Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Media Boy UK Views: What will Paramount Skydance own in the UK - IF they took over Warner Bros Discovery

If Paramount Skydance do buy Warner Bros Discovery what will they own in the UK on Virgin Media O2 or Sky?

Deadline: UK Culture Secretary Criticizes Streamers & ‘MasterChef’ Producer Banijay For Refusing To Fund Bullying & Harassment Complaints Body

Story from Deadline:

Lisa Nandy has voiced her disapproval at major TV players declining to pay annual fees to the UK industry’s new independent bullying and harassment complaints body.

Deadline: Streamer Spend On British TV Topped £850M For First Time Last Year, Pact Research Finds, As John McVay Accuses Channel 4 Of “Snarkiness” Over ‘Adolescence’ Row

Story from Deadline:

Streamer spend on British TV shows comfortably topped $1B last year, according to Pact’s latest census, with chief John McVay rowing in behind the American giants to accuse Channel 4 of “snarkiness” over the Adolescence row that rocked the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Media Guardian: Tennis is new front in TV sport wars as Sky and TNT target female viewers

Story from Media Guardian:

Alongside the multibillion-pound battle for Premier League TV rights, tennis has emerged as another key offering in the broadcasters’ scrap for subscribers for one simple reason: unlike every other sporting audience in the UK, the majority of those watching are women.

Advanced Television: TNT Sports to air Asia Cup cricket in UK & Ireland

Story from Advanced Television:

Every match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 broadcast live and exclusively on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK and Ireland this September.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 Sales expands advertising emissions measurement tool

Story from Advanced Television:

Channel 4 Sales has announced the launch of a new tool that allows advertisers to measure the emissions of their campaigns running on linear TV, building upon its existing emissions measurement offering.

Advanced Television: TNT Sports UK seals deal for 2025 World Athletics Championships

Story from Advanced Television:

The best track and field athletes on the planet will compete for the right to be crowned World Champion this September with TNT Sports UK set to screen the action through a new broadcast partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Cable Forum.: More Sky On Demand added to all Virgin Media O2 Boxes

From today, even more major Sky Atlantic programmes are available to Virgin Media customers via Sky Showcase.

Advanced Television: The Ashes exclusively on TNT Sports

Story from Advanced Television:

TNT Sports will be the home of the England men’s cricket team this winter after agreeing a deal with Cricket Australia to broadcast The Ashes live and exclusively across its TV channels, streaming service and social platforms.

Deadline: Warner Bros. International Television Production Moving To Discovery Global After Split

Story from Deadline:

Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday unveiled its post-split leadership plan, but absent from the detail was any mention of the Warner Bros International Television Production studio.

Warner Bros. Discovery Linear channels reveal their Post-Split Company name

When the Warner Bros Discovery split happen - The following channels will be own by Discovery Global here in the UK:

Broadband TV News: New three-tier plan for UK Discovery+ subscribers

Story from Broadband TV News:

Warner Bros. Discovery is to offer a new sports only premium tier as part of a restructuring of its subscriber options.

RUMOUR - X: Are Comcast and Sky UK set to buy ITV PLC?

The following was given by an Media Boy UK follower on X:

Just had a Sky engineer out to replace the dish, he told me don’t be surprised if Sky buys ITV in the future, he said its really attracted to its ITV Studios, but also wants a top channel slot to feed viewers to its pay channels like in the us with NBC.

Paramount Global can't close 5 due to it being an PSB Channel

Paramount Global can't close 5 due to it being an PSB Channel.

Deadline: Warner Bros. Hires Sarah-Jane Wright As UK Head Of Physical Production

Story from Deadline:

Warner Bros. has hired Sarah-Jane Wright as its Head of Physical Production in the UK.

Advanced Television: MPs to probe kids TV content provision

Story from Advanced Television:

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to explore the provision of children’s TV and video content in the UK and what can be done to ensure future generations continue to have access to high-quality British-made programming.

Advanced Television: DAZN scores Serie A deal

Story from Advanced Television: 

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has signed a deal that secures exclusive and non-exclusive rights to Lega Serie A, Italy’s top football league, competitions, in several international market.

Advanced Television: Extreme H signs broadcast deal with Warner Bros Discovery

Story from Advanced Television:

Extreme H has signed a new multi-year agreement with Warner Bros Discovery that will bring motorsport fans live and on-demand race coverage across the UK.

Daily Express: BBC could lose Wimbledon and face huge bill to stop Sky Sports or TNT snatching it

Story from Daily Express:

The BBC is reportedly at risk of losing its Wimbledon coverage to a rival competitor, unless they significantly increase the fee they pay to the All England Club for rights.

Broadband TV News: Ofcom revises procedures for investigating broadcast and on demand licence breaches

Story from Broadband TV News:

Ofcom has unveiled a revision of its General Procedures for investigating breaches of broadcast licences.