Playing Football with Soccer Teams
Apollo Sports Capital, the division of the New York City-based Apollo Global Management, is acquiring a majority stake in Atlético de Madrid, Spain’s third-ranking football club (after Real Madrid and (…)
Paramount’s Growth Path
Under new Skydance Media’s ownership, Paramount reported total revenue of $6.7 billion for its third quarter.
Revenue for the Direct-to-Consumer unit, which includes Paramount+, increased 17 percent, compared to last year. (…)
AFM® 2025 Exhibition Space Sold Out
The American Film Market® opened its doors yesterday, November 11, and will run through November 16 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
This year’s market has sold (…)
Trump Threatens BBC with $1 Billion Lawsuit
After BBC Director-General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resigned over the controversy surrounding the manipulation of phrases and images from Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech — to (…)
The Winning IMAX Images
There are 1,759 IMAX screens worldwide; of those, 424 are in the U.S. and Canada. From a cinema innovation that struggled until 1994, today IMAX is a bone of contention (…)
Inter Medya Inks New Sales
Turkish content distributor Inter Medya has secured a number of new sales in Colombia.
Drama series Heartstrings has been acquired by Caracol Televisión, which has acquired the program also for its (…)
Comcast’s Sky in Talks to Buy ITV
Pay-tv company Sky (owned by Comcast) is in talks to buy British broadcaster ITV for $2.15 billion, including debt. The sale would include ITV’s free-to-air channels as well as its (…)
Instagram is Not Rated PG-13
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Washington, D.C.-based movie-industry organization that in 1968 developed and administers the parental-guidance ratings for movies, has warned Instagram to discontinue using PG-13 (…)
Jaggi Opens L.A. Office, Appoints Zuccarelli as President
Australian prodco Jaggi Entertainment has opened a U.S. office in Los Angeles, California. The expansion will be spearheaded by industry veteran Marielle Zuccarelli, who joins the company as president of International Sales.
Jaggi Entertainment’s (…)
Pink Parrot Boards Animated Adaptation Of “Tistou”
Montreal and Madrid-based Pink Parrot Media has boarded the upcoming CG animated feature “Tistou” – an adaptation of Maurice Druon’s classic French children’s novel Tistou les Pouces Verts, which tells the (…)