Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, brings together the company’s worldwide studio tours, retail destinations, touring […]

Warner Bros. Discovery revealed the 2024 class for its second annual WBD Access Unlock Unscripted pipeline program, which focuses on diverse, mid-level producers on the rise to becoming the industry’s next unscripted TV showrunner. Thirteen producers were admitted for this year’s program, triple in size from 2023’s inaugural class. Those accepted came from US, Canada, […]