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Sony Writes Down Value Of Silvergate By $50M After Acquiring ‘Peter Rabbit’ Producer For $195M


EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has taken a £39.7M ($50.5M) hit on Silvergate Media, the Peter Rabbit producer it acquired for $195M in 2019. Sony declared the impairment in accounts for Columb…

Sony declared the impairment in accounts for Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited, the parent company for its operations in the UK, where Silvergate was founded in 2011. Silvergate, rebranded as Sony Pictures Television – Kids in 2022, made the Nickelodeon/BBC animated series Peter Rabbit, reimagining the famous Beatrix Potter character. William Astor, who co-founded Silvergate with Waheed Alli, stepped down as chairman in December, according to the UK’s Companies House.

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