DFI Retail Group posts 38.9% rise in H1 underlying profit

DFI Retail Group posts 38.9% rise in H1 underlying profit

[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Supermarket and retail store operator DFI Retail Group’s underlying profit rose 38.9 per cent to US$105 million for the first half ended Jun 30, from US$75.6 million in the same period the year before. This comes even as half-year revenue inched down to US$4.39 billion from US$4.4 billion in the previous corresponding period.…

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Taylor Swift Documentary Series Coming To Channel 4

Taylor Swift Documentary Series Coming To Channel 4

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: A Taylor Swift documentary series is officially coming to Channel 4. The network will explore the “global phenomenon” of the world’s highest-grossing music performer via the two-parter, it said, confirming reports from several months back. Taylor [working title] will dig deep across the musician’s 20-year career, a period that has seen her transcend…

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Venice Documentary ‘My Father And Qaddafi’ Sets Sales & Distribution With MAD Solutions

Venice Documentary ‘My Father And Qaddafi’ Sets Sales & Distribution With MAD Solutions

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Cairo-based company MAD Solutions has acquired all rights to U.S. filmmaker Jihan K’s personal documentary My Father and Qaddafi ahead its world premiere Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival. Under the acquisition, the company’s MAD Distribution arm will distribute the film in all Arab-speaking territories, while sales arm MAD World will…

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Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull’s Beyond The Pixels Developing ‘Astro Burn’ Game As TV Series & Readies Season 2 Of YouTube Chat Show

Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull’s Beyond The Pixels Developing ‘Astro Burn’ Game As TV Series & Readies Season 2 Of YouTube Chat Show

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: British director Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull is adapting the first game from his new transmedia company into a TV series, and working on a second season of his YouTube chat show. Dulull, who is also a screenwriter and games developer, told Deadline that he is in talks with partners about an animated TV adaptation…

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BBC Studios Names New CFO After Record Results; Archstone Sinister Chatbot Horror; ‘Inferno: LA on Fire’ Producer Hires Execs; Pluto Crime Series – Global Briefs

BBC Studios Names New CFO After Record Results; Archstone Sinister Chatbot Horror; ‘Inferno: LA on Fire’ Producer Hires Execs; Pluto Crime Series – Global Briefs

[ad_1] BBC Studios Names New CFO After Record Results Following a set of record annual results, BBC Studios has named its next CFO as Lorraine Burgess departs. Amanda Jones, who had been doing the role on an interim basis, is taking the gig on permanently and becomes a Director of BBC Commercial, which incorporates BBC…

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