Earnings, FX at TCA press tour, Nat Geo’s new children’s book series
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes 21CF’s fiscal Q4 and full-year 2018 earnings, FX Networks’ TCA press tour announcements, National Geographic’s foray into children’s fiction and more.
- 21st Century Fox beats quarterly earnings projections (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox bets on the NFL and popular shows to anchor spinoff company (Bloomberg)
- Fox publishes formal Sky offer document (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox makes it easier to clinch Sky in takeover fight with Comcast (Bloomberg)
- ‘The Americans’ and Star Keri Russell win top TCA Awards (Variety)
- John Landgraf eyes FX growth in variety, late-night, docs, other programming arenas (Variety)
- FX boss John Landgraf talks ‘narrative exhaustion’ in TV’s ‘Gilded Age’ (Variety)
- FX announces a ‘Shogun’ remake and a Silicon Valley-set limited series thriller (Los Angeles Times)
- ‘American Horror Story’ renewed for Season 10 at FX (Variety)
- TCA 2018: FX+ now available to all subscribers (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Primetime ratings: Gordon Ramsay shows grow on FOX (Broadcasting & Cable)
- National Geographic explores fiction for first time with new kids book series (USA TODAY)
- Liz Meriwether extends overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV (Deadline)
- Sheldon Turner & Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta inks deal with 20th TV & Fox 21 (Deadline)
- Ridley Scott’s ‘The Hot Zone’ showrunners Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson extend Fox overall deal (TheWrap)
- Why 140 photographers have free rein on National Geographic’s 90m follower Instagram (The Drum)
- Fox Searchlight developing Scotty Bowers biopic (Variety)
- FOX will counterprogram Emmys with the Manson family (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox alternative chief Rob Wade on beefing up slate, ‘American Idol,’ future of ‘The Four’ & ‘SYTYCD,’ peak reality TV (Deadline)
- Big Ten drafts football coaches versus Comcast (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Asia Cup broadcast: Star India dedicates 9 screens; livestreaming on Hotstar (Inside Sport)
- Star Sports brings CPL to India; signs two-year deal with T20 league (Best Media Info)
- 5 things Fox Africa revealed at their annual upfront (Channel24)
Enjoy the weekend!
