Fremantle Owner RTL Group Posts Losses in COVID Hit Year, But Streaming, Advertising Grows

The BRIT Awards has announced its first performers at this year's ceremony as Dua Lipa and its 2021 Rising Star winner Griff.

Dua Lipa and Griff will perform at this year’s BRIT Awards, organisers have revealed.This year’s awards ceremony will take place on May 11 at The O2 Arena and will be hosted by Jack Whitehall for the fourth year running.Speaking about the news, Dua Lipa said: “I am so excited to be returning to perform for you all at The BRITs this year.

BTS is speaking out against the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

UK box office shrunk 76 per cent in 2020. While many, including chains like Cineworld are planning to reopen their theatres from May 17, there are concerns movie fans won’t return in sufficient numbers.

Ellise Shafer administratorSouth Korean pop group BTS has posted a letter expressing its support for the Stop Asian Hate movement that has arisen as a result of increased frequency in instances of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.“We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones,” reads the statement, which was published both in Korean and English. “We feel grief and anger.

BTS have taken to social media to speak out against anti-Asian racism.On Tuesday (March 30), the K-pop supergroup released a statement on Twitter in support of the ongoing #StopAsianHate movement, condemning the uptick of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. “We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones.

President Joe Biden said that 90% of the U.S. will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine within three weeks, as he also warned of rising cases.

EXCLUSIVE: OUTtv Media Group (OMG) is partnering with Producer Entertainment Group (PEG), to launch OUTtv USA, an SVOD service dedicated to premium LGBTQ+ content. OUTtv marks the first LGBTQ+ Apple TV channel and is now available on the Apple TV app.

Lorenzo De Maio is leaving Endeavor Content to set up his own venture, backed by Fremantle.

The BBC’s license fee should remain in place until 2038 because the UK government is yet to present a viable alternative, and implementing a replacement funding model would be too expensive and disruptive.

Before Bridgerton, before The Crown, there was Sisi. The real-life, 19th-century royal romance between Elizabeth "Sisi" of Bavaria and her husband, Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, was turned into a series of iconic films in the 1950s, starring legendary Austrian actress Romy Schneider as Sisi.

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Griff gave her debut US TV appearance this week with a dramatic performance of recent single ‘Black Hole’ on Late Night With Seth Meyers.You can watch the footage below, which saw the rising star perform with a live band on a stage covered in black water.The track, released in January, is the lead single from Griff’s newly announced debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, which will be released on June 11.Griff described ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ as “a collection of songs I’ve

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, a respected expert on racism, sexism, and public safety, has entered into a multi-year creative partnership and exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.

Jessica McClintock was a fashion designer who owned Gunne Sax, creating popular prom and wedding dresses for a generation of women.McClintock began designing for Gunne Sax in 1969, and by 1970, she had taken over the brand. The dresses she created often drew on elements from a romantically-imagined past, including corset bodices and puffed sleeves, as well as fabrics like lace, brocade, and dotted swiss.

Jessica McClintock was a fashion designer who owned Gunne Sax, creating popular prom and wedding dresses for a generation of women.McClintock began designing for Gunne Sax in 1969, and by 1970, she had taken over the brand. The dresses she created often drew on elements from a romantically-imagined past, including corset bodices and puffed sleeves, as well as fabrics like lace, brocade, and dotted swiss.

RTL Group, Europe's largest commercial TV company and owner of production giant Fremantle (American Idol), on Friday reported a 9.5 percent fall in revenue and a nearly 28 percent drop in profits for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But it was upbeat on what it called a "strong rebound" in TV advertising at the end of the year, and major growth in its streaming business.