Hollywood Reporter: Sony Pictures First Quarter Profit Up 76 Percent to $129 Million

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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s operating income for the first quarter ended June 30, 2025 was up 76 percent to $129 million from $73 million in dollar terms for the comparable period a year before, with Q1 sales up 4 percent to $2.263 billion from $2.166 billion.

Hollywood Reporter: Sony Pictures, Tubi Ink New Film, TV Licensing Deal in Canada

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Fox’s Tubi and Sony Pictures Entertainment in Canada have struck terms on a new film and TV content licensing agreement.

Variety: Sanford Panitch to Remain Sony Pictures President, Studio Announces Key Promotions as Josh Greenstein Departs

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Sanford Panitch will remain as president of Sony‘s Motion Picture Group.

Variety: Sony Takes Strategic Stake in Bandai Namco With $464 Million Deal

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Sony Group Corporation has inked a strategic business alliance with anime and gaming powerhouse Bandai Namco Holdings Inc., with the electronics and entertainment conglomerate also acquiring a 2.5% stake in the company for approximately JPY68 billion ($464 million).

Deadline: Touching Down In Sun Valley, Can Moguls Find Answers To Media’s Pressing Questions Amid The Ponderosa Pines?

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At Sun Valley 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav predicted a surge of media M&A and said he didn’t care who became president as long as deals got done.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Hollywood Reporter: Silicon Valley Stalks the Cineplex

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Even in Hollywood, there are likely few people who know what separates a major studio from the rest.

Variety: ‘28 Years Later’ Leads New Sony Deal as Spain’s Movistar Plus+ Renews Pact for Films and AXN Channels

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Movistar Plus+ and Sony Pictures Entertainment have renewed their long-standing partnership, securing continued access for Spanish audiences to Sony’s theatrical films and television content, including exclusivity in the Pay 1 window.

Deadline: Sony Pictures Hires Ross Klein As SVP Domestic Sales

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Distribution vet Ross Klein has joined Sony Pictures as SVP of Domestic Sales.

Advanced Television: A1 Group, SPI International SE Europe partnership

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A1 Group and SPI International have announced a strategic, long-term partnership designed to enhance how content is delivered, distributed, and experienced across Southeast Europe.

Variety: Banijay Locks Indonesia Deals as Southeast Asia Expansion Accelerates, CEO Reveals at APOS

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Banijay Asia is doubling down on Southeast Asia expansion with new deals locked in Indonesia and the enhancement of a reality show that will send contestants to space, founder and Group CEO Deepak Dhar revealed at the APOS conference.

Deadline: ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Streaming Deals Are “Completely Separate” To Syndicated Pacts, Says Sony Pictures TV Boss

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Sony Pictures Television raised a few eyebrows earlier this month when it unveiled a trio of streaming deals for Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune right as it was in the middle of litigation with CBS over the rights to the shows.

Advanced Television; India: Prime Volleyball League S4 on Sony Sports Network

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The Prime Volleyball League (PVL) is set to return for its fourth edition in October.

Variety: Las Vegas Studio Proposal Backed by Sony and Warner Bros. Dies in Nevada Legislature

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A proposal to build a movie studio in Las Vegas died in the Nevada Legislature on Monday night, as lawmakers refused to grant a $95 million annual subsidy.

Hollywood Reporter: ‘Jeopardy!,’ ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Set Streaming Deals at Hulu and Peacock

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Two pillars of broadcast syndication are coming to the streaming realm.

Advanced Television: beIN extends Sony content deal in MENA, Turkey

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beIN Media Group has extended its longstanding content agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), securing exclusive multi-year rights to a portfolio of TV series and movies which will come to beIN’s audiences across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Turkey, following their theatrical window.

Deadline: CBS Gains ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Distribution Rights At Least Until Legal Battle With Sony Is Over

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Sony and CBS spun the wheel one more time this month over who controls Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, and the still Shari Redstone-owned company hit the game show jackpot.

Advanced Television: Extreme H signs Sony Pictures Networks India deal

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Extreme H, the hydrogen-powered off-road racing series, has announced a television and digital broadcast partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.

Variety: Sony Pictures Animation Promotes Damien de Froberville to President

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Damien de Froberville has been promoted to president of Sony Pictures Animation.

Hollywood Reporter: Sony Pictures Entertainment Full-Year Profit Slips 4 Percent to $774 Million

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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s operating income for the full fiscal year ended March 31 fell 4% to $774 million from $808 million in dollar terms for the comparable period a year before, with FY sales dipping 4 % to $9.899 billion from $10.315 billion.

Deadline: Tom Rothman Reups As Sony Pictures Motion Group Chairman & CEO In Multiyear Contract

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It’s official: Tom Rothman has signed a multiyear extension of his contract as chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group.