The curtain comes down on a memorable rugby season on June 16th, and TNT Sports has continued to engage record numbers of fans through its coverage of Gallagher Premiership Rugby over the past nine months. Average audiences are up 10 per cent versus the 2023/24 season while TNT Sports’ live-to-live scheduling strategy has seen Saturday […]
Multi-channel retailer, High Street TV, has announced that its shopping channel is now available on Freeview and Virgin Media. Home of brands such as nutribullet, Drew&Cole, SmartAir and YAWN Air, High Street TV customers will be able to make purchases 24 hours a day directly through the shopping channels. With three dedicated shopping channels already […]
CSI Sports, the parent company of Fight Sports, a broadcaster of premium combat sports content worldwide, has announced a long term agreement to secure the global rights to broadcast K-1 live events, including in Japan, through the Fight Sports network. The agreement will launch with K-1’s next live event, K-1 Challenge: Fort Worth, taking place […]
Fremantle is partnering with Nacelle to represent their FAST channel – Comedy Dynamics. The partnership will see Fremantle providing key support to scale the Comedy Dynamics Channel. This includes expertise from Fremantle’s Global Sales teams and Channel Marketing, Programming, Data, Partnership and Ad Sales teams, which will provide the best practices for consumer engagement, marketing […]
BBC Studios Kids & Family is developing a new anime-inspired series for 8-12-year-olds – the primary title in its first-look deal with Blink Industries. Children Vs Battle SuperStars [working title] is a 22 x 22′ kids’ martial arts tournament epic set in a fantastical modern-day world. Inspired by the classics of the genre, it explores […]
Sky Kids has commissioned My Friend Maisy, a new 2D animated preschool series, from BBC Studios and Trustbridge Entertainment, based on the bestselling books by Lucy Cousins, which have sold over 46 million copies worldwide. Head writer Matilda Tristram (Peppa Pig), helps bring the series to life, following Maisy and her friends – Tallulah, Eddie, […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced plans to separate the company, in a tax-free transaction, into two publicly traded companies, which it says will enable each to maximise its potential. The Streaming & Studios company will consist of Warner Bros Television, Warner Bros Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO and HBO Max, as well as […]
ITV has announced the launch of its new quiz channel – ITV Quiz – a dedicated destination bringing viewers non-stop brain-teasing entertainment from 9am to 1am every day. At launch, ITV Quiz offers a slate of celebrated programmes and formats such as Tipping Point, Wheel of Fortune, Tenable, Deal or No Deal, Who Wants To Be […]
Science and technology policy research and educational institute the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has suggested that more than a decade after the debate surrounding proposed copyright protection legislation known as SOPA and PIPA, experience from around the world shows that blocking access to piracy websites is an effective way to protect copyright holders […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have extended their agreement that will see Roland-Garros continue to be broadcast on its channels and platforms on a pan-European basis (excluding France) until at least 2030. The new deal, which will extend WBD’s relationship with the FFT to over 40 years, was signed on […]