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US cable giants bounce back
Thursday 04 August 2011
New hit shows and new advertisers are pumping profits at the biggest cable TV companies in the US, the latest earnings figures show.
Zodiak Media snaps up Inbetweeners TV company
Friday 29 July 2011
The independent production company behind hit comedy The Inbetweeners has been snapped up by Zodiak Media Group.
The first time fortunes were made – and lost
Saturday 21 May 2011
In the autumn of 1999, a new internet start-up called Boo.com was launched with the intention of creating a global fashion retailer, selling brand name clothes. The British-based company – founded by Swedes Ernst Malmsten, Kajsa Leander and Patrik Hedelin – spent £83.5m of venture capital in 18 months. Less than a year later, on 18 May, 2000, it was placed into receivership and liquidated.
The only way might be Sony
Monday 02 May 2011
The television arm of Sony, the Japanese electronics giant, is mulling a takeover bid of more than £600m for All3Media, the production company behind The Only Way Is Essex.
Justin Bieber makes TIME's influential list
Thursday 21 April 2011
Justin Bieber has been included on TIME magazine's annual 100 most influential people list.
David Prosser: So, how much is the company really worth?
Friday 18 March 2011
The short answer is as much as a buyer is prepared to pay for it. But whether the £418m that News Corp paid for the television production company represented good value is another question.
The business on...Jack Griffin, Unemployed publishing executive
Saturday 19 February 2011
Unemployed?
As of yesterday, yes. Mr Griffin went to work as chief executive of Time Inc, the publishing business of Time Warner, but came home without a job. He got the chop.
Jackson sets Hobbit filming date
Saturday 16 October 2010
It's time to celebrate again in Middle Earth. Peter Jackson is set to direct The Hobbit, the two-part prequel to the popular Lord Of The Rings trilogy and start shooting in February, Warner Bros said today.
AOL acquires Techcrunch
Wednesday 29 September 2010
AOL has said it agreed to acquire the popular technology blog and network TechCrunch as it tries to remake itself into a web entertainment and news powerhouse.
Stephen Foley: What's the story on the changes at CNN?
Saturday 25 September 2010
US Outlook: So, farewell then, Jonathan Klein, president of CNN. The suits at Time Warner decided it was time to punish him for falling ratings at the news channel, which has lost out to the shock-jockery of rival Fox News and its leftist mirror image, MSNBC.
Shed Media profit increases by 22 per cent
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Shed Media said it overcame a "turbulent" television market in the first half of the year as it reported a 22 per cent rise in adjusted pre-tax profits.
Disney and TWC near deal on rights row
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Disney is closing in on a deal that will wring more money from the US cable giant Time Warner Cable (TWC) for carriage of the Disney television channels.
Shed Media falls to Time Warner for £100m
Friday 06 August 2010
Time Warner has agreed to acquire Shed Media, the UK TV production company behind the Supernanny show, for £100m.
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