Digital Spy Forum: Is Channel 4 set to launch more Channel 4 HD Channels soon?

Digital Spy Forum is reporting that Channel 4 are set to go HD (UK Wide) soon as rumour 'test' starting on Sky in the past 48 hours.

NBC News Now HD 'tests' appear on Virgin Media UK

Cable Forum and Digital Spy Forum poster "epsilon" has today reveal that NBC News Now HD has started to 'test' on Virgin Media UK ahead of launch.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Deadline: Discovery And AT&T Determine Board Of Directors For Merging Media Company

Story from Deadline: 

Discovery and AT&T have determined the 13 members of the board of directors for Warner Bros Discovery, the new company that will be created via a pending $43 billion merger.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Will Combine HBO Max and Discovery Plus in International Markets

Story from Variety: 

Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to merge streaming services HBO Max and Discovery Plus in the U.S. is likely to be adopted overseas, and a clearer picture is emerging of what the platform will look like in key markets.

MTV: our music portfolio is changing

Story from MTV UK: 

We are making some changes to our music portfolio to make sure that the biggest contemporary acts and classic hits reach the biggest possible audiences.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Variety: David Zaslav Received $203 Million in Stock Options for Massive 2021 Compensation Pact

Story from Variety: 

Discovery CEO David Zaslav received a massive $203 million stock option grant last year that inflated his total 2021 compensation package to a staggering $246.6 million.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Deadline: Streaming Combo Of HBO Max And Discovery+ Will “Take A While,” CFO Affirms

Story from Deadline: 

Eventually, HBO Max and Discovery+ will come together as a single streaming offering, but the integration will “take a while,” CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels said at an investor conference Monday.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Deadline: Discovery Shareholders Approve WarnerMedia Merger

Story from Deadline: 

Ta-da! Discovery just announced that its stockholders have approved its merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia to create Warner Bros. Discovery, “a premier, global entertainment company” — marking the completion of one of the few remaining closing conditions for the merger.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Variety: CNN Plus Sets Launch for March 29

Story from Variety: 

People who are interested in CNN Plus finally have a date when they can add it to their streaming repertoire. The WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet intends to launch the subscription broadband service on March 29.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Variety: AT&T’s Short, Bumpy Ride in Hollywood: Timeline of WarnerMedia’s Road to Discovery Spinoff Deal

Story from Variety: 

WarnerMedia has been owned by telco giant AT&T for less than four years and it will soon have a new parent company — likely by the end of next month.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Deadline: As WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal Nears Close, David Zaslav Shapes Up Executive Team With Eye On $3B Cost Savings Target

Story from Deadline: 

Discovery shareholders are set to OK the $43 billion merger with WarnerMedia on Friday, the last big step before AT&T completes the spinoff. Ahead of the deal’s expected close next month, a who’s-in/who’s-out parlor game is gaining intensity as CEO David Zaslav finalizes the leadership team.

Digital Spy Forum: Paramount Global UK reveal MTV 80s and MTV 90s launch date

Digital Spy Forum poster 'omnidirectional' has posted a following on Digital Spy Forum:

• MTV Base will become MTV 90s on Virgin UK Channel 313.
• MTV Classic will become MTV 80s on Virgin UK Channel 316.

Both launches on March 31st.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - Deadline: Discovery Raising $30 Billion In Mega Debt Sale To Fund Pending WarnerMedia Merger

Story from Deadline: 

Discovery on Wednesday priced $30 billion in senior unsecured notes in a debt offering to raise cash for its merger with WarnerMedia.

Variety: NBC News Now set to Launch in the U.K. on Virgin Media

Story from Variety: 

Comcast’s NBC News Now is live on Sky U.K. this week and will launch on Virgin Media later this month, making the U.K. the first European territory to have the service on linear programming. The service will be ad-supported.

Rumour: Paramount Networks UK & Australia to rebrand two MTV Channels next month

Digital Spy Forum is tonight reporting at both MTV Base and MTV Classic will close at the end of this month to make way for MTV 80 and MTV 90 to launch on Virgin Media UK from April 1st.

Discovery Inc-WarnerMedia merger - FT: CNN makes a $350mn bet on streaming ahead of Discovery takeover

Information from FT:

WarnerMedia has raced to launch the CNN Plus streaming service before its planned takeover by Discovery, placing a wager of about $350mn on the news channel’s digital future that was not originally disclosed to its incoming owner.

Digital TV Europe: RT goes off the air in the UK

Story from Digital TV Europe: 

Russian state-backed news broadcaster RT has been removed from its transmission slot in the UK.

UK and Europe axe RT - What happen today with RT UK Channels?

Here what happen today - as they happen with RT and RT HD Channels:

Media Guardian: Russian-backed RT channel to lose Sky TV slot in UK within 24 hours

Story from Media Guardian: 

The Russian state-backed television channel RT is set to disappear from Sky TV in the UK within the next 24 hours, irrespective of the outcome of an investigation by the media regulator Ofcom into its coverage of the war in Ukraine.

TVB Europe: European Union bans RT

Story from TVB Europe: 

In an unprecedented step, the European Union has announced it is banning both RT and Sputnik from broadcasting in the bloc.