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MásMóvil launches Agile TV Premium

MásMóvil, Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, has launched Agile TV Premium with an offer of 11 TV channels to its subscribers. The channels are: FOX, FOX Life, AXN, AXN White, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Discovery, Baby TV and Viajar. The service, so far available to MásMóvil-owned low cost Yoigo, also […]

May 26, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Australia: APL signs Paramount+, Network 10 deal

ViacomCBS’s Network 10 has signed a five-year deal with the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) to broadcast A-League and W-League football across its free-to-air channels in Australia and New Zealand, as well as on streaming service Paramount+ which launches in the region on August 11th. At least one A-League game each week will go out free-to-air, […]

May 26, 2021

FOX News International expands into Asia

FOX News International, FOX News Media’s international streaming service, is expanding into Asia. From May 27th, the platform will be available in a total of 37 countries worldwide with additional distribution throughout Japan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Maldives. The service also debuted in Turkey in March. Featuring live streams of FOX News […]

May 26, 2021

The Walking Dead coming to Star on Disney+

Disney has confirmed that all 10 seasons of The Walking Dead will be available on Star via Disney+ from July 2nd in the UK. All 153 episodes will be available to stream, all in one place. Viewers can experience every iconic moment, ahead of the season 11 premiere this August; the final season of the […]

May 20, 2021By Nik Roseveare

FOX Weather announces leadership team

FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s new AVOD streaming weather service launching in 3Q 2021, has named six executives to the platform’s leadership team, announced Sharri Berg, its president. Building upon FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Television Stations’ expansive resources, FOX Weather will leverage a team of more than 75 meteorologists across FOX owned & […]

May 20, 2021

FOX shuts UK channel

The UK and Ireland are the latest markets where the FOX Channel will soon cease broadcasting. Following Disney’s acquisition of FOX, the channel will close next month after 17 years in the UK, and no longer air on Sky or Virgin Media. FOX said in a statement: “On 30th June the FOX channel in the […]

May 19, 2021

First Extreme E race draws 18.7m viewers

Extreme E’s inaugural X Prix – the Desert X Prix – came to a close at the beginning of April in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, and the global impact of the event has now been assessed with the broadcast bringing in a cumulative worldwide audience of 18.7 million. The series has worked alongside YouGov Sport – […]

May 19, 2021

Beachfront addressable TV ads with VIZIO

Beachfront, the convergent TV advertising platform, has announced the completion of a national addressable TV ad execution with VIZIO adhering to the technical specifications of Open Addressable Ready (OAR), the consortium founded by VIZIO to establish an open standard for addressable advertising on connected TVs. “Widespread and continued support for the OAR spec has been […]

May 5, 2021

Extreme E’s doc series hits global screens

Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has many stories to tell, whether that’s the racing itself, its equality stance or its missions around climate change and the environment. With just five X Prixs, telling all those stories throughout the weekend broadcast is impossible, which is why the series is creating a magazine show – […]

May 5, 2021

Murdoch scales back UK news TV

Rupert Murdoch has scaled backed plans for a new TV news service in the UK, concluding that it is not financially viable. Rebekah Brooks, chief executive News UK, told staff that the enormous cost of getting a television news channel on air meant it did not make business sense to push ahead. The company would […]

April 27, 2021