多伦多 | LONDON – Anthem Sports & 娱乐公司. announced today a new broadcast deal for IMPACT摔跤 to be televised exclusively on Spike UK, making its flagship weekly show available throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
From Spring 2017, IMPACT摔跤, TNA pay-per-views, 含 One Night Only specials will be available on Spike UK, and TNA Xplosion exclusive to My5, which is part of the Channel 5 stable available on Sky TV (160), Freeview频道 (31), Freesat (141), 维珍媒体 (154) and other DTT platforms.
新剧集 IMPACT摔跤 will premiere on Friday nights, quenching the appetite of U.K. fans to view IMPACT摔跤 within hours of the US premiere broadcast.
“Since our acquisition of IMPACT Wrestling, growing the brand in the UK has been one of our most important initiatives,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Spike UK to fill this important spot in their programme schedule and look forward to rebuilding our presence in the UK market. As one of the hottest wrestling scenes in the world right now, we look forward to taking an active role in the market, both on television and with live events.”
Anna-Belen Dunlop and Kris Graham, Acquisitions and Channel Managers of Spike UK, 额外: “We are excited that Spike will be the new exclusive home of IMPACT Wrestling in the UK With Anthem’s new leadership and founder Jeff Jarrett back, this is a watershed moment for the franchise, which is a perfect fit for our Spike audience.”
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About Anthem Sports & 娱乐公司.
国歌体育 & 娱乐公司. is a global sports media company and a leader in operating targeted specialty video channels on linear, digital and mobile platforms with offices and studios in New York, 多伦多, and Los Angeles. Anthem’s portfolio includes 战网, the world’s premier combat sports channel now broadcasting in the U.S., 加拿大及以上 30 other countries, 梦幻体育网 (蚂蚁), the world’s first and only channel dedicated to fantasy sports, GameTV, a Canadian specialty channel available in over 9 万家庭, RotoExperts.com, a leader in fantasy sports news and analysis, DailyRoto.com, the most comprehensive and far-reaching daily fantasy sports website and Edge Sport, an extreme and action sports network recently launched in Canada in partnership with IMG. Anthem also has a significant ownership interest in 追逐通道, one of the top outdoor channels in the U.S. available in over 40 万家庭, and it owns SportsGrid.com, a leader in general sports entertainment commentary.
About IMPACT Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling specializes in television properties, 事件, 产品展示, merchandise and music, as well as the management and promotion of professional wrestlers. The roster features such greats as EC3, 鲍比·拉什利, Eddie Edwards, Davey Richards, James Storm, the high-flying X-Division, Gail Kim and the lovely and lethal Knockouts. Its highly successful flagship, IMPACT WRESTLING, broadcasts in more than 120 世界各国, including Thursdays at 8 P.M. ET/PT on Pop, a joint venture of CBS Corporation and Lionsgate, in the United States and on Fight Network in Canada.
About Spike UK
Spike UK is a general entertainment channel from the Channel 5 stable which launched in the UK in 2015. Spike is available on main digital TV platforms in the UK, including Sky TV (160), Freesat (141) Freeview频道, TalkTalk and BT (31) and Virgin Media (154). Spike UK offers a mix of original commissions, smash hit acquired drama (The Transporter series, From Dusk Till Dawn, Powers, Wynonna Earp) blockbuster films, factual library content and adrenalin-fuelled sports blended with a range of reality series from Spike in the US, which is consistently amongst the highest rating basic cable networks. Both Spike in the US and Channel 5 are owned and operated by Viacom International Media Networks, a unit of Viacom (纳斯达克: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
