English Entertainment
Star World Premiere HD introduces ‘Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce’
MUMBAI: Star World Premiere HD, one of India’sleading English entertainment channels that pioneered the day and date movement in the country is synonymous to the best of English content on TV today. Having acquired mega hit TV series such as Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story, Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl and Chris Carter’s X-Files in the past to showcasing the latest seasons of international TV sensation Game of Thrones and M Night Shyamalan’s Wayward Pines, the channel boasts of a television library packed with only the most critically acclaimed series on Indian television.
Taking its offering a step further, Star World Premiere HD, in keeping with the audiences’ need for uninterrupted TV viewing, is all set to introduce an all-new weekend property – Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce! Tapping into the nerve of the nation, the channel differentiates Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce from popular Weekend Binge properties on air by telecasting only the most renowned, highest rated TV series with a stellar star cast and complex storylines that are sure to keep viewers captivated all weekend long with unremitting episodes one after the other.
Star World Premiere HD, the trailblazer for showcasing only the choicest shows on television, will kick-start Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce on June 25 2016 with a firecracker of a line up comprising of a mix of exciting and award winning HBO and other network shows. These will include Matthew McConaughey starrer and Emmy award winning show True Detective–the first season of the anthology series that focuses on the lives of Louisiana State Police homicide detectives Rustin ‘Rust’ Cohle and Martin ‘Marty’ Hart;Clive Owen starrer historical period medical drama The Knick which won the prestigious Primetime Emmy awards for its distinct narrative;
Togetherness Season 2 starring stellar actors Amanda Peet, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis in an unconventional family drama where they try and make their ends meet while making their relationships workand Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis of Hangover fame in yet another unconventional comedy series that follows the life of Chip Baskets, a man in pursuit of achieving unparalleled success as a professional clown. The shows will air every Saturday and Sunday, 12 PM onwards, throughout the month with one show every weekend.
Other top notch shows with quality content such as critically acclaimedpolice procedural show Bosch, criminal justice TV miniseries The Night Of, Primetime Emmy award winning political satire comedy Veep, Sci-Fi drama series Colony, Lisa Kudrow of FRIENDS fame starrer comedy drama series The Comeback, Justin Theroux starrer thriller series The Leftovers, legendary film maker Martin Scorsese’s debut TV venture Vinyl, Golden Globe and Emmy award winning series Homeland, the upcoming TV series Quarry, Dwayne Johnson starrer Ballers and more that will also make their way to the channel’s Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce programming line-up in the months to come.
Setting yet another benchmark in content consumption, Star World Premiere HD is geared up to captivate viewers by relaying revered shows from a gamut of genres with intricate plot lines and complex characters that are sure to weave their magic on-screen! Having already showcased its penchant in foreseeing consumer needs, Star World Premiere HD is now ready to mark a paradigm shift in the TV viewing experience by providing audiences with a superior binging experience with some of the best shows on TV hand-picked only on Star World Premiere #AllAtOnce.
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.
