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Channel 5’s $25.6M Content Write-Down Dents Profit, As ViacomCBS Network Forecasts Covid Gloom

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Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Channel 5’s profit has dropped more than 30% after ViacomCBS’s restructure of its UK channel brands resulted in a £19.8M ($25.6M) programming write-down.The British broadcaster’s operating profit fell to £27.4M in the 15 months to the end of December last year, compared with £39.9M in 2018, according to its annual earnings report.

ViacomCBS extended Channel 5’s financial year after the CBS merger last year.Channel 5 said the drop in earnings could largely be blamed on the content write-down, which followed Ben Frow reviewing ViacomCBS’s UK slate after he took control of the company’s channel brands, including Channel 5, Comedy Central, and MTV.

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