CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

By Andy Fry German PayTV platform Sky Deutschland is dropping Disney-based documentary channels National Geographic (NatGeo) and NatGeo Wild from its platform in January 2023, according to reports in German publication DWDL. The move has been interpreted as a desire by Sky Deutschland to thin out its existing channel line-up and focus more effort on its own channels, but it is also likely to be linked to Disney+’s ambitions in German-speaking markets. The streaming platform has been available via Sky Deutschland’s services for the last two years. Sky Deutschland VP...

By Andy Fry Paramount is the latest US media group to start laying off staff. After a steady stream of restructuring news from Warner Bros Discovery, Walt Disney and AMC Networks, Paramount has started shedding employees in business affairs, legal, casting and production. Flagship TV Studios CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios will both see cuts and the Paramount+ scripted originals team has been folded into the latter. As yet there is no news on whether the volume of Paramount+ orders will be affected. In a memo to staff, CBS...

By Richard Middleton Amazon Studios has restructured operations at MGM, with Jennifer Salke taking overall control of The Handmaid’s Tale studio and new roles for Rola Bauer and Lindsay Sloane. MGM’s Bauer, who had been president of international TV, becomes head of pan English scripted SVOD TV, and Sloane – previously SVP of scripted TV – becoming head of MGM US scripted TV. The duo report into Amazon Studios head of TV, Vernon Sanders, who in turn reports to Salke. Sanders, who has been behind the rejig, is also moving...