A teleshopping broadcaster named Retecapri went into liquidation and put their LCNs (logical channel numbers) for sale, Sony saw this as an opportunty to get into terrestrial television and bought channels 45 and 55.
It likely wasn't decided by their Italian offices, as Sony Pictures has left the Italian market by shifting movie distribution to Warner Bros. (which also owns the domains for Pop and Animax) and home video distribution to Universal.
Nevertheless it was a terrible decision and Pop would have...
Despite the name those two channels are not owned by Sony, but by AMC Networks.
I agree, and had they launched Animax instead of Pop IT and made deals with Mediaset and Yamato/Dynit, Boing Plus would have never existed.
Pop was doomed from the start with no interesting programming and a lack...
Sky is interested to expand in other European markets, but considering NBCUEJ and the theme park in Osaka i wouldn't be surprised if they end up buying Sky PerfectTV.
In regards to the former Sony LCNs, Mediaset has recently filed trademarks for a new channel: Cine34 Mediaset, Mediaset Extra will probably move to LCN 55.
No news about Boing Plus.
What if Columbia had bought MTV Networks instead? what synergies MTV later could have had with Sony Music and would have Nick Japan have been more successful if it were owned by a Japanese company?
Considering it isn't even present on Mediaset's website and the Boing channels in France and Africa, it would make sense if Turner got full control of it.
Problem similar to Mediaset, but while Boing would be easier to sell since it mostly airs CN shows, Super! mostly airs Nick shows and the...
Discovery already has K2 and Frisbee so i don't see why they would need another channel on 45, but i think they could put a documentary channel on 55.
Wouldn't Mediaset or Viacom have antitrust problems if they tried to buy channel 45?
Fox Kids would still exist had they:
- Only sold International Family Entertainment (Fox Family) and not the entire company.
- Bought the remaining stake in Fox Family Worldwide, folded the company, and launched a takeover bid on Fox Kids Europe.
- Shut down one of their cable sport channels...
Our Ministry of the Interior had his Facebook livestream switched to a filipina gamer, I'm not making this up:
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/12/04/salvini-e-in-diretta-ma-il-suo-video-si-interrompe-al-suo-posto-la-gamer-filippina-oh-mio-dio-quanti-follower/4812564/
I wonder if Fabrizio Frizzi will still be the voice of Woody in the Italian dub.
He died on March 26, 2018. unless it was already dubbed prior to his death Woody will have a new Italian voice actor.
Here in Italy, Vivendi (former parent company of Universal) used to own a pay-TV service called Tele+ before selling it to News Corporation's Stream TV, the merged company became Sky Italia.
Comcast buying Sky kinda reunites the two companies.
Given the constant delays and the disastrous Netflix release failure. should Viacom consider transferring the trademark and master tapes of Pinky Malinky to another company?
I know selling a Nicktoon sounds weird, but this series could have an advantage that others don't have: a search on the...
At this point sell the master tapes and trademark to Cartoon Network if you don't plan to do anything with it, they didn't even copyright the episodes.
Once there was a very popular social media website and a search engine could've bought it, they didn't and it was sold to News Corp., then came another social media website that outlived the News Corp.-owned one, but they didn't buy it, then came a social media website for smaller messages and...
I'm wondering if VIMN Russia could be involved in Butch's sudden evangelization, considering the people that Daystar praised in that Google Drive document, also the fact that VIMNR's majority shareholder is part of a company that was sanctioned.
As of now Viacom can't gain full control over...
Why can't New Fox keep FX Networks and the international Fox channels? it makes no sense to have the Fox network owned by an independent company and the international channels by Disney, plus they already have Freeform for the Seth MacFarlane shows in case [AS] loses the rights.
CBS Corporation is not Viacom, it was legally formed in 1994, the fact that it had that name until 2005 doesn't mean anything, things like this happen during M&As.
Rai has appointed its new leaders: Fabrizio Salini (former vice president and CEO of Fox International Channels Italy) as president, and Marcello Foa as CEO.
Marcello Foa has a blog that speaks for itself, imagine if Steve Bannon was named CEO of PBS.
I wonder what will happen now, especially...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.