Lots of celebs stepped out out to check out the opening night performance of the Broadway play Take Me Out!
17.03.2022 - 14:11 / deadline.com
A consortium led by Emirates-based technology and investment group e& has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in SVOD and streaming platform Starzplay Arabia.
The group, including e&’s E-Vision and Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ, is taking approximately 57% of the Middle East and North Africa service provider. The consortium will acquire the controlling stake based on a post-money valuation of $420 million, while also investing E-Vision’s existing stake and secondary investments to join the other existing shareholders, including Starz and SEQ Investors. Starz and Lionsgate will maintain commercial agreements for content licensing to the venture. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and certain administrative procedures.
Until 2022, Lionsgate-owned Starz was the lead investor in Starzplay Arabia along with media and technology investment firms including SEQ Investors and Delta Partners.
Jeffrey Hirsch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Starz, said, “We’re proud of what (CEO and co-founder of Starzplay Arabia) Maaz (Sheikh) and the team have built over the past few years, creating one of the pre-eminent SVOD platforms in the Middle East and North Africa. Starzplay Arabia marked our first international initiative at a time when streaming internationally was still nascent. It served as a template for growth that allowed us to rapidly scale the Starzplay brand around the world now in over 60 countries. We’re pleased to continue our productive partnership with E-Vision while adding ADQ to the venture, partners whose local market expertise will help us continue to accelerate the growth of the business together and create enormous value.”
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Lots of celebs stepped out out to check out the opening night performance of the Broadway play Take Me Out!
Loose Women star Stacey Solomon apologised to the rest of the panel when her baby daughter Rose screamed through her appearance on the ITV show. During Wednesday 30 March’s episode of the popular lunchtime programme, Stacey, who recently returned from maternity leave, joined the ladies via video call in a last minute shake-up after another star was unable to appear. However, the 32 year old, who welcomed Rose with fiance Joe Swash last October, was thrilled to step in from her Essex home and quickly got stuck into the hot topics of the day.
Stacey Solomon regularly updates fans on social media as she renovates her dream house, affectionately nicknamed Pickle Cottage.
Coromon is a game that fans of Pokemon have been hoping would hit their nostalgia zones since it was announced many years ago, but just as it was all set to be released, developer Tragsoft has confirmed the Nintendo Switch version will be delayed.Both in the Steam forums and on Twitter, the developer said it didn’t want to have to make the announcement, but wanted to be “as transparent and honest as possible” with fans.The statement reads: “While working on our Nintendo Switch port of Coromon, we ran into some unexpected snags when it comes to online features and cross platform multiplayer.”“We want to make sure that the experience we bring to you all on Switch is going to be the best that it can be, and in order to do this, we have to delay the Switch launch. We’re hopeful that this delay won’t be too terribly long, as we know that you all are very excited to play Coromon on the go and against your friends/other researchers.”The original plan was to have cross-save compatibility between the two versions, so you could play on PC and continue on Switch if you were away from your computer.
It’s undeniable, Andrew Garfield is having a serious moment. Coming off an Oscar nomination for “tick, tick…BOOM!” and his appearance in “Spider-Man: No Way Home”— a part so beloved people are demanding that the actor get to finish out his ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy and or join Sony’s Spiderverse—Garfield feels like he’s bigger than ever these days.
The Los Angeles Police Department says that Chris Rock has declined to file a police report against Will Smith after the “King Richard” actor slapped him on the Oscars stage. While the LAPD left out the names of both Smith and Rock in their statement, they add that if Rock wishes to file a police report at a later date, the department will be available. “LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program.
Stacey Solomon looked gorgeous when she stepped out in one of her new designs on Saturday for her niece's birthday, but she had to quickly make an apology.MORE: Stacey Solomon shares rare video of son Zachary as she reflects on teen pregnancyPosting to her Instagram Stories, the mum-of-four posed for a selfie in one of her brand new In the Style garments - but they weren't supposed to be warn yet.WATCH: Stacey shared a video of her daughter Rose learning to sit upWearing a stunning blue summer dress, she wrote: "Spring summer coming soon…been working for so long on this, I'm excited it's almost here.RELATED: Take a leaf out of Stacey Solomon’s book with this bargain Amazon mopREAD: Stacey Solomon shares new video of baby Rose's milestone moment"I'm sorry" [tagging In the Style founder Adam Frisby] but I've got to go to my sister's for my niece's birthday so I thought this dress was perfect for the occasion." Stacey looking gorgeous in ginghamWe don't blame her, the gingham baby-doll dress suited the ITV star perfectly.She also gave followers a sneak peek of two other gorgeous pieces, which had different summery, floral designs.She wrote: "The first samples of my spring summer collection have just come. I would love to know what you think of the prints.
A leading Nigeria publication have expressed their surprise over the decision to substitute Joe Aribo in their gritty 0-0 draw with Ghana.
EXCLUSIVE: The UCB Theatre is coming back as Mosaic founder Jimmy Miller and former CEO/Owner of The Onion Mike McAvoy have acquired the legendary comedy brand with the financial support from Elysian Park Ventures.
Naman Ramachandran Vendôme Pictures and Pathé are partnering with Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to develop a stage musical adaptation of Oscar nominated and BAFTA-winning film “CODA.”PGA award-winning producers Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi of Vendôme and Jerome Seydoux of Pathé co-produced the film alongside Patrick Wachsberger. Vendôme also co-produced the French film, “La Famille Bélier” on which “CODA” is based.
Star Trek: Discovery.The Georgia politician, who is running for governor of the state this year, made an appearance in the episode as the president of “United Earth”.Abrams appears at the end of the season four finale episode, called ‘Coming Home’.The politician spoke in the episode saying: “United Earth is ready right now to rejoin the Federation, and nothing could make me happier than to say those words.”President of United Earth, @StaceyAbrams #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery pic.twitter.com/0FTTg7DWDz— TrekNews.net (@TrekNewsNet) March 17, 2022Oh, #StarTrekDiscovery, what brilliant casting this was.
French major Canal Plus has finalized an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Netherlands-based broadcaster SPI International.