Red Arrow Studios , the production group owned by German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 , took a €46 million ($55M) hit to its revenue in 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic halted production around the world. Red Arrow-owned Kinetic Content landed a big Netflix hit in the shape of Love Is Blind , but it was ultimately an unsettled year for the production empire amid Covid-19. ProSiebenSat.1 shelved plans to sell the company because of the pandemic, while the producer’s CEO James Baker was among a number of senior executive departures. Red Arrow is now overseen by a ProSieben advisory board. According to ProSieben’s full-year earnings, Red Arrow’s total revenue fell 6% from €730M in 2019 to €684M last year. Adjusted EBITDA dropped 12.6% to €42M. Revenue picked up in Q4 last year, when sales hit €235M, compared with €222M in 2019. Related Story BBC Casts 'My Name Is Leon'; Red Arrow Locks-In CPL; ITV Renews 'Finding Alice'; ITV Orders 'Britain's Tiger Kings' -- … [Read more...] about ‘Love Is Blind’ Producer Red Arrow Studios Takes $55M Hit To Revenue During Pandemic
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Crooked Media’s Jason Concepcion Launches Podcast ‘Takeline’ With Ex-WNBA Star Renee Montgomery & Video Series ‘All Caps NBA’
EXCLUSIVE : Jason Concepcion is setting up his first audio and video projects since moving from The Ringer to Crooked Media . The former co-host of the popular Binge Mode podcast is launching two sports-centric projects at the Pod Save America producer. He will host a podcast, Takeline , with former WNBA star Renee Montgomery, and partial owner of the Atlanta Dream WNBA team, and a weekly video series All Caps NBA. Takeline , which launches March 16, will see the pair break down the games, players, and controversies that run both on and off the court. Expect Concepcion and Montgomery’s takes on everything from the NBA to The Bachelor. All Caps NBA, which launches March 19, will invite NBA fans to join a quick moving, snappy discussion for what’s happening in sports, culture, and politics. It will be available on Crooked’s new Takeline YouTube channel. Related Story Tenderfoot TV & Crooked Media Launch Political Podcast 'Gaining Ground: … [Read more...] about Crooked Media’s Jason Concepcion Launches Podcast ‘Takeline’ With Ex-WNBA Star Renee Montgomery & Video Series ‘All Caps NBA’
Alex Pettyfer To Star As London Tough Guy & Actor John Bindon In ‘The Chelsea Cowboy’ — EFM
EXCLUSIVE : Magic Mike and I Am Number Four star Alex Pettyfer is attached to star in The Chelsea Cowboy , based on the colorful life of Brit actor, tough guy and lothario, John Bindon. The project will chart the rise and fall of underworld hard-man turned actor Bindon, who despite a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various socialites, was unable to leave his criminal past behind. Ben Cookson ( Waiting For Anya ) is directing. World sales are being handled by Moviehouse Entertainment which is introducing the title to buyers at this week’s virtual European Film Market. Bindon was frequently in trouble as a youth for getting into fights and spent time in borstal. He was spotted in a London pub by Ken Loach who asked him to star in his film Poor Cow in 1967 and went on to play a violent mobster alongside Mick Jagger in Performance (1970) and a London crime boss in Michael Caine classic Get Carter (1971). Related Story … [Read more...] about Alex Pettyfer To Star As London Tough Guy & Actor John Bindon In ‘The Chelsea Cowboy’ — EFM
Girl in Red’s Supercharged Indie Rock Honesty
Marie Ulven, a.k.a. Girl in Red , stops herself mid-apology — the kind you utter when you think you’re talking too fast or you’re unsure whether the listener gets your drift. “I’m not gonna say sorry,” the 22-year-old musician says firmly, breaking off from a discussion of her new album, If I Could Make It Go Quiet . “I don’t want to be that person who apologizes for everything. I’m not sorry. There you go, Marie. You’re the protagonist.” Even though Ulven is Zooming in from Oslo — with the camera off — her personality crackles across the miles and timezones. Delightfully verbose, snarkily self-deprecating, and “really bad at boundaries” (her words), Ulven has carved out a place for herself in indie rock by appealing to her listeners’ insecurities and yearnings. Her Girl in Red persona — think Billie Eilish’s self-aware bluster, mixed with a healthy splash of early ‘00s college rock — grapples in equal turns with mental health and sometimes unrequited lust. It’s a combination … [Read more...] about Girl in Red’s Supercharged Indie Rock Honesty
LiveXLive Media Names Andy Vick Head Of Programming And EVP, StudioOne
LiveXLive Media, owner of PodcastOne , Slacker Radio , React Presents and Custom Personalization Solutions, has tabbed Andy Vick as head of programming and EVP of StudioOne , LiveXLive’s’s newly-formed content division. StudioOne will focus on developing and distributing new original programming and tentpole events across the LiveXLive platform, including LiveXLive’s OTT linear channel, social media channels, and network. Vick will create and expand digitally native content to drive subscribers, sponsors and new revenue streams across the LiveXLive flywheel – “listen, watch, attend, engage and transaction” – of audio, video, podcast/vodcasts, live-streaming, virtual goods, merchandise and pay-per-views. Podcasts will expand to include video and new scripted shows for the LiveXLive platform, as well as licensing content to Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services. Related Story LiveXLive Media Sets Two-Year Joint Venture With Podcast Producer Audio Up … [Read more...] about LiveXLive Media Names Andy Vick Head Of Programming And EVP, StudioOne