All News articles – Page 11
-
NewsThames MD Amelia Brown to depart after 20 years
Thames managing director Amelia Brown is to leave the Britain’s Got Talent and Too Hot To Handle producer after 20 years to set up her own production company.
-
News
Editorial Director Chris Shaw to leave ITN
ITN Editorial Director Chris Shaw has announced he will be leaving the company after 25 years.
-
News
HBO Europe content chief Antony Root to retire
HBO Max’s European content chief Antony Root is to retire from his role at Warner Bros. Discovery at the end of March 2023.
-
News
Banijay Benelux acquires majority stake in Belgian scripted producer jonnydepony
Banijay Benelux is to further expand its scripted activities in Belgium through a majority stake in scripted production company jonnydepony.
-
News
Investigation launched into appointment process of BBC chairman
The process of appointing BBC chairman Richard Sharp is to be investigated following reports he helped Boris Johnson secure a loan.
-
News
Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings is stepping down from his role as co-chief executive of Netflix.
-
News
Fremantle announces European leadership team
Fremantle has unveiled a new European leadership team, with the creation of new CEO roles for both Northern Europe and Southern Europe.
-
News
Whisper to produce Wimbledon world feed
Whisper has been appointed as Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) production partner for The Championships 2023 and 2024.
-
News
HBO Max unveils first price rise
Warner Bros Discovery is raising the monthly cost of HBO Max for the first time since the streaming service was launched in 2020.
-
News
World Cup boosts launch of streamer ITVX
The World Cup helped ITV’s relaunched streaming service, ITVX, achieve a strong debut month.
-
News
EBU and Warner Bros Discovery win European rights to 2026-2032 Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded all media rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in the 2026-2032 period to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery.
-
News
Disney+ to offer IMAX Signature Sound By DTS
Disney+ is adding high fidelity audio via IMAX signature sound by DTS to a selection of Marvel films and other titles in 2023.
-
News
Growth in content investment set to dip in 2023
Global content expenditure will increase by just 2% year-on-year in 2023—the lowest growth in over a decade, excluding the COVID-driven slump of 2020, according to Ampere Analysis.
-
News
Government abandons plans to privatise Channel 4
The UK government has confirmed that it will no longer seek to privatise public broadcaster Channel 4.
-
News
Global box office recovers in 2022
Global box office continued to recover in 2022, hitting $25.9 billion, a 27% gain on 2021 according to analysts Gower Street.
-
News
Fremantle promotes Christian Vesper to global drama boss
Production and distribution giant Fremantle has promoted Christian Vesper to CEO Global Drama, reporting to Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO Continental Europe.
-
News
Avatar: The Way of Water box office gives hope to beleaguered cinemas
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has scored an impressive box-office debut, grossing $435m worldwide in its opening three days.
-
News
Warner Bros Discovery predicts another $1bn in content write-offs
Warner Bros Discovery says that its costs due to content write-offs could now reach up to $3.5bn, some $1bn more than previously anticipated.
-
News
BBC offers glimpse into earliest days of radio to mark 100 year anniversary
To mark its 100th anniversary, the BBC has published a full listing of the radio programmes that were available in its very first year in operation on the BBC Programme Index.
-
News
Milk expands to France with opening of VFX studio in Bordeaux
VFX studio Milk is to open a new studio in Bordeaux, France in January 2023.
