Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, my name is Krista and I'll be your conference operator today. I would like to welcome everyone to Paramount's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all lines have been muted to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, the company will take questions from the analyst community. I would now like to turn the call over to Kevin Creighton, Paramount's EVP of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. Good afternoon, and thank you for taking the time to join us for the Paramount Q2 2026 earnings call. I'm Kevin Creighton, EVP of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. Joining me today is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David Ellison, our Chief Financial Officer, Dennis Cinelli, and our Chief Strategy and Operating Officer, Andy Gordon. As a reminder, we will be making forward-looking statements today that involve risks and uncertainties. Our remarks will also include non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliations of these measures can be found in our earnings letter or in our trending schedules, which contain supplemental information. These can be found on our investor relations website. I'll now turn it over to David for a few brief remarks before we address analyst questions. Thanks, Kevin, and good afternoon, everyone. A year ago, we set three priorities for the new Paramount. Invest in storytelling, scale our direct-to-consumer business globally, and drive enterprise-wide efficiency. Twelve months in, I'm proud to say we are delivering on all three. We nearly doubled our theatrical slate, deepened our roster with top-tier creative talent, greenlit 40 new and returning series for Paramount+, expanded our sports portfolio with the UFC, Zufa Boxing, while broadening our partnerships with UEFA, adding to ...