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As the major studios become overly cautious, throw up their hands, and move their titles to either PVOD (Lionsgate’s Antebellum) or their own streaming platforms (Disney’s Mulan), they should take a breath and look at Spain as a sign of what’s possible in the revival of the box office during the pandemic. We’re…

This was inevitable given last night’s news that Disney was suspending global box office reporting for the time being: Comscore, the B.O. reporting agency and data cross-ways for exhibitors and distributors, is no longer issuing a North American Top 10, Global chart or commentary in the weekends ahead while theaters…

EXCLUSIVE:  We understand that MarketCast has tapped Steve Buck as its SVP Theatrical. In his new role, Buck will drive commercial sales and new business efforts for MarketCast's theatrical products and services, which counts every major Hollywood studio and many independent producers as clients. Buck will partner…

Comscore has named board member Bill Livek as its chief executive officer, replacing the interim CEO Dale Fuller. It also reported lower third-quarter revenue, but its net loss that was far less than Q3 last year. The CEO move comes as the show business data-measurement corporation is facing headwinds. It has seen…

Nexstar, the No. 1 owner of local TV stations, is making a significant shift in its approach to negotiations with advertisers, ditching traditional ratings in favor of a “cost-per-impression” model. The new model, developed over the past year with third-party measurement firm comScore, incorporates digital, mobile and…

UPDATE, 5:33 PM: Network sources are still insisting that they haven’t received the ratings information that they expected from Nielsen, but the data company says they delivered what they promised for this first day of expanded measurements. “All PPM market data was delivered to clients today,” a spokesperson for…

EXCLUSIVE: Comscore has promoted Arturo Guillén to SVP & Global Managing Director of its movie division. He takes over for departing Comscore Film SVPs Steve Buck and Jim Zak. Guillén, a Spain native, was in Los Angeles this week meeting those in the stateside distribution and exhibition sphere as they came together…

Measurement firm ComScore has reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a fraud complaint the company blames on former CEO Serge Matta. The SEC charged the company with “engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by approximately $50 million and making false and misleading…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that Steve Buck, Comscore’s SVP of Business Relations and Jim Zak, SVP of International Theatrical have departed the show business data corporation as it seeks to reduce 8% of its workforce expenses before the end of the quarter in an effort to chop costs by $20M. Buck and Zak are giants in…

Comscore/Screen Engine’s audience movie-polling service PostTrak is celebrating its 1,000th pic polled this upcoming weekend with a summary of moviegoing stats compiled since its inception seven years ago. And there’s a plethora of illuminating findings, especially: Streaming isn’t crushing moviegoing, with just under…

UPDATED with statement from CBS CBS acknowledged it has reached an impasse in contract negotiations with Nielsen, saying the TV ratings service is using market clout to raise prices even as it has been slow to accurately measure different forms of viewing. The network said that Nielsen is attempting to force the media…

As 2018 draws to a close, comScore is estimating that worldwide box office will hit a record $41.7B. That would rep a 2.7% upwards shift from last year's $40.6B and mark only the second time ever that it's cracked $40B. This year's growth is largely driven by domestic which is eyeing a benchmark $11.9B, a 7% increase…