The first-ever live stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ internationally acclaimed novel and Lionsgate’s worldwide box office phenomenon, The Hunger Games, will make its debut in London in autumn 2024. Heralded by the New York Times as the best playwright of his generation, the multi award-winning Conor McPherson has adapted the first book from Suzanne Collins’ […]
YouTube has announced the launch of Primetime Channels in the UK, which allows users to browse, subscribe to and watch premium content from a range of streaming services, all within YouTube. At the same time, the offering provides media partners with a new way to reach wider audiences – increasing user engagement – and subscriptions […]
Ateliere Creative Technologies, a cloud-native content supply chain, distribution platform, is expanding their leadership team with the appointment of Andy Hooper. As Vice President of Sales & General Manager, Hooper will oversee the rapidly growing Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) markets. Media brands, including A+E Networks EMEA, Lionsgate, and Viaplay, already rely on Ateliere’s […]
Lionsgate has reported Q1 revenue of $908.6 million (€824m), operating loss of $16.8 million and net loss attributable to Lionsgate shareholders of $70.7 million. “I’m pleased to report a strong financial quarter with another record library performance,” said Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer. “We continued to execute our strategic agenda culminating in our signing a definitive agreement with Hasbro last week […]
In a move that strengthens its scripted and unscripted television business and expands its presence in Canada and the UK, production house Lionsgate and toy and game specialist Hasbro have signed an agreement under which Lionsgate will acquire the independent content platform eOne in a transaction valued at approximately $500 million (€458m), comprised of cash […]
Lionsgate+, the international streaming service from Starz, will now become available through Mercado Livre, an eCommerce platform across Latin America, in key markets in the region through an agreement spanning Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. Brazil is the initial launch market, with other territories rolling out in the coming months. As part of the agreement, […]
Amazon has announced it will relaunch MGM+, MGM’s streaming service, across Europe as MGM+ International – and has signed a content deal with Lionsgate to boost the platform’s library. MGM+ International will go live in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands on April 8th. Titles in the Lionsgate deal include the likes of Nashville, […]
Ateliere Creative Technologies, the cloud-native content supply chain and distribution platform, is fortifying its leadership team with the appointments of Ryan Kido as chief technology officer (CTO) and former CTO Arjun Ramamurthy as M&A Technical Advisor to the CEO, where he will continue to lend his expertise on mergers and acquisitions during its next phase […]
IMDb, the online source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, and Fabric, a specialist in metadata management for media and entertainment (M&E) catalogues, have announced a new solution that allows M&E companies to enrich their catalogues using entertainment data sets from IMDb. IMDb licenses information from its database – including movie and TV […]
Great Point Media, the London-based media group that has invested more than £500 million into the creative industries worldwide, is collaborating with Fields Park, US-based Volume Global and Media Cymru, a consortium of creative and educational institutions in South Wales, to build a virtual production hub at Great Point Seren Studios in Cardiff. In addition […]