All Shifting business models articles – Page 5
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NewsAXA IM purchases BBC Elstree Centre
AXA IM has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of the BBC Elstree Centre in North West London, with the acquisition due to complete in early 2025.
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NewsCanal+ wins approval for acquisition of Orange’s pay-TV platform OCS
France’s Canal+ Group has been cleared by the French Competition Authority to finalise its acquisition of telco Orange’s rival pay TV platform OCS and production division Orange Studio.
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NewsAmazon Appoints Jeremy Helfand to Head Prime Video Advertising
Amazon has hired Disney exec Jeremy Helfand to run its Prime Video Advertising division.
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NewsITVX Hits Eight Million Streams on New Year’s Day
ITV streaming platform ITVX registered its biggest New Year’s Day ever at the start of 2024.
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NewsBBC iPlayer enjoys record streaming over Christmas
The BBC says that its iPlayer streaming platform achieved an all-time record number of viewers over Christmas week.
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NewsBT CEO Philip Jansen Sounded Out on WPP Chairman Role – Report
Philip Jansen, the outgoing BT Group Chief Executive, has been approached about becoming the next chairman of advertising and marketing group WPP, according to a Sky News report.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video to Start Showing Ads
Amazon has confirmed plans to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service this year. Customers will see the ads unless they pay extra for an ad-free experience.
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NewsLionsgate Closes $375m eOne Acquisition
Lionsgate has closed its acquisition of the global entertainment platform eOne from Hasbro.
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NewsWarner Bros. Discovery Acquires Turkish Streamer BluTV
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has acquired Turkish entertainment SVOD platform BluTV.
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Industry TrendsVendor predictions for 2024: AI, CTV, FAST and Niche Sports
It’s no surprise that uses of AI are top of the agenda for media organisations in the next 12 months but so too is a drive to enhanced monetisation over Connected TV, mining niche sports, warnings of job ‘replacements’ and, notably, fewer calls for sustainability. Here are a selection of ...
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NewsRTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland strike partnership deal
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL Deutschland and pay-TV player Sky Deutschland have agreed a two-year partnership deal to share live sport and other content.
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Industry TrendsWhat do Streamers Want? Sitcoms, Police Drama and Reality Shows
With streamers under pressure from investors to slash costs and turn a profit the decade of rampant content spend is over. Appetite for new shows remains high however if producers can find the right project to sell them, reports Adrian Pennington.
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NewsGermany’s ProSiebenSat.1 to step up investment in local content
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 is planning to invest more in local content in 2024 for its streaming platform Joyn as well its TV stations.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global in merger talks – reports
Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global have held early talks about merging according to multiple media reports.
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Industry TrendsHow to be a Technology Leader: Confidence, Compassion and Collaboration
A fireside conversation with a recent Rise Women in Broadcast Award nominee provided a host of key insights into the strategies of effective leadership that provide food for thought into 2024 and beyond, reports Mark Mayne.
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NewsLeonine, Toon2Tango Launch German Animation Studio
Leading German TV group Leonine is launching an animation division with Toon2Tango founders Hans Ulrich Stoef and Jo Daris.
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NewsVivendi Explores Spinning Off Canal+, Havas and Lagardere
French media giant Vivendi says it is exploring splitting up the company into several entities with each listed on the stock market.
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NewsRTL Group to Sell Dutch TV and Streaming Division to DPG Media
RTL Group has agreed to sell its Dutch subsidiary RTL Nederland to DPG Media for €1.1 billion.
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Daily NewsBetter Software Group partners with Evergent
Better Software Group and Evergent announced a new partnership that is designed to enhance customer experiences across the digital media and entertainment landscape.
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Daily NewsThinkAnalytics appoints AWS exec as Worldwide CEO
ThinkAnalytics announced that Marc Aldrich will join as its Worldwide CEO in January 2024. Aldrich joins from Amazon Web Services (AWS) where he held the position of general manager for the media and entertainment (M&E) industry business unit since 2019.
