Mansha Daswani

Independent studio Lionsgate recorded a second-quarter profit of $1.8 million on revenues of $983.5 million, led by gains at its motion picture and television production segments and OTT subscriber increases at Starz.

Third-quarter revenues at Comcast Corporation rose by 21.2 percent to $26.8 billion, with net profit rising 11.5 percent to $3.2 billion, as the company posted EBITDA gains at NBCUniversal and Sky.

Sunny skies, red carpet star power and bustling deal activity defined MIPCOM this year, with some 13,500 registered delegates descending upon Cannes for the week.

Netflix's third-quarter revenues were up 31 percent to $5.2 billion, even as the platform missed its subscriber forecast, adding 6.8 million customers in the period versus a projected 7 million.

MIPCOM came to a close in Cannes today with some 13,500 registered participants from 111 countries.

Jed Mercurio, whose list of hit dramas includes Line of Duty and Bodyguard, sat down for a keynote conversation with Anna Carugati at MIPCOM today before receiving the World Screen Trendsetter Award in association with Reed MIDEM.

Reed MIDEM’s Laurine Garaude and Lucy Smith told reporters more details about a “reimagined” MIPTV at a press conference this morning, while Robert Marking offered up a tour of the new turnkey exhibition options.

MIPCOM 2019 Personality of the Year Robert Greenblatt was interviewed on the stage of the Grand Auditorium by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, discussing the need to take risks in programming, the strategy for HBO Max and the enduring strength of WarnerMedia’s linear channels.

Newen CEO Bibiane Godfroid talked about the company’s evolution as a European leader in the production and distribution of content in her Media Mastermind keynote this morning at MIPCOM before being joined on stage by her colleagues Romain Bessi and Guillaume Thouret for a discussion moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

At MIPCOM today, AVOD service Tubi announced plans to expand to the U.K. early next year and unveiled Tubi Kids, which launches this month with some 1,200 titles.