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Discovery welcomes LA Olympic bid proposal

According to Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav, the proposal among the IOC and the Bid Committee for Los Angeles, to declare the city’s candidature to host Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028, together with Paris’s candidacy for 2024, creates a win-win-win scenario for the cities, for fans across the globe and for the Olympic […]

August 1, 2017By Colin Mann

Sony road to recovery?

Sony has posted a quarterly profit at the top of analyst estimates on demand for smartphone camera chips, good music business and PlayStation 4 consoles and games. Operating profit was 157.6 billion yen (€1.18billion) in the first quarter ended June. Sales rose 15 per cent to 1.86 trillion yen, topping predictions. After a year that included […]

August 1, 2017

Nigeria inaugurates anti-piracy committee

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated the Anti-Piracy Committee, charged with tackling the piracy of creative works in the country. The inauguration followed last week’s visit to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, by the Minister to solicit the support of the Police in the fight against piracy. Members […]

August 1, 2017By Colin Mann

Discovery to acquire Scripps for $14.6bn

Suggesting that the combination will accelerate growth across linear, digital and short-form platforms around the world and create a global leader in real life entertainment, Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive, have signed a definitive agreement for Discovery to acquire Scripps in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $14.6 billion (€12.44bn) or $90 per share, based on Discovery’s July 21st closing price. The purchase price […]

July 31, 2017

Amazon to increase content-spend in Q3

Amazon has revealed plans to increase investment in video content for its Prime Video service during Q3, despite reporting a year-on-decline in net income during Q2. Speaking on the company’sQ2 earnings call, CFOBrian Olsavsky said that Amazon would continue to build on its momentum in the video space, after it took a “significant step up” […]

July 31, 2017

BBC children’s content for Amazon

BBC Worldwide has agreed a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon Prime Video, giving its subscribers in the UK and Ireland access to a raft of popular children’s TV series from CBeebies and CBBC. The deal marks BBC Worldwide’s first children’s package on Amazon Prime Video in the territory. Content covered by the non-exclusive agreement includes […]

July 31, 2017

Tivùsat boosts kids channels in Italy

Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has boosted the offer of kids TV channels, with the addition of Super!. Now available on channel position 47, Super! joins Rai YoYo and Rai Gulp (both produced by public broadcaster RAI and available both in SD and HD), Boing and Cartoonito (both operated jointly by Mediaset and Turner). Super! was […]

July 28, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Discovery, Olympic partnership seeks younger audience engagement

Discovery Communications and the Olympic Channel have unveiled a new partnership to engage a new, younger and wider audience in Europe with the Olympic Movement, bringing to life the inspiring human stories of ambition, sacrifice and achievement all year round across more screens. The agreement covers 50 markets in Europe and will advance the shared […]

July 28, 2017

Switzerland: Bundesliga kicks off on MySports

The new season of the 2nd division Bundesliga (“2. Bundesliga”) kicks off this weekend. Thanks to a deal with Sky, customers of UPC in Switzerland and the 15 distribution partners can watch all 306 matches in the 2. Bundesliga and, from August 18th, 266 Bundesliga matches, including multi-game broadcasts, pre-match reports and analyses. MySports can […]

July 28, 2017

Game of Thrones sets Sky audience record

The first episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones has continued its unprecedented run by recording the biggest consolidated audience for a programme ever on Sky with 4.7 million. The episode. entitled Dragonstone, almost doubled its audience in the week after it launched, adding an additional 1.85 million to the original 2.8 million […]

July 27, 2017By Nik Roseveare