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Foxtel plans Kayo price hike as streaming subscribers grow
Australian broadcaster Foxtel has increased the price of Kayo Sports after reporting a big jump in subscribers at the sports streaming service during financial results for the first quarter this year
Financially ‘robust’ Channel 4 outlines alternative to privatisation
Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has offered details of its alternative plan to privatisation, including the sale of its London headquarters and doubling its number of staff working outside the UK capital
Sinclair introduces name, pricing for Bally Sports+ service
Soon-to-debut regional streaming product to carry relatively high price point compared to rival offerings
Twitter expands content agreements with WNBA, Fox Sports
Social media platform seeks to convey sense of calm in midst of Musk sale
Pixellot agrees automated production alliance with Spain’s ATM Media
Automated video and analytics firm Pixellot has struck a deal with Barcelona-based transmission services company ATM Media for the automation, production and retransmission of sports content
DAZN to carry Red Bull TV content in multi-year deal
DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has signed a distribution deal with Red Bull Media House to carry the Red Bull TV linear channel on its platform globally
Sky reports 71-per-cent Q1 Ebitda uplift amid lower operating expenses
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, recorded $622m (€591m) in adjusted Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) for the first quarter of 2022, a y…
Super Bowl-Beijing Olympics combo pays off for Comcast
Quarterly results show sharp increases in overall revenue, advertising sales, Peacock subscriptions
UK government seeks sports digital rights protection in listed events tweaks
The UK government is pursuing alterations to the country’s listed events legislation to ensure that streaming rights are protected in future sports rights agreements.
Telstra agrees A$50m deal for majority ownership of IPTV provider Fetch TV
Australian telecoms operator Telstra has reached an agreement to acquire a 51-per-cent stake in IPTV provider Fetch TV for A$50m ($35.4m/€33.8m) as part of plans to improve its underlying technology.
Competition regulator backs Mediapro’s deal for Fox Sports channels in Argentina
The Argentinian competition regulator has given the green light to the Mediapro agency’s acquisition of Fox Sports channels in the country.
Bodhi Tree invests $1.76bn in Viacom18 ahead of IPL auction
Bodhi Tree, the media investment vehicle promoted by media executives James Murdoch and Uday Shankar, will invest INR13,500 crore ($1.76bn/€1.6
New Recast technology ‘puts more power in rights-holders’ hands’
Live and on-demand video streaming platform Recast has unveiled new technology that it claims will make it easier for rights-holders to monetise their content
M6 shareholders give green light to TF1 merger
M6 shareholders have approved its proposed merger with fellow French commercial broadcaster TF1
Zaslav: don’t expect Warner Bros. Discovery spending spree
CEO of newly merged company stresses financial discipline in call with analysts
Beijing 2022 drives Discovery’s 25-per-cent Q1 revenue uplift
Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has reported a 25-per-cent first-quarter revenue increase at its international operations, thanks in part to Discovery’s broadcast of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
United Group’s revenues grow as sports rights spending increases
United Group has reported higher revenues for the 2021 financial year thanks to multiple acquisitions that it concluded, while its sport rights spending more than doubled
Viaplay adds 778,000 to global subscriber total, confident of dodging Netflix-style dip
The launch of Viaplay in the Netherlands helped the streaming service add 778,000 new subscribers to its global total in the first quarter of this year