Hollywood is getting ever closer to a shutdown. The unions representing thousands of television and movie writers said on Monday that they had overwhelming support for a strike, giving union leaders the right to call for a walkout when the writers’ contract with the major Hollywood studios expires on May 1. The unions, which are affiliated East and West coast […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel took the NAB Show stage Monday to announce a new public-private initiative led by the National Association of Broadcasters to guide the next steps of what is known as “NextGen TV.” The “Future of TV” initiative will work to identify a roadmap to orderly transition from ATSC 1.0 to ATSC 3.0-based, essentially a set of more […]

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has announced various recalls of salads and salad kits due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall mainly was part of a broader lettuce recall by supplier Revolution Farms LLC, after the recalled product was epidemiologically linked with a multi-state outbreak of Listeriosis. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that […]

The last time the parent company of Warner Bros and HBO promoted the launch of a streaming service, it faced the once-a-century challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. HBO Max debuted in May 2020 — the last of five new multi-billion-dollar streaming entrants hitting the market in a seven-month span — but grand plans for a boost across TV, buses and […]

Denver intends to push back a final deadline determining which developments are exempt from new regulations enacted last year, a move that will give breathing room to hundreds of projects in the planning stages. Currently, projects seeking to be grandfathered in from the “Expanding Housing Affordability” ordinance must have their site-development plan approved by the city by Aug. 31, just […]

Mutual funds (MFs) invested a record Rs 1.73 trillion in equities in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23), providing strong support to the Indian markets at a time when foreign investors were redeeming their holdings. They exceeded the previous high of nearly Rs 1.72 trillion investment in equities in FY22. The data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) […]

The issue of residuals is a major focal point for the Writers Guild of America’s negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as the two sides held their latest round of talks on a new contract Friday. Related Story WGA Members Rally On Social Media; Share War Stories About Mini-Rooms, Low Pay And No Work However, it’s […]

Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon, has introduced a cloud service called Bedrock for use in generative artificial intelligence or generative AI, a newer form of machine learning. The new service lets developers use and customize AI tools that generate text or images. CNBC quoted Amazon CEO Andy Jassy as saying on “Squawk Box”, “Most companies want […]

Can the banks bounce back? JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, two of America’s biggest banks, reported solid earnings and revenue gains on Friday, pushing their stock prices higher in premarket trading. PNC Bank, a smaller lender, also posted a big jump in profit. Despite the upbeat results, which exceeded analysts’ expectations, it’s too early to say that the worst of […]