The Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) has announced that BBC Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company, EMEA have become DEGI members, with immediate effect. They join existing members Google, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures & Warner Bros Pictures, in what promises to be another exciting year of growth and transformation for the […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film and TV studio and streaming network, has announced the appointment of Daniel Gagliardi as Vice President, Digital Distribution and Business Development. As Vice President of Digital Distribution and Business Development, Gagliardi will spearhead and manage the growth and performance optimisation of FilmRise AVoD and FAST channels in addition to creating […]
A regulatory filing has revealed Lionsgate is looking at spinning off Starz. Though it is only five years since acquiring the business for $4.4 billion (€3.8bn), the board now seems keen to tap into the booming M&A market. Vice chairman Michael Burns said: “While we continue to realise substantial synergies from bringing Lionsgate and Starz together, […]
Lionsgate and Redbox, the US entertainment company, have announced a multiyear distribution deal under which Lionsgate will handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment windows in addition to SVoD licensing for select titles under the Redbox Entertainment brand. Recently released Redbox Entertainment films include Capone (starring Tom Hardy), Shadow in the Cloud (Chloë […]
Liberty Global, the multinational telco, has announced its Q2 2021 financial results. The company posted a quarterly revenue of $3.1 billion (€2.6bn) – an increase of 14.1 per cent year-on-year on a reported basis, and 3.4 per cent on a rebased basis. Despite the rises in revenues and profits, Liberty Global’s overall subscriber growth slowed […]
Global content provider Lionsgate has acquired the vast majority of the Spyglass Media Group feature film library of approximately 200 titles and formed a strategic content partnership with content creator Spyglass. The agreement gives Lionsgate a 20 per cent investment stake in the company whose major assets include the latest installment of the Scream blockbuster […]
Starz has signed a multi-year, theatrical output deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG). Beginning with the 2022 theatrical slate, Universal’s live-action films in the US will become available exclusively across all US Starzplatforms in the Post Pay-One window immediately following their previously announced Pay-One windows. Under the multi-year agreement, Starz subscribers will have access […]
Netgem’s Fibre Internet Service Provider Videofutur has launched a new subscription-free TVoD platform, branded Viva, on the French market. Dedicated to movies, with a mission statement to provide viewers with all the new films within three or four months after their theatrical release, Viva launche with a catalogue of 15,000 titles available for rent (TVoD) […]
Industry trade bodies the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) have launched what they say is the biggest ever cross-category marketing campaign with Unforgettable Entertainment, driving engagement from new, lapsed and existing digital transactional customers. Building on the success of the BASE/DEGI New Release-focused Mega Movie Week campaigns of […]
Global data and technology company Spherex has unveiled their new technology solution that enables media and entertainment companies to seamlessly and easily adapt their content to be compliant, relevant, rated, and culturally appropriate for any global market. With more than 1 billion OTT subscriptions worldwide currently (source: Omedia) and OTT revenues to exceed $2 billion […]