ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s full-year financial results showed a mixed picture as the German giant this week saw content from public broadcasters ZDF and ARD fall off its streamer, Joyn. Unterfoehring-based ProSieben posted revenues of €3.92B for 2024, up 2% year-on-year,...
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ITV Bosses Duck Sale Speculation During Results Call & Reveal Only One Show Is Stuck In Funding Limbo Due To American Co-Pro Freeze
ITV bosses faced numerous sale rumor questions this morning but didn’t budge on the speculation, while content boss Kevin Lygo revealed only one drama is stuck in the funding limbo instigated by the American co-pro drop-off. Reuters recently reported that ITV is in...
ITV Completes $193M Savings Program A Year Early As Annual Results Reveal Record Profits For ITV Studios
ITV has completed its £150M ($193M) costs savings program a year early, according to full-year results published this morning, which showed record ITV Studios profits but a worrying dip in paid subscribers to streamer ITVX. Nearly a year ago, ITV implemented dozens of...
‘The Change Africa’ Podcast: ‘Young, Famous & African’ Creator Peace Hyde & Legendary Artist James Barnor To Headline Sixth Season
EXCLUSIVE: Nexa Media’s The Change Africa Podcast is back for a sixth season with Peace Hyde, creator and executive producer of Netflix’s Young, Famous & African, and veteran artist James Barnor headlining. The new season launched today to coincide with...
‘The Recruit’ Canceled After 2 Seasons At Netflix
The Recruit is ending. Netflix has canceled the Noah Centineo-fronted drama series after two seasons. It comes less than six weeks after its second season premiered at the end of January. The news was revealed by Colton Dunn, who played Lester Kitchens, a colleague of...
First Look At French Singer-Songwriter & Rapper Eddy De Pretto In Belgian Thriller ‘Vigilante’
EXCLUSIVE: Belgian director Olivier Pairoux’s thriller Vigilante is being billed as one of the most ambitious feature projects set to come out of French-speaking Belgium this year. Deadline can reveal a first look of French singer-songwriter, actor and rapper Eddy de...
‘Mickey 17’ Will Be Tricky At Global Box Office With $45M Debut: Weekend Preview
Mickey 17, Warner Bros.’ expensive auteur sci-fi feature from Parasite Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho, finally arrives in theaters this weekend with a global outlook around $45M. The Robert Pattinson movie carries a net production cost after UK tax credits of $118M before...
Netflix CFO On Determining Content Spend – “We’re a Learning Machine, We Look At It Every Quarter, Every Year And Iterate”
Netflix CEO Spence Neumann described a top-down and bottom-up process for determining content spend, which is expected to come in at about $18 billion in 2025 and, he said, is “not anywhere near a ceiling.” “It’s a little art in science,” he added during a Q&A at...
Randy Travis Biopic In Works With Country Music Star Clay Walker Set To Play Icon
Veteran film producer Eric Groth and writer-director Andrew Hyatt of Sacred Arthouse are teaming with Zach Dasher and Korie Robertson on Forever and Ever, Amen, a biopic about the life of country music legend Randy Travis. Hyatt will direct off of his own script. The...