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Chairman-CEO Brian Roberts and other top executives at Comcast will donate 100% of their salaries to charities supporting COVID-19 relief efforts as the media giant commits $500 million to support employees with continued pay and benefits, according to a memo Roberts sent to staff on Wednesday.
"Across our businesses…
Refresh for updates …As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, more events are being canceled or postponed and entertainment sites closed.
The World Health Organization has declared a pandemic over the COVID-19 virus, which has sickened 750,890 people in about 170 countries and territories, with 36,405 global…
EXCLUSIVE:Disney has rehired and furloughed crew working on its UK production The Little Mermaid and will utilize the government's Job Retention Scheme, meaning they will receive 80% of salary up to a maximum of £2,500 ($3,100) per month.
In email correspondence seen by Deadline, executive producer Jeff Silver and…
Fox and Comcast Wednesday announced a long-term renewal of their distribution agreement for Fox's full portfolio of channels, including retransmission consent for the Fox Television Stations to Xfinity customers.
The renewal covers distribution of the Fox Television Stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, FS1, FS2…
J.K. Rowling has launched an online Harry Potter hub for kids, families and fans to tap into during the coronavirus lockdown.
According to the site, the hub will include “special contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes…
EXCLUSIVE: Two of the UK’s best-known documentary makers, Dan Reed and Nick Broomfield, are locked in an increasingly ugly dispute with the collapsed Kew Media Group over the international rights to their biggest films.
Kew Media Group’s sales house, Kew Media Distribution, represented Reed’s Leaving Neverland — HBO…
EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor chiefs are telling staff today that there were will be companywide pay cuts ranging from 0-30% that will occur in the coming weeks, Deadline has confirmed. This is similar to a strategy adopted by Disney and other companies, to avoid mass layoffs during a pandemic that has brought world commerce to…
Edinburgh’s summer festivals, including the famous Fringe theatre and comedy festival, have been canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fringe, International Festival, Jazz and Blues Festival, Book Festival and Military Tattoo will not take place for the first time in more than 70 years, according to…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer’s breakthrough drama Thirteen is being adapted in Japan by Tokai Television Broadcasting, which is also known as Tokai TV.
The format deal represents the first direct agreement of its kind between BBC Studios, which originally made Thirteen for BBC Three in 2016, and Tokai TV. The…
Jack Thorne, the prolific British writer behind HBO and BBC drama His Dark Materials, has said that he is receiving treatment for what he believes to be coronavirus.
The writer, whose other credits include Channel 4’s The Virtues and feature film The Aeronauts, said he has suffered from a high temperature, cough and…
Empire‘s sixth and final season will end sooner than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As revealed at the very end of Tuesday’s betrayal and crashed wedding filled “Love Me Still” broadcast, the 18th episode of Taraji P. Henson and Terrance Howard-led hip hop drama’s final season will now serve as…
