Animated shows including Ben 10, Adventure Time and Scooby-Doo have found a new home in Australia, with the launch of Cartoon Network and Boomerang on Fetch TV. Turner’s two global flagship children channels are available effective immediately on the IPTV service. “Fetch families are going to love this news!” said Robi Stanton, General Manager of […]
XFC (Xtreme Fighting Championship), a multi-national mixed martial arts (MMA) sports franchise, and CBS Sports Network have signed an agreement to televise championship MMA events in the US and Canada. The first event to air under the new partnership is scheduled for March 2017. “The partnership with CBS Sports Network further increases our visibility,” said […]
Multi-channel broadcaster Discovery is ramping up its public relations campaign in support of its retransmission dispute with Sky, which has seen Discovery threaten to axe its 12 channels from Sky and NOW TV after January 31st, by reporting widespread public and celebrity support. According to Discovery, the Internet has been set alight by a social […]
It’s like the 70s all over again, suddenly the world is all about brinkmanship. President Trump seems keen to confront all except President Putin, his only serious rival for biggest ego on the planet. But they’ll fall out and the planets will collide; hopefully in a hissy twitter spat rather than a shooting war. Talking […]
Sky’s results could be a worry to Rupert and James Murdoch. Despite the operating profit tumbling 9 per cent for the half-year to December 31st (blamed mostly on the cost of acquiring Premier League football), the market took the view that its 6 per cent organic growth was – in the main – good news. […]
Negotiations between Discovery and Sky over a new carriage deal have reached an impasse, according to Discovery, who claim that Sky is refusing to pay a fair price for Discovery’s portfolio of channels, forcing it to go public in what it describes as an “historic move”, suggesting that its “much-loved” channels and programmes could disappear […]
Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to show competitive England matches in the brand-new UEFA Nations League, as part of a new deal for European national team football including qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2020 and FIFA World Cup 2022. The agreement offers up to 900 live matches between 2018 and 2022. Sky Sports […]
Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that UK ISPs were set to issue letters to UK Internet users regarding the use of their broadband connection ‘to share copyrighted material’, the government-backed ‘Get It Right From A Genuine Site’ campaign has added further details of the scheme’s operation to the get-it-right.org website to which ‘infringers’ are directed via the […]
TVN Group has expands on its long-lasting relationship with Warner Bros International Television Distribution, by signing a new multi-year licensing deal. TVN Group holds exclusive basic-pay and free TV rights to blockbuster cinema productions, such as The Lego Movie, Godzilla, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]
Starz Play Arabia has signed a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros International Television Distribution that will enable the streaming service to offer more premium content from the Hollywood studio. Starz Play will now have access to hit superhero TV shows such as The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl, as well as the mysterious crime drama Blindspot. […]