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Category: Entertainment News
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A Look Back at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Love Story, From a Friendship Bracelet to a
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: The Hollywood Reporter chronicles the three-year relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, from a failed; and Amazon’s ‘Elle,’ a prequel series to ‘Legally Blonde,’ fails as both a…
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Prime Video’s ‘Every Year After’ Renewed for Season 2
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Prime Video renews ‘Every Year After’ for a second season, confirming the Barry’s Bay universe as a viable franchise; and Walter De Brouwer, co-founder of SoundPatrol, argues that generative AI…
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‘The Hunting Party’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons, Will Be Shopped
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: NBC has canceled the sophomore crime drama ‘The Hunting Party’ after two seasons, despite strong streaming; and Amazon MGM Studios has abruptly canceled the planned ‘Stargate’ reboot series…
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Netflix Renews ‘Devil May Cry’ for Final Season
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and final season, confirming showrunner Adi; and Netflix has renewed its animated ‘Devil May Cry’ series for a third and…
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Prince Estate to Release Posthumous Album ‘Timeless’ Featuring Unreleased Songs
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: The Prince Estate is releasing ‘Timeless,’ a posthumous album of ten unreleased tracks spanning 1977 to 2016, on; and Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and…
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Industry Deals, Licensing & Strategy, Entertainment Procurement Strategy How, and more.
Industry Deals, Licensing & Strategy this week: The article outlines a systematic procurement framework for studios and streamers, emphasizing territory-specific; and The Cannes market saw robust dealmaking with eight-figure acquisitions…
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Film & TV Franchise Updates &, Schmigadoon Sets 2027 Launch North American Tour, and more.
Film & TV Franchise Updates & Adaptations this week: The Broadway musical ‘Schmigadoon!
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Music Rights & Catalog Acquisitions, Saregama MD calls DSPs, and more.
Music Rights & Catalog Acquisitions this week: Saregama Managing Director Vikram Mehra has called on DSPs to assign ‘no value’ to AI-generated music in royalty; and Downtown Music Publishing has secured a comprehensive rights deal for the…
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Industry Deal Reports & Strategy, Biggest Media Film Deals April 2026, and more.
Industry Deal Reports & Strategy Analysis this week: April 2026 saw two significant distribution deals that redefine how legacy content is monetized; and Vitrina.
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Film, TV & Game Franchise Expansions, Schmigadoon Sets 2027 Launch, and more.
Film, TV & Game Franchise Expansions & Adaptations this week: The Broadway musical ‘Schmigadoon!