News Corp Given All-Clear To Buy Sky
British secretary of culture Jeremy Hunt is set to approve American media company News Corporation’s full takeover of satellite broadcasting service Sky (officially known as British Sky Broadcasting),...
View ArticleSimon Fuller Starts Legal Battle For X Factor Name-Check
The man responsible for the creation of American Idol is filing a lawsuit agaist Fox over new rival show The X Factor. Simon Fuller, who invented the Idol format, believes that he is entitled to an...
View ArticleFox Want To Go Yellow With Simpsons Channel Plans
News Corp, owners of the Fox Network, have revealed that they have plans in the preliminary stages to launch hit animated sitcom, The Simpsons on its own dedicated channel. The move was first announced...
View ArticleGoDaddy Withdraw SOPA Support By Backing Open Web
Big-name website hosting company GoDaddy.com have dramatically made a U-turn on their support of an upcoming US Anti-Online Piracy bill that could have key consequences for the online video and content...
View ArticleNews Corp Plan To Rival ESPN With Planned New Sports Channel
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. are reportedly planning the creation of a new sports broadcasting network in the USA, as an attempt to cash in on the dominance of purpose-made ESPN in the market. Murdoch...
View ArticleRoku Receives News Corp Cash Boost
High-profile set-top box streamer Roku have revealed that they have taken in a large windfall this week, as they announced $45m worth of ‘strategic investment’ given to them from a consortium led by...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds Gambling Comedy Gets FOX Pilot Order
FOX is taking a gamble this fall season, a gamble that Ryan Reynolds will deliver big time for them in the ratings war. The network announced that is struck a deal for a pilot episode for the upcoming...
View ArticleFX Adds X For New Spin-Off Channel Proposal
News Corp have revealed rumours for the next direction they may be taking with their roster of networks, looking at cable brand FX and thinking of two tried-and-tested marketing techniques – ‘new...
View ArticleNI Group Put Video On Papers With Premier League Highlights Deal
News International (NI) are claimed to have agreed a rights deal for broadcasting highlights of the Barclays Premier League (the 1st-tier football league of England), with the deal seeing clips of...
View ArticleNews Corp Prepare IGN Sale
IGN Entertainment, a video game and men’s entertainment oriented-collection of websites, is set to change hands, after previous owners News Corp. sold off the 1996-founded company to j2 Global’s...
View ArticleLiberty Global Buy Virgin Media To Become Second-Biggest Media Company
The status of News Corp. (owners of properties such as Fox, Sky, The Sun, and Daily Mail) as the world’s leading media company is expected to be strongly challenged, after fellow American giants...
View ArticleHulu Owners News Corp Or Disney Looking To Take Control
The two biggest stakeholders in online video website Hulu, are said to be having talks to decide which one will take control of the catch-up TV service. Both News Corp. and Walt Disney own around a...
View ArticleHulu Owners Put For Sale Sign Back On Streaming Website
Many websites would theoretically give anything to be in the position that Hulu enjoys in the online video industry, and it appears as though that opportunity might just open itself up soon… to those...
View ArticlePeter Chernin Places Half-Billion Hulu Bid
When a company of Hulu’s stature goes up for sale, it is generally expected that it will be another company, almost always larger, forming a key part of the bidding process to take them over. In this...
View ArticleFox Issue Cable Ultimatum To Take Down Aereo
Despite a court decision in their favour last week, it appears as though the fight to keep Aereo from operating is continuing amongst the major networks of the USA, with some even starting to ponder...
View ArticleNews Corp Plan 21st-Century Clone For New Production Company
As one of the biggest conglomerates in the world, media giants News Corp. have revealed the latest planned addition to their business portfolio - a proposed new ‘entertainment company’. Considering...
View ArticleRoku Raise $60m Additional Internet TV Funding Package
Video streaming set-top box providers Roku, who claim to have been responsible for providing a collective 1b hours of television to consumers last year, have managed to raise $60m from investors to...
View ArticleQatar Holding Offers A Nations Bid For Hulu
The interest in currently for-sale streaming service Hulu has attracted a unique range of would-be bidders – with the regular suspects of corporate giants joined by rich individuals (albeit as part of...
View ArticleNews Corp. Approve Spin-Off To 21st Century
News Corp. have completed the next step on their plans to put their entertainment assets under separate control, after company shareholders approved the motion to divide the Rupert Murdoch-owned...
View ArticleHulu Hold Three Bidders’ Hopes As Sale Comes Closer
The long-running saga regarding whether or not Hulu will sell themselves looks to be nearing its climax, with three bidders for the streaming site noted as having put official offers on the table to...
View Article21st Century Fox Get Anti-Mainstream With Vice Media Shares
Forever justifiably accused of having a vice-like grip on the media industry, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (combined with their recent spin-off company 21st Century Fox) have control over a range of the...
View ArticleAustralian Producers Release Rupert Murdoch Play
There are many entertainment adaptations made covering the life of a famous person, and while it will primarily be through a biopic film or documentary feature, a growing format is the stage show....
View ArticleAustralian Netflix Dealt A Blow With No-Sale Zone
The planned expansion of Netflix into the Australian market is one which they may not be as confident in after recent revelations, namely that “at least five” of the major content providers in the...
View ArticleNews Corp Hold Off on Time Warner Takeover Bid
The attempts of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox brand to buy out fellow media giants Time Warner were halted in July with a rejection, and it appears as though it is one that 21st Century will not...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch Encourages Media Industry To Fight Streaming
The growth of streaming platforms such as Amazon Instant, Hulu, and Netflix is one that is providing viewers with more options than ever before when it comes to consuming content, the only potential...
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