MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media is hailing 2015 as a record year, with revenues rising 13.4 percent to 3.3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) and net profit up 11.6 percent to 467.5 million euros ($514.7 million).
Read More »AMC Networks Reports Q4, Full-Year Gains
NEW YORK: AMC Networks's fourth-quarter revenues were up by 11.4 percent to $679 million, while its full-year results showed a gain of 18.6 percent to $2.6 billion.
Read More »all3media international’s Steve Macallister Talks Trends & Strategy
NEW YORK: Steve Macallister, the CEO of all3media international, tells World Screen Newsflash about how he is positioning the company for further global expansion in 2016.
Read More »Fox, eOne in Home-Entertainment Pact
LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Fox) have signed a multi-territory home-entertainment deal and are launching a new joint venture in Canada.
Read More »Digital Value Chain, Scale to Drive Continued M&A Activity
PwC is projecting that 2016 will see “robust” merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the U.S. entertainment, media and communications (EMC) sector, driven by companies’ need to build presence, scale and digital value chains. According to PwC’s US Entertainment, Media & Communications Deal Insights report, U.S. deal value in 2015 was $149 billion, a 13-percent increase on the year-ago period. Deal volume was down 7 percent to 818. Q4 was one of the slowest M&A quarters in recent history, PwC said.
Read More »FremantleMedia International’s Jens Richter
The CEO talks about the company’s strategy for further expanding its presence in the worldwide drama business.
Read More »Bruce Tuchman to Exit AMC Networks
NEW YORK: After five years of expanding the AMC and Sundance Channel brands across the globe, Bruce Tuchman is stepping down from his post at AMC Networks this spring.
Read More »NATPE Panel: Sophie Turner Laing on Scale, Superbrands
Interviewed by World Screen’s Anna Carugati for the international keynote at NATPE, Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing discussed the power of the company’s production and distribution network, maintaining “superbrands” like Big Brother and MasterChef and exploring how nonscripted entertainment evolves in the digital age.
Read More »NATPE Panel: Execs Talk Digital Content, Engagement, Linear’s Future
MIAMI: In a panel discussion moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, executives from Zodiak Media, Modern Times Group, Keshet International and Z Living discussed how each of their companies have adapted to shifts in viewing trends.
Read More »Kevin Lygo to Succeed Peter Fincham at ITV
LONDON: After almost eight years at ITV, Peter Fincham is exiting his post as director of television, to be succeeded by Kevin Lygo.
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