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Christian Fuchs opening eSports arena in New York

Leicester City’s Premier League winning footballer Christian Fuchs has revealed he is opening an eSports arena in New York City. Speaking at the SportsPro Live event at The O2 in London, Fuchs said he has already secured 36 acres of land for the project which will comprise of an eSports staidum and a hotel – […]

April 30, 2019Nik Roseveare @ Sportspro Live

Samsung debuts ‘portrait’ TV as it misses forecast

Samsung has unveiled a TV that switches from a landscape orientation to a vertical portrait  so that it can easily display smartphone content. The 43in set is called Sero and comes with an integrated easel-like stand on which the screen pivots. Sero will come with a microphone and Samsung’s virtual assistant Bixby built in. It […]

April 30, 2019

BBC Click’s 1000th episode will be fully interactive

Technology news programme BBC Click’s 1,000th show will be the BBC’s first full-length, interactive programme, letting viewers to choose how they want to watch it. Working with new tools created by BBC Research & Development, the programme will enable viewers to interact with the show, skipping ahead to the sections they’re really interested in, or […]

April 30, 2019

Discovery UK draws record audience in Q1

Discovery UK has delivered its strongest ever quarter in Q1 2019, growing its audience (aged 16+) by 14 per cent year-on-year to 3.13 per cent (including the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive). This was closely followed by the portfolio’s strongest Easter performance with adult share up 8 per cent year-on-year to nearly 4 per cent. Quest […]

April 29, 2019

Taylor Swift comeback breaks YouTube records

US pop singer Taylor Swift released her comeback single, ME!,  on YouTube on April 26th, with the video attracting over 65 million views in just 24 hours. YouTube revealed that it was the highest female and solo 24-hour debut for any music video in its history.  Swift’s 65.2 million views bested Ariana Grande’s previous record […]

April 29, 2019By Nik Roseveare

ONE Championship opens production studio

ONE Championship, the Asian mixed martial arts media property, has launched ONE Studios, its TV and film production division. ONE Studios is set to deliver television programmes and feature films starring ONE athletes. Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship, commented: “Today I am thrilled to announce the launch of ONE Studios, the movie […]

April 29, 2019

NENT Group to show W Series motor racing

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive Nordic media rights to W Series, the world’s first all women motor racing championship. Every race from the 2019 W Series season will be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and Viasat pay-TV channels, with selected races broadcast on NENT Group’s free-TV channels. Kim […]

April 29, 2019

Lagardère Studios, Wattpad content partnership

Lagardère Studios and Wattpad, the global multiplatform company for original stories, have announced a French-language partnership to bring Wattpad stories to screens. Lagardère Studios will gain exclusive first-look rights for all French-language content uploaded to the platform to produce projects for TV, film, and digital adaptations. Projects for the partnership will be selected by combining […]

April 29, 2019

Global Sky News ‘possible’

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said in an earnings call that it is exploring the possibility of “launching a global NBC-Sky news channel later this year.” He said Comcast was moving ahead to combine key NBCUniversal and Sky assets, including some European TV channels and global content distribution businesses as well as to collaborate more closely […]

April 26, 2019

beIN calls for UK government beoutQ action

With April 26th marking World Intellectual Property Day, Yousef Al-Obaidly, chief executive of beIN Media Group, has taken the opportunity to call on the UK government to intervene in the illegal broadcasting dispute involving Saudi Arabia-based beoutQ. Writing in London freesheet City A.M., Al-Obaidly suggests the gathering storm of state-backed piracy is high on the […]

April 26, 2019By Colin Mann