Netflix is more than $20 billion (€16.9bn) in the red and ‘bleeding cash’ according to a report in The LA Times. The streaming giant has more than doubled its spending this year and is expected to invest more than $6 billion on its slate of programming in 2017. Its negative free cash-flow of $258 million […]
Sky Sports Box Office is to screen the hugely-anticipated fight between undefeated former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather and current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The event sees the two worlds of professional boxing and UFC colliding at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th, and will be available to Sky customers on Sky Sports […]
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has announced that UKTV’s Dave and Home have launched on the platform effective immediately. Dave is available on channel number 157, with Home on channel number 166. Dave is one of the UK’s most-watched non-PSB channels and hosts a mix of comedy and reality shows, including new and […]
According to Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav, the proposal among the IOC and the Bid Committee for Los Angeles, to declare the city’s candidature to host Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028, together with Paris’s candidacy for 2024, creates a win-win-win scenario for the cities, for fans across the globe and for the Olympic […]
Suggesting that the combination will accelerate growth across linear, digital and short-form platforms around the world and create a global leader in real life entertainment, Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive, have signed a definitive agreement for Discovery to acquire Scripps in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $14.6 billion (€12.44bn) or $90 per share, based on Discovery’s July 21st closing price. The purchase price […]
Amazon has revealed plans to increase investment in video content for its Prime Video service during Q3, despite reporting a year-on-decline in net income during Q2. Speaking on the company’sQ2 earnings call, CFOBrian Olsavsky said that Amazon would continue to build on its momentum in the video space, after it took a “significant step up” […]
BBC Worldwide has agreed a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon Prime Video, giving its subscribers in the UK and Ireland access to a raft of popular children’s TV series from CBeebies and CBBC. The deal marks BBC Worldwide’s first children’s package on Amazon Prime Video in the territory. Content covered by the non-exclusive agreement includes […]
Discovery Communications and the Olympic Channel have unveiled a new partnership to engage a new, younger and wider audience in Europe with the Olympic Movement, bringing to life the inspiring human stories of ambition, sacrifice and achievement all year round across more screens. The agreement covers 50 markets in Europe and will advance the shared […]
The first episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones has continued its unprecedented run by recording the biggest consolidated audience for a programme ever on Sky with 4.7 million. The episode. entitled Dragonstone, almost doubled its audience in the week after it launched, adding an additional 1.85 million to the original 2.8 million […]
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 […]