Fremantle has completed the acquisition of Asacha Media Group, the private-equity-backed operation that owns eight TV and film production companies across France, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Asacha’s subsidiaries include Death in Paradise producers Red Planet Pictures; Italian scripted groups Picomedia (Beyond the Sea, La Storia) and Stand by Me (Diaries); and France’s Srab Films (Saint Omer, Happening) and Mintee Studios (Cimetiere Indien). On the non-scripted and factual side, Asacha controls France’s Kabo Family (Scènes de Ménages) and Wag (Don’t Pick Up the Phone) and Arrow Media (See no Evil) in the U.K..
The deal sees Fremantle acquire the Asacha from the founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
Headquartered in Paris, Asacha will continue to be run by co-founder and group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac who will report to Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s Group COO and CEO Continental Europe, who spearheaded the acquisition.
Asacha’s subsidiaries include Death in Paradise producers Red Planet Pictures; Italian scripted groups Picomedia (Beyond the Sea, La Storia) and Stand by Me (Diaries); and France’s Srab Films (Saint Omer, Happening) and Mintee Studios (Cimetiere Indien). On the non-scripted and factual side, Asacha controls France’s Kabo Family (Scènes de Ménages) and Wag (Don’t Pick Up the Phone) and Arrow Media (See no Evil) in the U.K..
The deal sees Fremantle acquire the Asacha from the founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
Headquartered in Paris, Asacha will continue to be run by co-founder and group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac who will report to Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s Group COO and CEO Continental Europe, who spearheaded the acquisition.
- 3/25/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fremantle Buys Asacha Media Group In Major European M&a Deal & Has Now Spent More Than $216M In 2024
In the latest major M&a deal to hit Europe, Fremantle has acquired Asacha Media Group, the growing owner of Death in Paradise producer Red Planet, Arrow Media and Italy’s Stand By Me.
Fremantle owner Rtl said the super-indie has spent more than €200M ($216M) on Asacha plus 80% of Singapore’s Beach House Pictures since the start of this year and is now well on track to reach its lofty €3B ($3.2B) revenue target by 2025. Rtl didn’t break down how much Asacha and Beach House cost individually.
Asacha was only founded in 2020 but has since acquired eight labels and rapidly expanded its footprint across Europe.
The deal sees Fremantle acquire the group from Asacha’s founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
Following the acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, Asacha will continue to be run by Co-Founder and Group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac...
Fremantle owner Rtl said the super-indie has spent more than €200M ($216M) on Asacha plus 80% of Singapore’s Beach House Pictures since the start of this year and is now well on track to reach its lofty €3B ($3.2B) revenue target by 2025. Rtl didn’t break down how much Asacha and Beach House cost individually.
Asacha was only founded in 2020 but has since acquired eight labels and rapidly expanded its footprint across Europe.
The deal sees Fremantle acquire the group from Asacha’s founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
Following the acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, Asacha will continue to be run by Co-Founder and Group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac...
- 2/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
How far will you go for a million-dollar prize? Netflix’s Outlast viewers were shocked by Jill Ashock and Amber Asay’s answers to this question. A producer for the reality TV show answered why they weren’t stopped and how rules might change in the future.
[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from Outlast season 1 Episode 7.]
Jill Ashock and Amber Asay attacked other camps on ‘Outlast’
The new game starts with 16 players splitting into four teams. Their goal is to outlast the other teams in the Alaskan wilderness in hopes of winning $1 million. The winner must be on a team. The game has some similarities with Survivor.
Outlast is already dangerous with the low temperatures (usually below 40 degrees) and bears. But players also have to find their food to survive. If someone no longer wants to be in the game, he or she can shoot their flare gun, and production would take them away.
Camp Alpha went down to Ashock,...
[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from Outlast season 1 Episode 7.]
Jill Ashock and Amber Asay attacked other camps on ‘Outlast’
The new game starts with 16 players splitting into four teams. Their goal is to outlast the other teams in the Alaskan wilderness in hopes of winning $1 million. The winner must be on a team. The game has some similarities with Survivor.
Outlast is already dangerous with the low temperatures (usually below 40 degrees) and bears. But players also have to find their food to survive. If someone no longer wants to be in the game, he or she can shoot their flare gun, and production would take them away.
Camp Alpha went down to Ashock,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Nicole Weaver
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Netflix‘s true-crime documentary Don’t Pick Up the Phone follows the story of a mysterious caller impersonating the police to provoke fast-food managers to strip search and assault employees accused of theft. The news surrounding these sick and twisted phone calls inspired fictionalized retellings of the hoax, leaving many viewers just as shocked and appalled.
If you enjoy true crime shows and documentaries, here are some things you’ll want to watch after Don’t Pick Up the Phone:
A shot from Netflix’s Don’t Pick Up the Phone trailer | Netflix via Youtube The 2012 film ‘Compliance’ based on the events
In 2012, Compliance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. Available on Amazon, the movie is largely based on one of the incidents described in Don’t Pick Up the Phone that occurred in Mount Washington, Kentucky, in 2004.
Like the three-part Netflix documentary,...
If you enjoy true crime shows and documentaries, here are some things you’ll want to watch after Don’t Pick Up the Phone:
A shot from Netflix’s Don’t Pick Up the Phone trailer | Netflix via Youtube The 2012 film ‘Compliance’ based on the events
In 2012, Compliance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. Available on Amazon, the movie is largely based on one of the incidents described in Don’t Pick Up the Phone that occurred in Mount Washington, Kentucky, in 2004.
Like the three-part Netflix documentary,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Rose Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 2010, Lawrence “Larry” Ray moved in with his daughter and her friends at Sarah Lawrence College. More than 10 years later, he has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Hulu‘s true crime series Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, which premieres on Thursday, Feb. 9, details “Larry” Ray’s crimes and his victims’ stories.
Hulu’s ‘Stolen Youth’ premieres Feb. 9 | Hulu ‘Stolen Youth’ details Lawrence ‘Larry’ Ray’s sex crimes
Lawrence “Larry” Ray became a household name when The Cut published “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence” in April 2019. Now, Hulu’s series Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence details the victims’ stories.
When Talia told her housemates that her dad was getting out of prison and needed to crash with them in their Sarah Lawrence dorm, they were mostly unfazed. Nine years later, it seems he was the worst thing that ever happened to her and her roommates https://t.
Hulu’s ‘Stolen Youth’ premieres Feb. 9 | Hulu ‘Stolen Youth’ details Lawrence ‘Larry’ Ray’s sex crimes
Lawrence “Larry” Ray became a household name when The Cut published “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence” in April 2019. Now, Hulu’s series Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence details the victims’ stories.
When Talia told her housemates that her dad was getting out of prison and needed to crash with them in their Sarah Lawrence dorm, they were mostly unfazed. Nine years later, it seems he was the worst thing that ever happened to her and her roommates https://t.
- 2/9/2023
- by Lauren Anderson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In a bit of a flex by Prime Video, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan with the release of Season 3 claimed No. 1 on Nielsen’s latest U.S. ranking of streaming originals.
For the week of Dec. 19, Jack Ryan amassed 1.834 billion minutes viewed across 24 total episodes, ending Wednesday‘s (1.80 billion minutes/eight episodes) four-week run in the top spot. Nielsen notes that Jack Ryan’s audience “skewed a bit older with almost two-thirds aged 50+, and 56 percent male.”
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For the week of Dec. 19, Jack Ryan amassed 1.834 billion minutes viewed across 24 total episodes, ending Wednesday‘s (1.80 billion minutes/eight episodes) four-week run in the top spot. Nielsen notes that Jack Ryan’s audience “skewed a bit older with almost two-thirds aged 50+, and 56 percent male.”
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- 1/19/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Netflix’s Harry & Meghan had a strong second week on the streaming TV charts, and Wednesday held onto its top overall ranking. Kindred, meanwhile, cracked the top 10 original series for the week of its premiere on Hulu.
Harry & Meghan amassed 1.69 billion minutes of viewing time in the United States for the week of Dec. 12-18, according to Nielsen. That’s up from 1.27 billion minutes, a gain of 34 percent, from its premiere week (Netflix released three episodes each week).
Wednesday ranked No. 1 overall for the fourth straight week, grabbing 2.16 billion minutes of viewing. That was down 35 percent week to week, but the series has racked up 16.81 billion minutes over its first four weeks, the second highest total of any streaming series since Nielsen began tracking them (behind the 19.5 billion for Stranger Things 4 in May and June).
Netflix’s spy thriller The Recruit finished third among original series, debuting with 925 million minutes of viewing time.
Harry & Meghan amassed 1.69 billion minutes of viewing time in the United States for the week of Dec. 12-18, according to Nielsen. That’s up from 1.27 billion minutes, a gain of 34 percent, from its premiere week (Netflix released three episodes each week).
Wednesday ranked No. 1 overall for the fourth straight week, grabbing 2.16 billion minutes of viewing. That was down 35 percent week to week, but the series has racked up 16.81 billion minutes over its first four weeks, the second highest total of any streaming series since Nielsen began tracking them (behind the 19.5 billion for Stranger Things 4 in May and June).
Netflix’s spy thriller The Recruit finished third among original series, debuting with 925 million minutes of viewing time.
- 1/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harry & Meghan Rises to No. 2 on Nielsen Streaming Top 10, The Recruit and Kindred Make Chart Debuts
Harry & Meghan rose to No. 2 on Nielsen’s latest U.S. ranking of streaming originals, while Wednesday claimed the top spot for a fourth straight week and Manifest came in for a landing.
For the week of Dec. 12, Wednesday amassed 2.16 billion minutes viewed across its eight episodes. The Netflix spooker thus has accumulated 16.8 billion viewing minutes in its first four weeks of availability, the second-highest such total for a streaming program (behind Stranger Things, which with the release of Season 4A generated 19.5 billion minutes between May 23 and June 19, 2022).
More from TVLineHarry & Meghan Hits Nielsen Streaming Chart at No. 3, Wednesday Is Still No.
For the week of Dec. 12, Wednesday amassed 2.16 billion minutes viewed across its eight episodes. The Netflix spooker thus has accumulated 16.8 billion viewing minutes in its first four weeks of availability, the second-highest such total for a streaming program (behind Stranger Things, which with the release of Season 4A generated 19.5 billion minutes between May 23 and June 19, 2022).
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- 1/12/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Tim Burton’s “Wednesday” was the most-watched title on Netflix for the fourth week in a row.
The series was watched for 174 million hours in the Dec. 12-18 viewing window after almost a full month of streaming. This puts it at at a total of 1.2 billion minutes watched since its debut, trailing just behind “Stranger Things” Season 4 (1.35 billion) on Netflix’s chart of the most popular English-language titles of all time, where it landed last week after usurping “Monster — Dahmer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Netflix measures its Most Popular charts based on hours viewed during a title’s first 28 days of availability, meaning “Wednesday” has only three days left before its tally is finalized and will presumably not be able to pass “Stranger Things.”
And after dropping its final three episodes on Dec. 15, “Harry & Meghan” beat its showing from last week, which had already made it Netflix’s biggest documentary debut of all time.
The series was watched for 174 million hours in the Dec. 12-18 viewing window after almost a full month of streaming. This puts it at at a total of 1.2 billion minutes watched since its debut, trailing just behind “Stranger Things” Season 4 (1.35 billion) on Netflix’s chart of the most popular English-language titles of all time, where it landed last week after usurping “Monster — Dahmer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Netflix measures its Most Popular charts based on hours viewed during a title’s first 28 days of availability, meaning “Wednesday” has only three days left before its tally is finalized and will presumably not be able to pass “Stranger Things.”
And after dropping its final three episodes on Dec. 15, “Harry & Meghan” beat its showing from last week, which had already made it Netflix’s biggest documentary debut of all time.
- 12/20/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
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