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WWE’s Money in the Bank sets gate, viewing records

WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that the Money In The Bank 2024 premium live event (PLE) on July 6th – which featured the surprise announcement of legendary superstar John Cena’s retirement in 2025 – became the highest-grossing WWE arena event in Canada in company history. In addition to the record-setting weekend, WrestleMania XL: […]

July 8, 2024By Nik Roseveare

WrestleMania XL “most successful event” in WWE history

WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, has reported that WrestleMania XL, which took place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6th and 7th. became the “most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history”.  Highlights from the PLE include: GATE: WrestleMania XL broke the previous record set by WrestleMania 39 by 78 per cent, with 145,298 in attendance over […]

April 9, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Complete WrestleMania XL content lineup for UK viewers

Ahead of the WWE’s biggest weekend of the year, WrestleMania XL, UK fans have a huge range of content to tune in to in support of the behemoth event, as well as the two night extravaganza itself. WWE’s WrestleMania XL is set to be a monumental event, marking the return of the annual spectacle to […]

April 5, 2024

How to watch WrestleMania XL in UK

WWE’s WrestleMania XL is set to be a monumental event, marking the return of the annual spectacle to Philadelphia after a 25-year hiatus. Held at Lincoln Financial Field over two days – April 6th and 7th – the event will  offer a star-studded line-up, electrifying matches, and unforgettable moments that will define the year ahead […]

March 21, 2024

WWE passes 100m YouTube subs; Prime deal

WWE has surpassed 100 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, becoming one of only 10 channels worldwide to achieve the milestone. The return of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has helped fuel the channel’s subscriber total in recent months, highlighted by the WrestleMania XL Kickoff event in Las Vegas on February 8th which saw over […]

March 11, 2024By Nik Roseveare

XFL merges with USFL

The United Football League (UFL), the spring US football league that will result from the merger of the XFL and USFL, has been unveiled. The 2024 season for the UFL is set to kick off on March 30th. Russ Brandon, former President and CEO of the XFL, will lead the UFL as President and CEO. […]

January 2, 2024

Seven Bucks bolsters exec team

Seven Bucks Productions, the multi-platform production company co-founded by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Dany Garcia, has expanded its executive team with the addition of Scott Landsman and Melissa Fried, as Head of Television and VP of Film Development & Production, respectively. Seven Bucks say the new appointments enable the company “to keep pace with […]

November 21, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WWE Superstars talk binging, video games and more

The WWE Superstars have descended upon London for two night of hard-hitting action at The O2. First up are the Smackdown TV tapings, followed by the entertaniment behemoth’s first Premium Live Event to be held in England in 31 years – Money in the Bank. Advanced-Television spoke with a number of superstars about their TV […]

June 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Sport1 brings XFL to DACH

Sport1 has acquired exclusive platform-neutral rights to the XFL for Germany, Austria and Switzerland from ESPN for the next two years. The XFL Football League will restart on February 18th – one week after the Super Bowl. The rights package includes a total of 43 games – on each of the ten gamedays, two games […]

January 19, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Cineworld facing bankruptcy

The Cineworld Group is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy after failing to significantly pull audiences back in following the pandemic. Cineworld is expected to file a chapter 11 petition in the US and is considering insolvency proceedings in the UK, according to the WSJ. It is the second largest cinema chain in the world, […]

August 19, 2022By Nik Roseveare