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Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Comcast Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I will now turn the call over to Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Ms. Marci Ryvicker. Please go ahead, Ms Ryvicker. Marci Ryvicker -- Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Thank you, Operator and welcome everyone. Joining me on this mornings call are Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh, Dave Watson, Jeff Shell and Jeremy Darroch. Brian ...

Here at the festering butt end of an excruciatingly hellish 2020, it’s easy to forget how completely transformed the subscription streaming video business is just 14 months after the industry’s current era began. Back then, subscription video was a promising but not yet significant addition to the entertainment offerings of most big media and tech companies. Disney+ and The Mandalorian, Netflix was Netflix, and Hulu and Amazon had a few award-winners, but streaming was hardly crucial to...

Pearlena Igbokwe was photographed Dec. 4 in her Universal Studios office. The divisions newly promoted chairman opens up about her Nigerian upbringing, what Dick Wolf does right and how recent personnel shuffles have led to more diversity in the industrys top ranks. For as far back as Pearlena Igbokwe can remember, shes had a single wall, in every home and office that shes occupied, painted a golden hue. "The color of sunshine," she says, revealing her love for the kind of shock of color that...

This Legendary Chain Is on the Verge of Bankruptcy By John Quinn of Best Life | This Legendary Chain Is on the Verge of Bankruptcy One of Americas most famous movie theater chains is edging closer to bankruptcy. According to a report by Bloomberg, AMC, the largest movie theater in the U.S., is looking at its existing funds running out as early as next month, at which point theyd have no choice but to file for bankruptcy. Read on to find out whats ahead for the cinema giant, and for more on...

By Jeremy Kay2020-12-15T10:58:00+00:00 The chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group discusses the decision to send Trolls World Tour straight into the home, the studio’s groundbreaking, revenue-sharing PVoD deals with exhibitors, and the one thing she wishes she had done differently this year. As the pandemic brought Hollywood to its knees, Donna Langley, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG), was the driving force in leading the industry back into production wi...