ProSieben Cancels Sale of ‘Love Is Blind’ Producer Red Arrow Amid Coronavirus Crisis
German broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has determined to maintain its transatlantic manufacturing subsidiary Pink Arrow Studios after figuring out {that a} sale or partial sale of the group was not attainable because of the ongoing coronavirus disaster.
The media large launched a strategic evaluate of the manufacturing and distribution division in September with the purpose of promoting it or forming a partnership with different potential buyers.
A ultimate resolution had been anticipated on the finish of 2019 however the group mentioned in December that it was suspending it till a while within the first quarter of 2020. ProSiebenSat.1 will now maintain on to Pink Arrow for the long run.
“We now have now closed the method for the strategic evaluate of Pink Arrow Studios as numerous choices we have been evaluating are not viable in a coronavirus disaster surroundings,” a ProSiebenSat.1 spokesperson mentioned. “We strongly imagine within the enterprise. It posted a document 2019. ‘Love is Blind’ is the smash hit on Netflix to simply title considered one of our nice lineup. We now have a fantastic workforce. And we’re all in and can stay so.”
Pink Arrow Studios contains 20 manufacturing firms in Europe, the U.S. and Israel that make scripted and unscripted exhibits like Netflix’s new docu-drama “Rise of Empires: Ottoman” and CBS All Entry’ true-crime sequence “Interrogation.”
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Pink Arrow Studios’ total manufacturing enterprise generates some €550 million ($611 million) in annual revenues for ProSiebenSat.1. Analyst valuations had initially put the estimated price ticket for the division at €300 million ($333 million).
All3Media, the U.Okay. firm owned by Discovery and Liberty International, is claimed to have been a number one contender for Pink Arrow Studios. Different firms that had reportedly eyed the unit included AMC, Sony Footage Tv, Banijay and Vivendi.
Pink Arrow Studios’ U.S. firms embody Fabrik Leisure, producer of “Interrogation” and Amazon’s “Bosch,” Karga Seven Footage, maker of “Rise of Empires: Ottoman,” Kinetic Content material and 44 Blue Productions in addition to Endor Productions and Cove Footage within the U.Okay. Its German manufacturing belongings, which weren’t included within the unique gross sales plan, embody Redseven Leisure, maker of ProSieben and Sat.1 exhibits akin to “Germany’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin” and “The Greatest Loser.”
The coronavirus disaster has hit the German and European leisure industries exhausting. At ProSiebenSat.1’s Munich headquarters, staffers have been coping with the pandemic and inspecting attainable house workplace options.
Information of the Pink Arrow Studios resolution adopted the announcement on Friday that ProSiebenSat.1 deputy CEO Conrad Albert was stepping down from his put up on April 30 with mutual consent.
Albert has been on the group for 15 years, initially serving as normal counsel earlier than being appointed to the chief board in 2011. He has been deputy CEO since 2017.
