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Hexagon Cup: 38 broadcast partners for 2025

The Alpine Hexagon Cup 2025, the leading padel competition, is set to reach over 825 million households worldwide through a global network of 38 broadcast partners having renewed key partnerships from the inaugural event and signing key new deals. The Hexagon Cup 2025 will deliver free-to-air live access to every match globally (excluding the US) […]

January 28, 2025

Venu Sports scrapped before launch

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have abandoned plans to launch Venu Sports, their live sports joint venture, after it ran into substantial legal opposition. Shares of WBD and Fox fell more than 1 per cent on the news, while FuboTV’s shares were up 7 per cent in premarket trading. The sport streaming venture […]

January 10, 2025

Murdoch must face Smartmatic in court

A New York State appeals court has rejected a request by Fox Corporation to dismiss part of a $2.7 billion (€2.63bn) defamation lawsuit stemming from the broadcasting of misinformation around the 2020 presidential election. Now the suit, filed by Smartmatic, the voting technology company, is on track to proceed to trial in state court in […]

January 10, 2025

Tubi: 10bn streaming hours in 2024

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s AVoD service, has announced that it surpassed 97 million monthly active users and streamed over 10 billion hours during the 2024 calendar year. Tubi offers a collection of movies and TV episodes, including over 300 exclusive originals, across connected televisions, mobile devices, the web and more. “Tubi’s momentum is growing as audiences […]

January 7, 2025

Advanced HDR by Technicolor deployed by Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAZ

Advanced HDR by Technicolor has announced that Capitol Broadcasting is transmitting content in high dynamic range (HDR) on its FOX affiliate, WRAZ, to offer viewers an enhanced visual experience over the station’s ATSC 3.0-enabled broadcasts. Capitol Broadcasting selected Advanced HDR by Technicolor because the solution provides excellent visual quality, a simplified workflow, and improved bandwidth […]

December 19, 2024

FOX News sees record month on YouTube

FOX News finished November as the top news brand on YouTube securing over 400 million video views during a historic election month, according to Shareablee. As Americans voted in an historical election, FOX News Digital marked its best month since November 2020 leading news brands with multiplatform views and minutes, according to Comscore. For the […]

December 17, 2024

Tina Gharavi options The Fox

Tina Gharavi, founder of Bridge + Tunnel Productions and best-known as the BAFTA and Sundance-nominated director of I Am Nasrine as well as for directing Jada Pinkett Smith’s four-part Netflix series African Queens: Cleopatra and the upcoming romantic comedy Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day – currently in production with a stellar cast that includes Jack […]

December 9, 2024

Fox, Hulu extent content deal

Fox Entertainment and Hulu have announced a multi-year content deal whereby the Disney-controlled streamer will retain the rights for Fox’s content slate. The agreement includes an expansion of their platform marketing arrangement, reportedly valued at over $1.5 billion (€1.4bn) across four years, according to Deadline. Under the terms of the new agreement, Fox’s prime-time entertainment […]

November 22, 2024

AudienceXpress partners with Tubi UK

AudienceXpress, a Comcast company and video media sales house, has announced its exclusive partnership with Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, Tubi, following its summer launch in the UK market. As part of this strategic partnership, AudienceXpress will utilise its expertise in the CTV space, its understanding of the UK and European markets, and its technology […]

November 19, 2024

Bitcentral appoints Bradford to Board of Directors

Bitcentral, a provider of media solutions for broadcast and digital video, has announced the appointment of Bill Bradford – a seasoned industry leader with nearly three decades of experienc – to its Board of Director. Bradford’s career includes leadership roles with America Online, Yahoo!, Fox and Beachbody. Bradford led digital innovation at Fox Broadcasting Company, […]

November 18, 2024