English Entertainment
Colors Infinity brings instant premieres
MUMBAI: Colors Infinity is all set to ramp-up its programming with an explosive line-up of instant premieres. The channel will now bring a plethora of TV shows which will be aired within 12 hours of its US premiere.
One of the most-awaited show The Flash is coming with its third season starring Tom Felton. The new line-up will ramp the existing roster further, which boasts of globally acclaimed shows like Grimm, Nashville, Blindspot, Notorious The Last Ship, Lucifer , The Stage, Vogue BFFs, etc.
“This is a fast-moving era where access to everything is merely one click away. We have now grown our Instant Premiere line-up with newer, cutting-edge shows,” said Viacom18 English entertainment programming head Hashim D’Souza.
In addition to these, the channel will also cater to a gamut of audience preferences of genres like action, thriller and sci-fi. Expanding the concept of Essential Viewing, the channel will bring back shows like Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Notorious, Pure Genius, Frequency, Timeless, etc.
The channel will air Notorious which will give a provocative look at the unique, sexy, and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media where a charismatic defense attorney and a powerhouse television producer work together to control the media following a high-profile incident. It will air every Friday at 8 pm.
Set in London in a bleak and dystopian future, Timeless tells the story of Warren. He’s a hit-man who has been taken under the wing of the questionable business man, Sloane. Warren’s world changes forever one day when Sloane forced him to break one his rules which he always abides by. He then finds himself plunged into a world where all is not what it may seem. He suddenly has the power to travel back in time to wrong the rights of the past. But as events unfold, Warren must soon face a terrible conundrum. The show will broadcast every Tuesday at 8 pm.
The Super hero Barry is back in action to save the world from Zoom.The Flash will make its way to the TV screens every Wednesday at 7 pm. The instant premiere of Arrow season 5 will air from 6 October at 7 pm.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 will premiere on 14 October 7 pm onwards whereas Frequency, the thriller drama that envisages through time as Raimy creates ripples in the past, changing the present in unforeseen ways will air from 10 October 7 pm onwards. Pure Genius is set for a release on 31 October from 8 pm.
English Entertainment
Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
