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TNA partners with StarTimes

TNA Wrestling (formerly IMPACT Wrestling) – a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and a division of Anthem Sports Group – has announced a partnership with entertainment platform StarTimes, bringing exclusive TNA content to more than 30 countries throughout Africa. The agreement further extends TNA’s reach, making the wrestling organisation’s flagship weekly series TNA IMPACT! widely […]

January 16, 2024By Nik Roseveare

New NBCUniversal FAST channels on Roku

NBCUniversal and Roku have launched nine new entertainment and sports channels in the US from NBCUniversal’s TV and streaming portfolio and the NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution library on The Roku Channel. FAST Channels now available include: GolfPass: GolfPass brings together thousands of lessons from the game’s biggest instructors, exclusive series, GOLF Channel news and features, […]

January 16, 2024

Extreme E extends deal with Virgin Media Ireland

Extreme E and Virgin Media Television have agreed an extension to their broadcast deal, which will see the electric off-road racing series remain on the broadcaster for two more years.Extreme E has been brought to Irish audiences by Virgin Media Television since 2021. It has been aired live on VMTV, along with a variety of […]

January 16, 2024

Sunset+Vine to provide BBC coverage of Indoor Bowls

Sports producer Sunset+Vine has commenced production of the BBC’s World Indoor Bowls coverage for the eighth year. The Sunset+Vine Scotland team will produce more than 50 hours of coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, Red Button and iPlayer across four world championship events. The championships, taking place at the legendary Potters Resort in Hopton-on-Sea […]

January 16, 2024

XL8 completes SOC 2, TPN certifications

XL8, a deep-tech startup specialising in AI-powered machine translation technology, has completed both its Systems and Organisation Controls (SOC 2) Type 1 and Trusted Partner Network (TPN) certifications. XL8’s SOC audit and certification, conducted by Sensiba, confirms the Company’s internal controls and processes effectively safeguard its customers’ sensitive information and data. SOC 2 security principles […]

January 16, 2024

Giannis: The Marvelous Journey on Prime Video in Feb

Prime Video has announced the upcoming release of Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, a feature-length documentary that chronicles the odyssey of NBA mega-star Giannis Antetokounmpo from an impoverished childhood in Greece as the son of Nigerian immigrants to the very top of the basketball world. The documentary will premiere February 19th exclusively on Prime Video in more […]

January 16, 2024

Mr Bates vs the Post Office biggest new ITV drama in 10+ years

Mr Bates vs the Post Office is ITV’s biggest new drama in over a decade, even beating the launch of Downton Abbey in 2010. The ITV Studios and Little Gem series has now averaged 9.8 million viewers across its four episodes, including seven day viewing across all devices plus pre-TX viewing. Including post-seven day viewing, […]

January 15, 2024

Olympic Channel for France Télévisions

As official TV host to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France Télévisions is aiming to give higher visibility to its digital platform france.tv. On May 8th, the day when the Olympic Torch is set to arrive in Marseille, the French PSB group will launch The Olympic Channel. While linear channels France 2 and France 3 […]

January 15, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Germany: NHK World-Japan on waipu.tv

NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany with the launch on waipu.tv. The streaming TV provider is offering the 24-hour service on its platform from January 15th. NHK World-Japan is available for all waipu.tv subscribers. The channel marks the first Japanese service on the […]

January 15, 2024

Shtisel on Prime Video US

yes Studios has announced that Shtisel, the multi-award-winning drama that helped launch the international careers of Shira Haas and Michael Aloni, is being made available on Prime Video in the US. The deal is for all three seasons (33 x 45’), with season one debuting on the platform on January 16th. This news comes on […]

January 15, 2024