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Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Deadline: ESPN Sets Launch Date And Price For Stand-Alone Streaming Service, Adding WWE And Locking Up More NFL

Story from Deadline:

ESPN will launch its long-awaited new streaming service on August 21 at a price of $29.99 a month, bulking it up with WWE events and expanded NFL rights.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Variety; David Ellison Reports for Mogul Duty: Inside New Paramount CEO’s Ambitions and Obstacles

Story from Variety:

On Thursday morning, David Ellison will clock in for his first day at work as a media mogul.

Variety: ESPN Gets Headlock on WWE Live Events Like ‘WrestleMania’ in New U.S. Rights Deal, Content to Roll Off NBCU’s Peacock

Story from Variety:

ESPN and WWE are about to get each other in tighter holds.

Deadline: ESPN Acquires NFL Network And Other Media Assets As League Takes 10% Stake In Disney Sports Division

Story from Deadline:

In a long-percolating agreement, ESPN said that it has acquired the NFL Network and certain other media assets of the NFL in exchange for a 10% equity stake.

Deadline: ProSiebenSat.1 Backs MFE Takeover Attempt After Improved Bid

Story from Deadline:

In a slightly unexpected turn of events, Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Media is now hot on MediaForEurope (MFE)’s takeover bid.

Advanced Television: Tele2 to form telco tower company in Baltics

Story from Advanced Television:

Tele2, the Swedish multinational telco, has announced it will “carve out telecom infrastructure assets” and create the first tower company covering all Baltic countries, in a 50/50 partnership with Global Communications Infrastructure (GCI) which is backed by Manulife Investment Management.

Advanced Television: CPB shutters in September

Story from Advanced Television:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the US-funded public broadcasting organisation, will lay off most of its staff on September 30th and end its near-60 years of work helping sustain public media.

Advanced Television: Sport 24 renews Premier League rights

Story from Advanced Television:

IMG, the sports marketing agency, has extended its agreement to broadcast the Premier League to the inflight and cruise markets on Sport 24, for the next three seasons.

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Hollywood Reporter: Paramount’s Michael Ireland to Exit as Film Chief

Story from Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount Motion Picture group chief Michael Ireland will be departing Paramount amid the studio’s merger with Skydance, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Deadline: Fox Corp. Advertising Growth Drives Better-Than-Expected Quarterly Results

Story from Deadline:

Fox Corp. advertising momentum in the April-to-June quarter helped it post revenue and earnings above Wall Street expectations.

Advanced Television: Movistar Plus grows TV subs by 6.4%

Story from Advanced Television:

Movistar Plus ended H1 2025 with 3.67 million television subscribers, marking a 6.4 per cent year-on-year increase and 224,000 new customers.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Deadline: ‘South Park’ Production To Be Overseen By George Cheeks In Post-Merger Paramount Structure

Story from Deadline:

At the new Paramount following the completion of the Skydance acquisition, the scripted production operations overseen by departing Paramount Global co-CEO Chris McCarthy are being folded into the newly formed Paramount TV Studios, overseen by Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair of Paramount Pictures and Chair of Paramount Television, and expected to be run by Skydance TV President Matt Thunell.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Deadline; Top TV Executive Nina L. Diaz To Depart Paramount When Skydance Merger Is Completed: “I’m Incredibly Proud Of What We’ve Built”

Story from Deadline:

Veteran MTV Networks executive Nina L. Diaz, who most recently served as President of Content and Chief Creative Officer for Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, will be leaving when Skydance‘s pending acquisition of Paramount Global is completed Aug. 7.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Deadline: Revived Paramount TV Studios To Be Led By Matt Thunell; Will Absorb Taylor Sheridan Home MTVE, Showtime & Skydance TV; Keith Cox Staying On

Story from Deadline:

The Paramount Television Studios label is making a comeback — and returning to its roots.

Paramount Global/Skydance merger - Deadline: Skydance Features & Sports President Don Granger To Lead Film At New Paramount Under Dana Goldberg & Josh Greenstein

Story from Deadline:

We are hearing that Don Granger, Skydance President of Features and Skydance Sports, is making the jump to the new Paramount after the merger goes through August 7.