Editor & Associate Publisher, World Screen

February 17, 2023 Top Stories

Susan Wojcicki Stepping Down as YouTube CEO

February 17, 2023

Susan Wojcicki is stepping down as CEO of YouTube, with Neal Mohan named as her successor.

February 16, 2023 Top Stories

Paramount Delivers Subscriber Gains, Sees Ad Revenues Fall

February 16, 2023

Paramount's Q4 revenues were relatively stable at $8.1 billion, a 2 percent increase, with record subscriber gains at Paramount+, while ad revenues fell in its TV media segment.

February 16, 2023 Top Stories

Hasbro Reports Revenue Decline in Q4

February 16, 2023

Full-year revenues at Hasbro fell by 9 percent to $5.9 billion, while its fourth-quarter results were down 17 percent year-on-year to $1.7 billion.

February 14, 2023 Top Stories

Fremantle Invests in AWA

February 14, 2023

Fremantle has picked up a minority stake in Artists, Writers & Artisans (AWA) after sealing a development pact with the outfit, backed by Lupa Systems, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SISTER, last April.

February 14, 2023 Top Stories

Paramount Merges Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios Teams

February 14, 2023

Paramount is merging its Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios teams as the premium cable network prepares to be integrated into Paramount+.

February 13, 2023 Analysis, Top Stories

Report Outlines Benefits of Australian Film, TV Production Incentives

February 13, 2023

The film and TV production incentives in Australia boosted the local economy by A$16.5 billion ($11.5 billion) between 2018 and 2022, according to a new Olsberg SPI study.

February 9, 2023 Top Stories

Disney Reports Q1 Subscriber Erosion

February 9, 2023

Disney+ shed 2.4 million subscribers in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, while overall revenues at The Walt Disney Company rose by 8 percent to $23.5 billion.

February 2, 2023 Analysis, Top Stories

Online Video Subs to Hit 1.7 Billion in 2023

February 2, 2023

Despite cost-of-living concerns and intensifying competition, online video subscriptions will continue to rise this year, per Omdia, growing to 1.7 billion.

February 2, 2023 Interviews, Top Stories

All That Breathes’ Shaunak Sen

February 2, 2023

The director talks about filming in his hometown of New Delhi and deploying various cinematic and narrative techniques to tell the story of his documentary.

February 1, 2023 Analysis, Top Stories

U.K. SVOD Market Nears 50 Million Subscriptions

February 1, 2023

Consumers across the U.K. had nearly 50 million SVOD subscriptions in 2022, according to data from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE), which valued the sector at £3.8 billion ($4.7 billion), a 17.6 percent year-on-year gain.

Mansha Daswani