Following the December 2017 announcement by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it had decided to not oppose the proposed merger of FOX SPORTS and Foxtel after finding the transaction would not substantially lessen competition, News Corp and Telstra have signed definitive agreements to combine Foxtel and FOX SPORTS Australia, which they say […]
Telecom Italia looks set to pull out of a proposed joint-venture with Canal+, the pay-TV arm of its top shareholder French media group Vivendi, according to a Reuters report. Under the terms of the joint-venture, which had been challenged by Telecom Italia’s independent directors, the phone group would pay for content provided by Canal+. An […]
The BBC’s commercial division is looking at stumping up £500 million (€560m) to take full control of its UKTV joint-venture with Scripps Networks Interactive, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph citing industry insiders. BBC Worldwide would be the acquirer, and the newspaper says the BBC would seek funding from private investors. The move comes about […]
With its parent company Vivendi under regulatory pressure regarding its shareholdings in both Telecom Italia and pay-TV operator Mediaset, Canal + is forming a joint-venture with Telecom Italia focused on rights acquisition and production of films and TV series. The joint venture’s aim is to support Telecom Italia in developing a unique pay-TV offer in […]
NBCUniversal and Snap have joined forces to create a new digital content studio. Based in Santa Monica, California, the joint venture will make made-for-mobile programming to debut primarily on multimedia mobile application Snapchat. The initial focus will be to develop and produce shows, including scripted and other genres, for the platform. NBCUniversal and Snap have equal […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications are launching a joint premium entertainment streaming service in Germany, which they say brings an exciting content offering to the market. They say the initiative defines a new way for media companies to bring their content to fans across all screens and new opportunities for advertisers to reach […]
In a move that links the existing UltraViolet digital content ownership system with Disney’s Movies Anywhere cloud-based digital movie service, five Hollywood studios and four major digital retailers are teaming up for a fresh digital movies initiative. Featuring films from Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios (encompassing Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Twentieth […]
OONA, the company behind the OTT OONA Mobile App that can deliver content and live TV to millions of people in developing countries via 3G and 4G connectivity, has fulfilled a key milestone by signing a partnership with Telkom Indonesia. Both companies share the vision and drive of offering high quality free entertainment to emerging […]
The European Commission has given its go-ahead to Italy’s De Agostini Editore and Viacom International Media Networks Italia for the joint control of DeA Broadcast. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns because DeA Broadcast has negligible actual and foreseen activities within the EEA. Moreover, there are only very limited […]
Aurora Media Worldwide and North One Television have joined forces as host broadcasters of the FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric single-seater racing series. The contract was awarded to a co-venture between both North One and Aurora – who have continued to produce coverage of Formula E since the inaugural race around […]