Gerhard Zeiler, the veteran media exec who has led Warner Bros Discovery’s international operation since 2022, has confirmed he will not be joining the merged Skydance entity.

Netflix is set to implement a round of lay-offs that will see its workforce cut by 5%, according to a report in entertainment outlet Puck News.

Canadian broacasting group Corus Entertainment has completed a recapitalisation that will see some of its lenders take control in a debt-for-equity exchange.

HBO has greenlit an eight-episode Crazy Rich Asians drama series, which will pick up after the events of the 2018 feature film.

Japan’s TBS and Banijay Rights have expanded their partnership around competition format Ninja Warrior, with Banijay’s global distribution arm taking on international sales of finished episodes of the sports entertainment franchise.

A+E Global Media is making microseries a significant part of its distribution strategy ahead of Mipcom, with the US company revealing that almost 200 of its programmes have been reformatted as microdramas and are available for third-party sales.

Kevin MacLellan, who served as Paramount Skydance’s president of international and global content distribution, is leaving the company following its merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

Apple TV has picked up the streaming rights to six-part Australian crime drama Dustfall starring Anna Torv (The Last of Us, Mindhunter).

Netflix and Shonda Rhimes are expanding the Bridgerton universe with a new limited series focused on the early life of Lady Violet and her romance with Viscount Edmund Bridgerton.

Skydance's stock price has fallen by almost 10% since the newly formed media giant launched on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.