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ProSiebenSat.1 Group raises FY outlook

ProSiebenSat.1 Group recorded a strong recovery in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the pandemic impacted previous-year quarter. Following this substantial and profitable growth, the Group also again increases its outlook for financial year 2021. On the basis of preliminary and unaudited figures, Group revenues rose by 47 per cent to around €1,045 million […]

July 20, 2021

Bank: “Strong rebound for ProSiebenSat.1”

A comprehensive report from investment bank Exane/BNPP on German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 says that next year Germany and its television ad-market will be the first European market to have recovered to 2019 and pre-Covid levels. The bank’s study says that it expects a “strong rebound” for advertising this coming half-year and into 2022. Consequently, it has […]

July 7, 2021By Chris Forrester

StreamAMG partners with European League of Football

The European League of Football has partnered with OTT agency StreamAMG to provide live match streaming and on demand content for the European League of Football (ELF) competition. The ELF is a new American Football competition for the European continent, established to introduce a professional top tier league and serve the continent’s growing interest in […]

May 4, 2021

ProSiebenSat.1 reacts “quickly and strongly” to pandemic

Germany mass media company ProSiebenSat.1 closed the 2020 with a strong fourth quarter: In this period, Group revenues increased by 11 per cent to €1.492 billion. All segments contributed to this growth. The 3 per cent increase in entertainment advertising revenues, continued dynamic revenue development of the online beauty provider Flaconi and the positive effects […]

March 4, 2021

ProSiebenSat.1 “exceeds FY financial outlook”

ProSiebenSat.1 Group has achieved revenues of around €4.040 billion and an adjusted EBITDA of around €700 million for the full-year of 2020. These figures are preliminary and unaudited. The German broadcasting group says its has “clearly exceeded its full-year financial outlook” last published in the context of the Q3 2020 results release, as well as […]

January 22, 2021

Extreme E signs ProSieben MAXX deal

Extreme E, which is set for its first race in just over 10 weeks, has signed a long-term exclusive broadcast deal with Seven.One Sports, the sports business unit of Seven.One Entertainment Group, in Germany. The Seven.One Entertainment Group is a 100 per cent subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media and combines the ProSiebenSat.1’s channel brands, digital platforms, […]

January 18, 2021

Mediaset expects to close 2020 in profit

Itailan commercial broadcaster Mediaset expects a 4 per cent growth in advertising revenue during the second half of 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, with a peak of 6-7 per cent in the last two months of the year. In an interview with daily Corriere della Sera, CEO Piersilvio Berlusconi said that revenues […]

December 22, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Mediaset wants to increase ProSieben stake

Italian broadcasting group Mediaset is reiterating its willingness to increase its stake in the German broadcaster ProSieben. December 16th saw Bloomberg reported that Mediaset reiterated its ability to increase its existing 24.2 per cent equity stake in ProSieben although according to Blomberg it is currently happy with the size of its investment. The Italian group […]

December 18, 2020By Chris Forrester

ProSieben to launch news channel

German commercial broadcaster ProSieben has announced plans to expand its production activities with the group producing its own cross-platform news for its family of channels from 2023 onward. This new development implies a staffing ramp-up of some 60 people. The new news content will also have a more local bias, says Pro7. “ProSieben’s current news […]

December 10, 2020By Chris Forrester

ProSieben ad-revenues down 10%

The stresses on Europe’s commercial broadcasters continue. Rainer Beaujean, the Chairman of ProSieben’s (P7) Executive Board told German newspaper Handelsblatt that advertising revenues in September had fallen back but by less than 10 per cent. Beaujean said that October was shaping up in a similar vein. He did not provide the advertising outlook for the […]

October 2, 2020By Chris Forrester