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Sky U.K.’s Meghan Lyvers Discusses IP, Original Content Mix and “Increasing the Emotional Stakes”
Sky, owned by Comcast, is continuing to expand its investment in original scripted content even as it pursues a separate $2.13 billion deal to acquire ITV’s networks and streaming businesses. Meghan Lyvers, Sky UK’s managing director of scripted originals, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh TV Festival about the…
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Netflix’ Latest Marketing Mash-Up Pairs Stella Artois With ‘The Gentlemen’
Netflix has struck a marketing partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev to promote the second season of its Guy Ritchie series “The Gentlemen” by transforming the historic Marlborough Pub in London into a themed venue in the show’s style. Running from 3 to 5 September, the takeover lets visitors hunt for hidden references to the series while…
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Trump escalates immigration crackdown as tributes pour in for Dolly Parton
The US hikes H-1B visa fees and targets asylum seekers, while music mourns Dolly Parton, 80; also: Celtic’s Champions League collapse, Bruno Fernandes’s PFA award, Welsh chemical dumping claims and a stark CTE study.
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Trump admin pauses visa appointments worldwide amid heightened screening for applicants
The Trump administration instructed US embassies and consulates worldwide to postpone immigrant visa interviews while staff complete training on revised public-charge screening guidance. The pause temporarily affects applicants who had reached the interview stage and is significant because it adds uncertainty to legal immigration processes amid the administration’s wider push for tighter immigration controls. The…
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ReelShort Strikes Microdrama Deal With Indonesian Streamer Vidio For 200 Catalogue Titles & Co-Production Of New Shows
ReelShort, the US-based microdrama app owned by Crazy Maple Studio, has partnered with Indonesian streaming platform Vidio to bring its catalogue of short-form dramas to local audiences and jointly produce new titles with Indonesian production houses. The deal, ReelShort’s first in Indonesia, forms part of a broader Southeast Asian expansion that has already seen it…
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Bodies found on S Korean holiday island as missing persons scandal deepens
Four people previously reported missing have been found dead on South Korea’s Jeju island, intensifying criticism that police mishandled their cases. A police sergeant, surnamed Bu, has been arrested on suspicion of misleading families and closing reports without properly confirming the missing people’s whereabouts, prompting President Lee Jae Myung to order broad police reforms. Among…
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The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland
The Guardian’s review dismisses Amazon’s The Last Sunrise as a bland, thankless young-adult romance that prioritises cheap soap-opera melodrama over chemistry, charm or a convincing sense of place. Directed by Carlson Young and adapted from Anna Todd’s 2025 novel, the film is presented as another formulaic entry in Amazon’s profitable romance slate, despite its sunny…
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With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr
Rafael Behr argues that Donald Trump’s war against Iran has become a strategic and reputational disaster for the United States, even as the president insists he is winning. Six months after military action intended to topple Tehran’s regime and seize its oil resources, Iran remains under hardline control and is demanding financial concessions from Washington,…
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Google DeepMind, Amazon Web Services, Kling AI Join Busan Market Tech Program InnoAsia
The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), run alongside the Busan International Film Festival, has unveiled the full line-up for InnoAsia 2026, its programme exploring the crossover between film and emerging technology. Confirmed AI and tech participants include Amazon Web Services, Google DeepMind, Kling AI, Alibaba Cloud, BytePlus and Netflix’s Eyeline Studios, alongside numerous production,…
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Activision Embraces Physical Games With 39 Classic Rereleases
Atari and Activision are reviving 39 of Activision’s earliest Atari 2600 titles as physical cartridges, a rare bet on physical media at a time when the format is in decline. The Atari x Activision Collection revives classics such as Pitfall! and River Raid, games from Activision’s founding years before it became known for Call of…