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6 days ago | c21media.net | Jordan Pinto

Netflix posted revenue of US$10.5bn in the first quarter, up 12.5% from the prior year, as the streamer topped Wall Street expectations in its first earnings report without subscriber numbers, as well as revealing that co-founder Reed Hastings will transition from executive chairman to chairman of the board.

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1 week ago | c21media.net | Jordan Pinto

Canadian broadcast group Bell Media has signed a development deal for Prejudice, a legal drama starring and executive produced by Emily VanCamp (Marvel’s The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, The Resident). The project is being produced by Toronto-based Neshama Entertainment and executive produced by Montreal-based Pixcom and Israel’s Keshet International.

1 week ago | c21media.net | Jordan Pinto

Comcast-owned American streaming service Peacock is expanding its Love Island USA franchise with the greenlight of spin-off series Love Island: Beyond the Villa (working title). Set to premiere this summer, the series follows contestants from the sixth season of Love Island USA as they navigate new careers, friendships and fame in LA. Like the flagship US series, Beyond the Villa is produced by ITV America, in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment.

1 week ago | c21media.net | Jordan Pinto

Sony’s bid to gain control of the distribution rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from CBS was temporarily halted on Wednesday following a ruling by an appeals court in California. The court order means a temporary pause to last week’s ruling that denied CBS’s bid for an injunction to prevent Sony from taking back the distribution rights to the popular gameshows. Sony now has until April 28 to reply to the most recent decision and CBS then has until May 9 to give its own response.