Netflix and The Pokémon Company International have announced that the newest animated movie based on the globally popular Pokémon franchise will exclusively premiere on Netflix around the world (outside of Japan and Korea). The movie will go live on February 27th – also known as Pokémon Day to fans of the franchise, as on that […]
Thomas Conneely, owner of the Dick Whittington in Watford, has been convicted in his absence of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports is only available to licensed premises in the UK via a […]
FOX News Digital delivered a record year in 2019, setting new highs across multiplatform views, average monthly multiplatform unique visitors, multiplatform minutes, and average monthly mobile app unique visitors, according to Comscore. Driving more than 19 billion multiplatform views for the year, up 12 per cent from 2018, Fox News Digital Network saw the largest […]
The BBC’s Arabic News channel is now broadcasting exclusively on Arabsat over the MENA region as well as for European viewers on BADR-4 from 26 degrees East. BBC News Arabic television has signed another long-term agreement with Arabsat to launch exclusively their first Arabic news channel in high resolution to the region, onboard BADR-4. The […]
Ahead of the recent PDC World Darts Championship, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) partnered with Grabyo to deliver an agile content proposition in real-time across its digital channels. With the closure of SnappyTV, PDC needed the ability to capture every twist and turn from the Alexandra Palace oche and distribute it to darts fans globally. […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV has revealed that its network grew by 4 per cent in 2019, with its flagship comedy channel, Dave, ranked number one non-PSB channel for 16-34s. Bumper viewing over the festive period contributed to driving Share of Commercial Impacts (SoCI) to 7.76 per cent for 2019, versus 7.48 per cent for 2018. Following […]
WWE has announced a partnership with Channel 5 to broadcast highlights of its weekly flagship shows Raw and SmackDown on free-to-air television in the UK. Beginning February 2nd, ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 will air a one-hour version of Raw on Sundays mornings, and a version of SmackDown on Saturdays mornings. In addition, NXT UK will air […]
Eurosport has a new Australian home on Fetch, with the partnership between Discovery and Fetch TV being expanded to a market-leading, eight-channel portfolio from February 1st. In Australia, Eurosport is the home to a number of popualr sports including cycling, athletics, winter sports and snooker. Eurosport said the agreement with Fetch TV furthers its goal […]
Discovery has rebranded Home to popular home and lifestyle network HGTV in the UK. The rebrand includes a bespoke brand identity for the UK inspired by British design trends, with a new logo, idents and website. HGTV celebrates the spirit of home; with stories, characters and home transformations that seek to empower fans to design […]
Horse & Country TV (H&C), the international equestrian sports network, has announced the acquisition of US equestrian streaming provider EQ Sports Net (EQSN). Fans of equestrian sports in the US and Canada will now have access to top competition livestreams from home and abroad, as well as exclusive training and educational shows, entertainment and documentary […]