The Producers Guild of America hosted its annual East Coast celebration of the PGA nominees on Tuesday evening (2/20) at Manhatta in New York City. The producing team for Beckham (season 1) was presented with the award for Outstanding Sports Program and the producing team for Sesame Street (season 53) received the award for Outstanding Children’s Program.
The East Coast celebration marked the first in a week’s worth of bicoastal events culminating with the PGA Awards on February 25.
In attendance at the East Coast ceremony were producing team members from nominated productions and PGA guests including Shawn Levy (All the Light We Cannot See), Kimberley Ferdinando (The Disappearance of Shere Hite), Shoshana Guy (The 1619 Project), Dara Schnapper (Succession S4), and David Hinojosa (Past Lives).
The award for Outstanding Short Form Program and the PGA Innovation Award will be announced at the West Coast celebration at Members Restaurant in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 22. The remaining Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced at the annual award show on Sunday, February 25, at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.
Ubisoft shares jump following reports of Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout
Shares of Ubisoft jumped more than 30% Friday, following reports that Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering a buyout of the video game maker.
Bloomberg news reported that Tencent and Guillemot family — minority stakeholders in Ubisoft — have been discussing ways to stabilize the company after it lost more than half its market value this year. Shares surged 33.5% to about $15.57 Friday, according to FactSet.
Ubisoft declined to comment. Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
France-based Ubisoft is the publisher behind the well-known franchise "Assassin's Creed." Ubisoft's shares fell last month to their lowest point in more than a decade after its latest title "Star Wars Outlaws" underperformed and the company announced that it would delay the latest "Assassin's Creed" game.
Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's CEO, said in a statement last week that the company's "second quarter performance fell short of our expectations."
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