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ProSiebenSat.1
ProSiebenSat.1’s Christof Wahl set for departure
ProSiebenSat.1 chief operating officer Christof Wahl is to leave the group “by mutual consent” at…
CBS Studios Int’l clinches German sales for Instinct
CBS Studios International has secured licensing agreements with ProSiebenSat.1 and Turner Broadcasting System in Germany…
Red Arrow hires ex-Sky Vision acquisitions head
Red Arrow Studios International has appointed former Sky Vision acquisitions head Alex Fraser to the…
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery hire Google exec to lead 7TV
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications have named Google executive Alexandar Vassilev as CEO of their recently…
Vevo president and CEO Erik Huggers steps down
Erik Huggers has stepped down as the president and CEO of major label-backed music video…
TBI Weekly: ProSiebenSat.1 looks to the future
Germany’s ProsiebenSat.1 is among many large international broadcasters wrestling with the challenges of transforming into…
Ex-A+E exec to lead ProSiebenSat.1 int’l efforts
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has named former A+E Networks UK executive Nicolas Eglau to the new position…
ProSiebenSat.1 & Discovery launch OTT service
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications have launched a jointly-owned premium entertainment service in Germany. The streaming…
Etspueler upped at Red Arrow
Nina Etspueler has been elevated to executive VP of creative operations at Germany’s Red Arrow…
MGM forms JV with Redseven
MGM Worldwide Television has formed a coproduction joint venture with Germany’s Redseven Entertainment. The partnership…
Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
ProSiebenSat.1 could launch JV channels with Scripps
ProSiebenSat.1 could launch one or more new thematic channels in partnership with Scripps Networks Interactive,…
New UK & scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
ProSiebenSat.1, TVE check in to Hotel Römantiek
Major European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and TVE have ordered remakes of Belgian format Hotel Römantiek. Both…
Taking Bull by the horns
Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this…
ProSiebenSat.1 extends deal with Fox
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have extended their existing licensing…
Digital boost for ProSiebenSat.1
Digital activities – notably online video and digital ventures and commerce including online dating and…
Redseven boss to stay until 2020
Jobst Benthues has renewed his contract at Redseven and will stay at the German prodco…
New management team for Studio71
ProSiebenSat.1 Group-backed multichannel network Studio71 has named a new management team to take over from…
ProSieben books Play Date with Armoza
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has returned from MIPTV with a commission a new docu-reality series from Tel…
Bake Off spin-offs on the rise in Europe
Local versions of the celebrity version of the Bake Off format will hit French and…
Maxdome co-CEO takes ProSiebenSat.1 digital role
ProSiebenSat.1 has appointed Maxdome’s director and co-CEO, Filmon Zerai, as chief digital officer for ProSiebenSat.1…
ProSiebenSat.1 buys ATV
ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed to buy Austrian TV station ATV from its parent company, Tele München…
ProSieben, Scripps agree huge lifestyle deal
ProSiebenSat.1 and Scripps Networks Interactive have agreed a 1,200-hour programming deal that will see a…
ProSieben gets new finance chief
ProSieben has appointed a new CFO, the latest in a series of management changes at…
Growing SVOD sector ‘will drive Maxdome’
Growing demand for SVOD in Germany will drive growth for ProSiebenSat.1’s Maxdome service, with curation…
Maxdome SVOD nears 900k subs
ProSiebenSat.1’s subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome grew its subscriber base by 48% in the year to…
ProSieben issuing shares to fund digital expansion
German broadcasting and media giant ProSiebenSat.1 plans to issue new shares to raise about €515…
Digital business ‘transforming’ ProSiebenSat.1
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is generated almost half of its revenues for the first nine months…
ProSiebenSat.1, Scripps invest in Pluto OTT
Over-the-top video service Pluto TV has raised US$30 million in a funding round led by ProSiebenSat.1…