EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video UK and Ireland is returning to the British true crime space for its latest original.
22.02.2024 - 12:09 / deadline.com
Viaplay has posted organic group sales for Q4 up 3.4% and saw comparable losses shorten, as the Scandi streamer continues to reshape its business after a brutal 2023.
Sales stood at SEK4.3B ($419M) in Q4 of 2023, compared with SEK4.67B a year prior, and the operating loss (before associated company income and items affecting comparability) was SEK230M, better than last year’s SEK284M.
However, when the various sports content write-downs and other “provisions” related to the company’s strategy shift last year were factored in, the operating the loss was SEK2.86B, its interim report for Q4 revealed.
After expanding internationally into territories such as the UK and U.S., Viaplay was hit badly by global economics and the fight for subscribers.
In response, CEO Anders Jensen was replaced by former chief Jorgen Madsen Lindemann, who became President and CEO, and a major round of redundancies and a pull back from heavy investment in original drama followed.
In January, Madsen Lindemann unveiled a major recapitalization plan and outlined ambitions for double-digit profit margins in five years. Viaplay has since sold most of its original dramas and production assets, while also cutting costly sports rights agreements. Canal+ and investment fund PFF also swooped to buy 29% of the business each and the recap plan was completed on February 9.
Madsen Lindemann today said Viaplay was “beginning the journey now with commercially focused goals, clear operational accountability, and the ability to put the right teams in place now that we have secured the refinancing.”
Elsewhere in a statement to shareholders, he said: “Our Q4 results were in line with the trading update that we provided in January, and we have reiterated our
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video UK and Ireland is returning to the British true crime space for its latest original.
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Olly Alexander has shared the new solo track ‘Dizzy’, which will also serve as the UK’s official entry for Eurovision 2024. Check it out below.Released today (March 1), the track was written by Alexander in collaboration with electronic producer Danny L Harle (Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Caroline Polachek), and looks to capture that same intoxicating rush felt when with someone new.Inspired by the club classics of the ‘00s, the song also comes alongside a new music video – capturing a head-spinning representation of the emotions described in the lyrics and blurring the line between fantasy and reality.“I wrote the song last summer with Danny L Harle, we started off with the word ‘Dizzy’ because it just popped into my head and I liked it.
sudden death of Lady Gabriella Windsor’s husband, Thomas Kingston, has sparked renewed interest in the editor — and her parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.Kingston and Gabriella, 42, tied the knot in May 2019 at Windsor Castle after meeting five years prior. The financier was found dead at age 45 in Gloucestershire, England, on Sunday.
Popular royal couple Zara and Mike Tindall have recently returned to the UK from a holiday to Iceland. Seemingly without their three children, Mia, 10, Lena, five, and Lucas, two, the pair clearly had a great time away as Mike offered an insight into the trip on his Instagram account.
The security of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie caused a lot of drama for King Charles. The furore came before the issue of royal protection came into focus when Prince Harry decided to sue the Home Office over changes to his security level during his UK visits.
Catfish & The Bottlemen have added an extra date to their 2024 UK tour – you can find all the details below.The Van McCann-fronted band returned with the single ‘Showtime’ last week, marking their first new music in five years. It’ll feature on Catfish’s yet-to-be-announced fourth album, which will follow 2019’s ‘The Balance’.C&TB also confirmed that they’d be playing a headline show at Cardiff Castle on July 19, and Edinburgh Summer Sessions on August 24 in addition to their bill-topping sets at Reading & Leeds 2024.Now, the group has added another date in Cardiff on July 20 due to “phenomenal demand”.
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EXCLUSIVE: UK production and distribution outfit Swipe Films has recently completed post-production on under-the-radar feature documentary Quintessentially Irish, which it has sold globally to Vision Films (ex UK & Ire).
Beloved Morning TV star, Fern Britton, who regularly brought smiles to viewers across the nation as co-host of This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield, is set to step into the Celebrity Big Brother house. Fern, 66, charmed audiences on the popular ITV show from 1999 up until her departure in 2009, often presenting with Phil.
The BBC has unveiled its biggest drama slate in years featuring a TV version of James Graham play Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes from The Crown producer Left Bank, Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood‘s debut writing project and a Rebecca Hall-starrer from Poor Things maker Element.