WWE and multiplay operator Foxtel will extend their partnership into its 19th year with a new agreement to broadcast WWE programming live in Australia, including flagship shows Raw and SmackDown, as well as WWE’s live pay-per-views events. “We are delighted to extend our long-standing partnership with one of the biggest brands in entertainment, and increase […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched mobile streaming app Comedy Central Play in the UK. Virgin TV customers who subscribe to Comedy Central channels will be the first in the UK to have access to long form episodic content on the VoD mobile app. Effective immediately, UK consumers will be able to download the […]
Herring Networks has announced that One America News Network, (OAN) and A Wealth of Entertainment (AWE) have concluded a master distribution agreement with the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance, CCSA, which represents over a hundred video providers across Canada. “Our new agreement for the distribution of OAN and AWE provides CCSA members across the country with […]
Separate special meetings of stockholders of Twenty-First Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company have approved all proposals related to Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The proposals included the adoption by 21st Century Fox stockholders of the merger agreement with Disney and the distribution merger agreement for the spin-off of new ‘Fox’. Disney stockholders […]
BT has reportedly lost the rights to broadcast NBA basketball and UFC after walking away from the bidding contest. “We won’t bid any more than the rights are worth to us,” a spokesperson for BT told the BBC. The move comes just weeks after BT lost the rights to Italian Serie A football. The firm […]
Mexico’s TV Azteca says that the costs of winning exclusive football TV rights mean that providing coverage is fast becoming “less sustainable”, and the broadcaster’s CEO Benjamín Salinas, said he is evaluating whether to continue – or not – with coverage. TV Azteca is Mexico’s second-largest mass-media broadcaster after Televisa. It owns two national networks […]
Nippon Television Network, a commercial broadcaster network and production powerhouse in Japan, has established AX Entertainment, a new eSports subsidiary company that will create its first eSports team AXIZ, a multi-gaming team comprised of professional gamers from various genres. The first competition will be card games where the team will participate in RAGE Shadowverse Pro League, […]
Fans across Europe will be able to watch every minute of the inaugural European Championships on Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2, and the Eurosport Player, also accessible via the integrated app. Taking place between August 2nd and August 12th, fans of athletics, aquatics, cycling, gymnastics, rowing, golf and triathlon will be able to enjoy the sport […]
After a “long process and extensive search”, Amazon Studios has chosen the duo of JD Payne and Patrick McKay to develop a live-action TV series based on The Lord of The Rings. In a statement, Payne & McKay commented: “The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and heart, wisdom and complexity. […]
Gavin Patterson, BT Chief Executive, has described the telco’s first quarter 2018 results as “a good start to the year”, making good progress against its strategy BT reported revenue of £5.715 billion, with underlying revenue down 2 per cent as regulated price reductions in Openreach and declines in its enterprise businesses offset growth in its […]