entertainment

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)-owned E! Is ending the two decades long-running series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” CNN reported Tuesday. What Happened: The last season of the series will air early next year, bringing to an end the show that focuses on the...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) over the weekend reopened its Shanghai theme park and this serves as a "great blueprint" for what will happen in the United States, JPMorgan media analyst Alexia Quadrani said on CNBC. What Happened "Normally, the park has a capacity of 80,000 people and 12...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought industries come to a standstill, and one health expert says large gatherings such as conferences, concerts and sporting events may not return to normal until fall 2021, according to The New York Times Magazine. “Restarting the economy has to...

The show must not go on. The live music business faces a period of cancellations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that could seriously damage the $26-billion industry.  Among the companies that stand to suffer most acutely from a big drop in live concerts is Live Nation...

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) reported third-quarter results with weakness across the board. Shares fell more than 15%, but analysts aren't tapping out of the stock yet. The Analysts Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne maintains an Overweight rating on WWE's stock...

China-based Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY) reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings Wednesday, and analysts are predicting the company's valuation will pass the $500-billion mark for the first time since early 2018. What Happened Tencent's revenue growth in the first quarter was...

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) reported Tuesday concerning first-quarter earnings, which prompted Wells Fargo to hit the "pause" button. The Analyst Wells Fargo's Jon Tower downgraded Dave & Buster's from Outperform to Market Perform with a price...

Entertainment technology and audience insights company TiVo Corp (NASDAQ: TIVO) said in conjunction with its first-quarter report Thursday that it will split itself into two independent companies. What Happened TiVo's board of directors approved a move to split TiVo's product business from...

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) reported a better-than-expected third quarter print Tuesday, but investors appear to be concerned with a 1.3-percent same-store sales decline which was worse than the 0.7-percent decline expected. Here is a summary of how some of the Street...

Video game companies looking to capture more share of gamers' time must put forth nothing short of the "very best," Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc (NASDAQ: TTWO) CEO Strauss Zelnick told CNBC in a Thursday interview.  What Happened Take-Two's strategy to win market share...

Telecommunication infrastructure company Commscope Holding Company Inc (NASDAQ: COMM) confirmed Thursday it reached an agreement to acquire entertainment and communications solutions company Arris International plc (NASDAQ: ARRS) for $7.4 billion. Arris shares gained 11 percent Wednesday after...

A media bidding war pitted Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) against Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), with the winner acquiring most of Twenty-First Century Fix Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA)'s assets. Disney ultimately emerged with a superior bid, but Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the aftermath was the...

From investments to acquisitions, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA) has recently taken huge steps toward market expansion and diversification. What Happened On Wednesday, 21st Century Fox announced a $100-million investment in Caffeine, a next-generation social...

The bullish case for Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA) can be made for multiple reasons that are being overlooked by the Street, according to Jefferies. The Analyst Jefferies' John Janedis upgraded Discovery from Hold to Buy with a price target lifted from $26 to $34. The Thesis The...

Shares of sporting and entertainment company Madison Square Garden Co (NYSE: MSG) have gained more than 10 percent since the announcement of a split into two entities, but the stock remains undervalued, according to Imperial Capital. The Analyst Imperial Capital's David Miller initiated...