Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, owner of Arsenal FC, the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Gladiators, has agreed to a deal that will see it acquire Echo Fox’s League of Legends Championship Series slot for $30.25 million (€27.11m), according to ESPN. The deal is pending Riot Games’ approval and comes after the expiration of July […]
WarnerMedia has announced that the new professional wrestling organisation, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), will launch a weekly show in the US on October 2nd. The two-hour broadcast will air on TNT and take place in different cities across the US every Wednesdas, starting in Washington, D.C., at the famed Capital One Arena. There is no […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced that WarnerMedia Asia Pacific has chosen its end-to-end PowerVu content delivery solution to enhance their satellite content delivery system. Synamedia technologies will reduce bandwidth costs, deliver next-generation security capabilities, and prepare the company’s satellite system for future IP delivery innovations. WarnerMedia is leveraging Synamedia’s Virtual Digital Content […]
Disney will nearly double its earnings by 2024, largely on the back of Marvel content on its new Disney+ streaming service, according to a Morgan Stanley report. The investment bank forecasts that Disney can double earnings per share from $6.50 in 2020 to between $11 and $12 in 2024, as it builds its Disney+ streaming […]
With one year to go until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 begins, multichannel programmer Discovery has claimed it will present the most comprehensive digital coverage of a Summer edition of the Olympic Games ever across Europe. Following the success of its first Olympic Games production for Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, where Discovery suggests it […]
Portugal Telecom’s quad-play service Meo has partnered with AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) and Atresmedia Internacional to launch España TV, a package of seven TV Spanish language TV channels. The channels are Antena 3 Internacional (news, current affairs and entertainment); A3Series (Spanish series); A3Cine (recent Spanish movies); The Cocina Channel (gastronomy); Decasa (decoration, beauty, […]
Australian pay-TV platform Foxtel has unveiled The New Foxtel Experience which it says will provide customers with its iQ3 and iQ4 set top boxes a completely redesigned user experience, bringing together the best of TV and on demand, all in one place. As part of the New Experience, Netflix will now be available for the […]
Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 12 per cent in 2018 to reach circa $10 billion, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics, published by Media Partners Asia. Asia Video Content Dynamics tracks investment, production and consumption for TV, film and online video across India, Korea and Southeast […]
The Tour de France is proving a big hit with cycling fans this year with high audience figures reported from EBU Member broadcasters. The 2019 Tour de France is being hailed as one of the most exciting editions since the end of 1980s, with particular excitement during the two Pyrenees stages on July 20th (Tarbes […]
ITV has confirmed that during 2020 there will be two series of Love Island on ITV2. The show is the most watched programme of the year for adults aged 16-34, across any channel, so the news is perhaps somewhat unsurprising. The show has hit new heights in its fifth series this summer, breaking the 6 […]