Sky and the NFL have agreed a new five-year deal to broadcast the NFL, and for the first time ever the US league will partner with an international broadcaster to launch a channel entirely dedicated to the sport. The agreement marks the 25th anniversary of live NFL coverage on Sky Sports and will see the […]
Legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese has signed a multi-year agreement with Apple to create exclusive film and TV projects for the Apple TV+ streaming service. The deal with Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions will include the recently acquired Killers Of The Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Nir, according to Deadline. Last year, Scorsese directed […]
Formula 1 has announced that AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE) has extended its TV rights agreement to exclusively show the full FIA Formula 1 World Championship until 2023 in Czech Republic and Slovakia. The extended three-year agreement will see Sport1 and Sport2 show the drama unfold across each race weekend, […]
SPI/FilmBox continues to expand its reach in Bulgaria through a new channel distribution agreement with Bulgarian telecommunications operator NetWorx. The agreement will give subscribers of NetWorx access to SPI’s 4K/UHD lifestyle channel, FunBox UHD, which features hundreds of hours of UHD content including concerts, entertainment, and documentaries on culture, travel, lifestyle, art, music and more. […]
Sky has announced the commission of a comic horror Sky original drama, The Baby, from screenwriter Siân Robins-Grace (Kaos, Sex Education). The Sky and HBO co-production is co-created by Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer (credits as Production Manager include Gangs of London, Liar) and produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures. The Baby ,which will air on Sky Atlantic […]
Celebrated Italian director Luca Guadagnino brings his unique cinematic style to television for the first time in We Are Who We Are, an eight-part limited series which has been acquired for BBC Three from Fremantle. An HBO-SKY series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, and by Mario Gianani for Wildside, both Fremantle Companies, with […]
ESPN’s live coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco finished as the most-viewed edition of the event on cable since 2010, with younger viewers helping drive increases in several demographics. The final round coverage on August 9th averaged 1,965,000 viewers, up 60 per cent over TNT’s final-round telecast from 2019 […]
From Season 7, which starts in January 2021, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will become the only major international motorsport on free-to-air television in Germany, with ProSiebenSat.1 airing all races live as part of new long-term partnership. The ‘ran’-racing-crew of Sat.1 will be on the ground at races bringing fans all the latest […]
Peacock, the NBCUniversal-owned US streaming platform, has announced a new weekly topical late-night series anchored by Amber Ruffin and Larry Wilmore. Each week The Amber Ruffin Show will showcase Ruffin’s smart take on the week’s news. Peacock has ordered nine half-hour episodes of the show which is set to launch in September. “Having a late-night […]
Fight Network, the 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will present its first ever live boxing event on August 12th. The MTK Fight Night show will air live on Fight Network UK – Sky Channel 192 – and feature some of Britain and Ireland’s best and most explosive boxing stars. The […]