Television Revenue Helps Profit at Viacom to Rise 4%

As the media company reported a 4 percent rise in quarterly earnings, it also announced it would buy the British television group Channel 5 Broadcasting.



Paramount’s ‘Noah’ Is Said to Face Ban in Middle East

The Hollywood Reporter said the film had been banned in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for its portrayal of Noah.

    



ArtsBeat: Super Bowl Casts Shadow Over Movie Box Office

Two studios offered smaller films aimed at audiences considered the least likely to be interested in the football game.

    

Arts, Briefly: Paramount Takes Step With Digital Film

Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to stop delivering movies on 35-millimeter film in the United States, offering them only in digital format, The Los Angeles Times reported.

    



Strong Profit Margin at Paramount Pictures Underlines a Hollywood Shift

Brad Grey of Paramount Pictures has chosen to produce fewer films, giving up revenue, but increasing profitability as the industry moves into survival mode.

    



Paramount Signs a Deal to Rehire Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer, the heavyweight Hollywood producer, signed a three-year, first-look deal with the studio, after being based at Walt Disney Studios.

    



Check Out the Trailer That Was Just Named the Best of the Year


    

ArtsBeat: Study of 2012 Movies Finds Few Gay Characters on Big Screen

Of 101 films released by the six major studios in 2012, Glaad said only 14 of them contained characters that were identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and none that were were transgender.

    

Disney, NBCUniversal and Paramount Plan Bold Studio Expansions

Given the more generous subsidies offered in other states and countries, major studios including NBCUniversal, Paramount and Disney all have large-scale, long-term expansion plans.

    

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Aims for World Audience

Paramount Pictures had international moviegoers in mind when making casting and script decisions for “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

    

To Promote Brad Pitt Zombie Movie, Paramount Plays Up the Horrors

There was a mixed message to be taken from clips of “World War Z” shown to theater owners — it’s a scary movie that won’t be too scary for children.