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St. Louis to host WWE’s Royal Rumble 2022 PPV

WWE has announced that the next Royal Rumble PPV event will take place from The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on January 29th 2022, marking the largest venue to host the event in its illustrious 30+ year history. “WWE has a rich history in St. Louis and we are excited to bring Royal […]

September 27, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Locast shuts permanently

US TV station streamer Locast has been ordered to close its operations permanently. The service had previously been ordered to suspend all operations, but now a New York federal court has ordered a permanent injunction that bans Locast from operating. The owners of the major broadcast networks in the US – namely ABC, CBS, NBC […]

September 17, 2021

Redbox acquires US distribution rights to Vendetta

Redbox Entertainment, the original content division of Redbox, has acquired US distribution rights to the action-thriller movie Vendetta. Written and directed by Jared Cohn (The Horde), Vendetta features an all-star cast that includes Golden Globe-winning actor Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Clive Standen (Taken), Thomas Jane (The Last Son), Theo Rossi (Army of the Dead), and […]

September 17, 2021

NAB 21 abandoned

The NAB show, scheduled to be held in Las Vegas next month, has been abandoned as a result of the ongoing Covid situation. The organisers had been confident of holding the event, normally on in April, this autumn, but travel restrictions imposed by the US and a reluctance among clients to attend have seen them […]

September 15, 2021

Research: TV, movies take 30% of US entertainment time

Reported time spent watching TV shows and movies in the US in the first half of 2021 rose 4 per cent over last year, as screen-entertainment spending declined by 1 per cent. Viewing hours from January through June 2021 made up nearly one-third (30 per cent) of the time US consumers spent entertaining themselves, according […]

September 15, 2021

Survey: US streaming industry passes tipping point

Findings from streaming platform and device specialist Roku’s annual survey, The Streaming Decade,  indicate that, over the last year, the shift to TV streaming was accelerated by the pandemic with more content – including live programming and new movie releases – moving to TV streaming. The ease-of-use, cost-savings, and content quality of TV streaming was […]

September 13, 2021

HauntTV launches on The Roku Channel in US

International producer, distributor and channel operator, Blue Ant Media has announced that its FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) channel, HauntTV, is now available to stream, free-of-charge, on The Roku Channel, the home of free and premiere entertainment, in the US. This partnership builds on Blue Ant Media’s expansion into the emerging free streaming space and […]

September 13, 2021

Survey: US consumers keen on 5G

Network benchmarking, analysis and testing specialist Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has revealed that AT&T finished first in GWS’s annual OneScore ranking – which tests mobile network performance. As a result, AT&T earned the title of ‘Nation’s Best Network’, while Verizon finished second and T-Mobile placed third. GWS’s OneScore ranking combines controlled, scientific tests of the […]

September 9, 2021

AT&T, OneWeb satellite access for remote US businesses

AT&T has signed a strategic agreement with OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, to harness the capabilities of satellite technology to improve access for AT&T business customers into remote and challenging  geographic locations throughout the US. The new connectivity will complement existing AT&T access technologies. AT&T’s business fibre network enables high-speed connections […]

September 9, 2021

Tubi content deal with BBC Studios

Tubi has agreed a deal with BBC Studios that brings over 400 hours of premium programming to Fox Entertainment’s free US streaming service. Several long-running BBC series are available immediately, including Atlantis, Misfits, Monarch of the Glen, The Musketeers, Primeval, Robin Hood, Sarah & Duck and many more. Additionally, beginning September 15th, Tubi will be […]

September 3, 2021