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Mansha Daswani

Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.

Social Wit List: October 2018

November 9, 2018

Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures Live generated the most social media buzz among all the new show premieres around the world in October, according to The WIT.

Lionsgate Reports Starz Gains

November 9, 2018

Lionsgate beat expectations with its first-quarter results, delivering revenues of $901 million and reporting strong gains at Starz.

Disney Delivers Strong Q4 Gains

November 9, 2018

Fourth-quarter revenues at The Walt Disney Company were up 12 percent to $14.3 billion, with net income rising by 33 percent to $2.3 billion.

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Ad Revenues Help Lift 21st Century Fox Results

November 7, 2018

Increased advertising and affiliate revenues were partially offset by lower theatrical revenues at 21st Century Fox, which reported total first quarter revenues of $7.2 billion, a 2-percent increase on the year-ago period, and a higher net profit of $1.3 billion.

Sony Posts Revenue, Profit Gains

October 30, 2018

Sony Corporation delivered better-than-expected financials for the second quarter of 2018, with a 6-percent revenue gain to 2.2 trillion yen ($19.6 billion) and a net income of 173 billion yen ($1.5 billion), driven by its gaming business.

NBCU Boosts Comcast Earnings

October 25, 2018

Gains at NBCUniversal helped drive a 5-percent increase in third-quarter revenues at Comcast Corporation, with net profit up 9.3 percent.