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ProSiebenSat.1
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ProSieben posts 6% revenue rise & 35% rise in earnings in preliminary Q1 update
ProSiebenSat.1 has posted a 6% rise in revenues and a 35% rise in earnings in…
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ProSiebenSat.1 rejects MediaForEurope’s call to split up business
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has rejected MediaForEurope’s (MFE) call for the company to be split up, which…
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ProSiebenSat.1 ups Markus Breitenecker to COO, Christine Scheffler exits board
German media giant ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Markus Breitenecker as chief operating officer and given him…
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ProSiebenSat.1 CEO eyes ‘slight growth’ in 2024 as Joyn strategy ‘starting to pay off’
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Bert Habets has predicted “slight growth” in revenues over the next 12 months…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sees surprise Q4 earnings rise as advertising revenues improve
Embattled Germany giant ProSiebenSat.1 has recorded a higher than expected increase in earnings in Q4…
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ProSiebenSat.1 ends US output deals to increase focus on local programming
German media giant ProSiebenSat.1 has announced plans to terminate its remaining long-term US output deals,…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s streamer Joyn reports growth, stems ad decline at German broadcast giant
ProSiebenSat.1’s streamer Joyn has helped to offset advertising declines at the German giant’s broadcast operations,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 restructures with veteran channel chief Daniel Rosemann departing
ProSiebenSat.1 has restructured its management team with chief Bert Habets now becoming CEO of Seven.One…
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ProSiebenSat.1 outlines strategy to survive ‘unprecedented decline’ of German ad market
ProSiebenSat.1 is to invest upwards of €1bn ($1.05m) in programming next year that can work…
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Berlusconi’s MediaForEurope ups ProSiebenSat.1 stake, nears takeover bid
MediaForEurope, the company founded by the late Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has increased its…
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ProSiebenSat.1 earnings cut in half amid struggling ad market
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 saw its earnings plummet in the second quarter as the German market’s advertising…
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Berlusconi’s eldest children to take joint control of Mediaset owner Fininvest
No single child of the late Silvio Berlusconi is to have a controlling interest in…
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TBI Weekly: How a month of markets reflects serious concerns
Conecta Fiction in Spain wrapped up a frenetic month of travel in June for TBI…
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Exclusive: Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 braced for 30% staff cuts & squeeze on programme spend
German broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1 is preparing to make cuts to programming while up to a…
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Seven.One Entertainment CEO Wolfgang Link exits as ProSiebenSat.1 woes deepen
ProSiebenSat.1 woes have taken another turn with Wolfgang Link, CEO at its Seven.One Entertainment Group,…
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RTL Croatia owner PPF takes 9% stake in ProSiebenSat.1
RTL Croatia owner PPF Group has acquired a 9.1% stake in German media company ProSiebenSat.1….
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Netflix names unscripted chief to replace RTL-bound Inga Leschek
Netflix has hired former ProSiebenSat.1 exec Wiebke Schodder to oversee its unscripted slate, replacing Inga…
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ProSiebenSat.1 eyes Sky Deutschland deal, with price tag of $1bn attached
ProSiebenSat.1 is looking at acquiring Sky Deutschland for around €1bn ($1bn), following recent reports that…
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ProSieben’s SevenOne snags German remake rights to ‘The 1% Club’
ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s SevenOne Entertainment has picked up remake rights to BBC Studios entertainment format, The 1%…
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Sat.1 takes Italian format ‘Back To School’ into Germany
ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany has picked up remake rights to Italian format Back To School and…
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News round-up: RTL takes ‘Big Switch Job’; Disney+ buys ‘Blinded’; Gino D’Acampo returns to Italy
RTL Studios takes on ‘The Big Switch Job’ Germany’s RTL Studios is to produce a…
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Exclusive: Red Arrow’s US sale attracts private equity interest
A flurry of private equity firms have joined the race to acquire Red Arrow Studios’…
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Amazon hires ProSiebenSat.1 chief to lead streamer in Germany
Amazon has hired ProSiebenSat.1’s former MD Kaspar Pfluger to lead its Prime Video operation in…
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Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment launches new format firm
ProSiebenSat.1 subsidiary Seven.One Entertainment Group is launching a new entertainment format focused Red Arrow production…
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ProSiebenSat.1 has ‘open mind’ to merger as Mediaset looks to ‘engage’
German media giant ProSiebenSat.1 would be open to a merger, CEO Rainer Beaujean has told…
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‘Bosch’ exec Henrik Bastin unveils Fabel, as Red Arrow’s Fabrik future unclear
Bosch producer Henrik Bastin has unveiled his newly minted prodco Fabel Entertainment, which has been…
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Red Arrow’s ‘Love Is Blind’ prodco Kinetic moves into scripted with WME’s Melissa Myers
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) is backing a new US-based drama outfit that has been launched…
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Exclusive: Red Arrow future unclear as creative chief Nina Etspueler exits
Doubts have emerged over the future of Love Is Blind and Deep State producer Red…
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Red Arrow Studios CEO James Baker to leave at end of 2020
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) CEO James Baker is to step down at the end of…
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Red Arrow hires A+E alum Joel Denton to head int’l distribution
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) has appointed former A+E Networks exec Joel Denton as acting president…