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US media and telco giant Comcast is to spin off its NBCUniversal cable television networks into a separate, publicly traded company.

Rise, the industry group dedicated to increasing gender diversity in the broadcast and media technology sector, has unveiled the winners of the Rise Awards 2024.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have reached a deal that ends WBD’s lawsuit against the league and extends their long-standing media partnership for an additional 11 years.

Sky and Amazon have extended a long-term collaboration deal that will see Prime Video continue to be available on Sky devices.

LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s media outfit The SpringHill Company and Fulwell 73, the production company behind Friends: The Reunion and Carpool Karaoke, are to merge.

Over 60 million households worldwide watched the weekend boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, which marked Netflix’s first foray into live boxing.

Unveiling its fourth quarter 2024 results, Disney announced that it has 122.7 million Disney+ core paid subscribers, up by 4.4 million subs over the previous quarter.

Netflix has marked the second anniversary of the launch of its advertising-supported tier by revealing that the plan now reaches 70m monthly active users globally.

Amazon is to close down Freevee, its free ad-supported video streaming (FAST) platform, and to fold its content into its Prime Video service.

BBC Studios has agreed a partnership deal with Jolly Octopus Media, a new production company founded by Emmy and BAFTA winners Ollie Brack and James Longman.