Vivendi Shareholders Approve Spin-Off
The December 9, 2024 shareholders meeting of Vivendi, held under the chairmanship of Yannick Bolloré (pictured), has approved by more than 97.5 percent of the votes the separation from Vivendi (…)
WBD Renews Carriage Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery cable TV channels can still be nesting at Comcast. The Hollywood studio has just renewed its deal with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based cable TV operator for its channels, (…)
All3Media Licenses Gaelic Drama ‘An t-Eilean’ to BBC Four
Commissioned by Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba, drama series An t-Eilean (The Island) will air on BBC Four in a deal through All3Media International.
From Black Camel Pictures, the four-part Gaelic (…)
Ads Are a $1 Trillion Global Biz
According to the New York City-based Group M, a media investment group that is part of advertising behemoth WPP, global advertising spending will reach USD 1 trillion in 2024.
‘Find Me in Paris’ and ‘Spellbound’ Travel the World
Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios, worldwide distributors of live action tween series Find Me in Paris and its reboot Spellbound, have signed a number of recent sales for the saga.
In the U.K., Spellbound season 1 has (…)
Cineflix Inks Deals for ‘Ramses The Great’
Cineflix Rights has secured multiple deals for Pernel Media’s blue-chip documentary series Ramses The Great: King of Ancient Egypt. The sales were announced at the World Congress of Science and (…)
NATPE Unveils Honors Awards Gala
NATPE Global has unveiled the NATPE Honors Awards Gala, to be hosted by Entertainment Tonight anchor Nischelle Turner on February 5, 2025, as part of the NATPE Global conference (February (…)
Johnny Carson and I
By Dom Serafini
At VideoAge, we recently received a copy of the new book, Carson The Magnificent, which we’ll soon be reviewing. It’s about the popular U.S. late-night talk-show host, Johnny (…)
Sky Remains Home of the Bundesliga
Sky Deutschland will remain the home of the Bundesliga until 2029. From 2025/26, Sky Sport will present 87 percent of the total of 617 Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga matches.
Closer Media Invests in Mubi
New York-based film and television production company Closer Media — co-founded by Chinese real estate billionaire Zhang Xin and producer William Horberg — has made an investment in London-based streamer (…)