Filming has begun on the new six-part crime series „Keltenburg“ (working title). The series is being produced on behalf of SWR for ARD and will be filmed until early October in the Black Forest, Alsace......

Even following Banijay’s withdrawal, the US studio Lionsgate remains an attractive takeover target for European media companies. Whilst Banijay CEO François Riahi stated at the end of July that the group would initially focus on......

Following the merger of Banijay and All3Media, Banijay Germany is restructuring its management. The merged company will operate under the name Banijay Germany in future. As part of the reorganisation,......

Following a number of difficult years, Studio Babelsberg AG is once again looking to the future with greater optimism. With the publication of its 2025 annual report, the company has reported an improvement in its financial performance and, for the first time, does not foresee any......

Fremantle is restructuring the leadership of its global fiction business: Katie O’Connell Marsh will take charge of the newly created Global Scripted Hub from August and, as CEO of the unit, will......

The Munich I Regional Court has handed down a judgement in the legal dispute between GEMA and the US AI company Suno that could set a precedent for the cultural and creative industries. The 42……, which specialises in copyright law,.

Amazon is discontinuing its linear Prime TV channel on 1 August 2026. With the end of the 24-hour channel, Prime Video is bringing to a close an experiment that sought to bridge the gap between traditional television and streaming......

The planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance is receiving increasingly high-profile support from the US entertainment industry amid the ongoing antitrust proceedings. Within the space of a few days, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, AMC CEO Adam......

The Seriesly Berlin series festival is expanding its industry programme for 2026 with three new initiatives. The focus will be on European collaboration, creative freedom and new business models centred on creator content. The third edition......

Canal+ has expanded its long-term support for European cinema. The French pay-TV provider and its subsidiary brand, CINÉ+ OCS, are investing at least 980 million euros in French and...... between 2028 and 2032.