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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the £31 billion ($44B) merger between Liberty Global-Owned Virgin Media and telecoms giant Telefonica's British mobile company O2. Following regulatory clearance, Virgin Media and O2 will complete their transaction on June 1. Virgin Media CEO Lutz Schüler…

Wild Bunch International, an independent subsidiary of European film, TV and media group Wild Bunch, has made four internal promotions just as the virtual AFM gets into gear. The sales company, which was formed as part of a reorganization last year, remains under the management of Eva Diederix. WBI has notably named…

Netflix has begun production on O2, a French survival thriller to be directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Melanie Laurent. Getaway Films’ Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua and Noëmie Devide are producing the Black List script by Christie LeBlanc. The film will be released on Netflix in mid-2021. Mathieu Amalric and…

Virgin Media, the UK cable operator owned by John Malone’s Liberty Global, has agreed a major merger with telecoms giant Telefonica’s British mobile company O2 in a deal worth £24B ($29.57B). The two companies will form a 50:50 joint venture, which Liberty Global and Telefonica hopes will become an internet and mobile…

EXCLUSIVE: Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) is attached to star in contained Black List thriller O2, which has Franck Khalfoun (Amityville: The Awakening) directing and Wild Bunch International aboard for sales. Vincent Maraval’s Paris-based outfit will begin discussing the fun genre project with buyers next week at the EFM…