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 […]
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight on Sky Sports Box Office for at least another three years after signing a new deal with promoter Matchroom. The new deal will include a minimum of Joshua’s next five fights, starting with his next bout against Russian brawler Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium on September 22nd. The […]
BritBox, the US streaming service from UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has unveiled its next new original series, Dark Heart, a TV adaptation of the popular detective literary series, which will star Tom Riley and (the unrelated) Charlotte Riley. Britbox also announced during its TCA presentation in Beverly Hills, US that the service will […]
India’s fast-expanding all-4K channel, Travelxp has launched on Canada’s TELUS Optik TV system, and with its content in the improved ‘better pixel’ High Dynamic Range (HDR) method. Prashant Chothani, CEO Travelxp, said, “We are delighted to launch Travelxp 4K as the first 4K HDR channel of Canada on the reputed TELUS Optik TV platform. Canada […]