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ProSiebenSat.1 expands production business

Seven.One Entertainment Group, the entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, is expanding its content pipeline for local content with the establishment of a new Red Arrow production company in Germany. The latest creative forge, based in Cologne, will develop and produce entertainment formats for all Seven.One Entertainment Group platforms, among others, from 2022. The new […]

February 10, 2022

Wiele to chair ProSiebenSat.1

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Dr. Werner Brandt has decided not to stand for re-election to the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on May 5th 2022 after eight years and two election periods. The Supervisory Board has revealed it intends to elect Dr. Andreas Wiele, formerly a member […]

December 7, 2021

NativeWaves launches NativeWaves EXP

NativeWaves has announced the launch of NativeWaves EXP, a new offering that enhances today’s standard broadcast and streaming experience by giving audiences the chance to explore a wealth of additional content at their leisure in order to dive deeper into the action. Powered by a dedicated low latency streaming platform coupled with a highly customizable […]

December 6, 2021

Bank: Pro7 dating needs to show some love

ProSiebenSat.1 Media revealed a set of solid results for its Q3 trading earlier this month, but, in the words of analysts at investment bank Berenberg, the broadcaster’s numbers were overshadowed by concerns about the lack of growth in the company’s dating business. “This dating assets (Parship, Meet), which is set to be listed in 2022, […]

November 15, 2021

Bank: “Upgraded guidance highlight for ProSieben.Sat1″

ProSieben.Sat1 published its Q3 results on November 4th which were in line with expectations on revenues but in the words of analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP there was “a surprising miss on its EBITDA”. Net income benefitted among others from the financial result and beat consensus expectations by 38 per cent. The highlight, said the […]

November 5, 2021

ProSiebenSat.1 raises FY outlook again

ProSiebenSat.1 Media continued its revenue and earnings growth in the third quarter of 2021. The Group generated a considerable revenue increase of 15 per cent to €1.05 billion (previous year: €921 million), with the advertising business in particular growing strongly and improving even better than expected after the effects of the pandemic. In the Entertainment […]

November 4, 2021

ProSiebenSat.1 delivers “confident” outlook

ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s CFO Rainer Beaujean, speaking at investment bank Berenberg’s German Conference on September 21st, told delegates that he was “extremely confident” that the broadcasting group will hit its EBITDA target of +/-€820 million, notwithstanding investment in new programming formats that should pay off in the longer term. That programming reinvestment is being made possible […]

September 22, 2021

Kretinsky takes 5% TF1 stake

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has raised his stake in TF1 to 5.05 per cent through his Luxembourg-based company Vesa Equity Investment, which has been owning a minority share since 2019. Kretinsky envisages further investment, justifying his move by expressing confidence in the French economy and its outlook. “TF1 is a company in which we believe […]

September 14, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Splendid Medien acquires maxdome

Videociety, a subsidiary of Germany media company Splendid Medien, has reached an agreement with Joyn, the ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery joint venture, to acquire its maxdome VoD store. With the takeover, effective from October 1st, the Splendid Group says it intends to further expand its VoD business. Financial terms were not disclosed. “We are seeing an […]

August 18, 2021

ProSiebenSat.1 sees “dynamic recovery” in Q2

ProSiebenSat.1 Group has reported a “dynamic recovery” in its portfolio in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the pandemic-impacted previous year’s quarter. The German broadcasting group generated record revenues with an increase of 48 per cent to €1.04 billion (previous year: €709 million) – the highest figure ever achieved by ProSiebenSat.1 in a second […]

August 5, 2021