Fiscal Q3 earnings, Season 3 for “Star,” New York Times show on FX
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes 21CF’s fiscal Q3 2018 earnings, “Star” getting Season 3, a deal between FX Productions and “Atlanta” director Hiro Murai, India Premier League viewership and more.
- Twenty-First Century Fox revenue beats as cable sees highest earnings ever (Reuters)
- 21st Century Fox buys seven local TV stations from Sinclair for $910 million (Deadline)
- Primetime ratings: FOX wins thanks to ‘Empire’ (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Lee Daniels re-ups overall deal with 20th TV as FOX renews ‘Star’ for Season 3 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘Atlanta’ director Hiro Murai signs FX deal (Variety)
- New York Times makes foray into TV news with FX documentary show (Bloomberg)
- IPL 2018: 518 million watch first 34 matches on screens across India (Business Standard News)
- CBS, FOX, ESPN lead Sports Emmy Award winners (Variety)
- ‘The Cool Kids’ comedy, ‘Proven Innocent’ drama picked up to series by FOX (Deadline)
- FOX orders drama ‘The Passage’ to series (Variety)
- Lil Rel Howery multi-cam comedy ordered to series at FOX (Variety)
- ‘The Resident’ renewed for Season 2 at FOX (Variety)
- ‘Isle of Dogs’ getting Saudi Arabia release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- National Geographic jumps on royal wedding train with pair of Spun Gold docs (Deadline)
- FOX taking NFL sponsors ‘closer to the action’ (Broadcasting & Cable)
Enjoy the weekend!
