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IMPACT Wrestling Channel to Launch on Twitch

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– New channel to feature legacy and exclusive content, including premiere of

Barbed Wire Massacre III –

TORONTO | SAN FRANCISCO – IMPACT Wrestling, et datterselskap av Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., today announced the launch of a new channel on Twitch, the world’s leading social video service. IMPACT Wrestling’s channel (www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling) will feature a 24-hour live stream and exclusive weekly programming.

The IMPACT Wrestling Channel will launch on Wednesday, Jan. 17 with a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week stream of content that leads up to the debut of Barbed Wire Massacre III torsdag, Jan. 18 ved 10:00 pm. ET immediately following the weekly premiere of IMPACT! on Pop.

The IMPACT Wrestling Channel on Twitch will feature exclusive content, including monthly live events and house shows featuring top stars in professional wrestling. The channel will also feature lifestyle programming showcasing IMPACT Wrestling stars outside of the ring – from diets and workouts to relationships and travel. Twitch will also air IMPACT Wrestling’s live event at WrestleCon in New Orleans, Den. på fredag, April 6 ved 9:00 pm. CT. Other exclusive shows on the channel include:

  • Monday nights: Live-Audio Wrestling (The LAW) returns with a new weekly video podcast. Produced and hosted by longtime IMPACT Wrestling announcer Jeremy Borash, The LAW will cover all of the latest news in professional wrestling and feature special guest interviews, live calls, chat interaction, contests with prizes, and much more.
  • Wednesday nights: Returning IMPACT Wrestling star Tyrus will host Nuff Said, as the Fox News contributor offers his unique take on professional wrestling, politics, sports and popular culture.
  • Thursday nights: Ved 8:00 pm. OG, Josh Mathews will host Mathews’ Megacast with his irreverent second screen perspective on the flagship IMPACT! show Thursdays on Pop.

Programming for the channel will also include past and present episodes of the flagship IMPACT! Showet, the original weekly show Xplosion, pay-per-view events on a second window, plus over 1,000 hours of original programming showcasing classic content featuring household industry names like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Stikke, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode and many more.

“Our expansion on Twitch marks another important milestone in our digital expansion,” sa Ed Nordholm, president for IMPACT Wrestling. “The interactive content and larger-than-life personalities of IMPACT Wrestling are a perfect fit for the platform, whose passionate communities have demonstrated an increased appetite for professional wrestling and live events. As we adapt to new content consumption methods, our partnership with Twitch gives us an opportunity to interact directly with our audience, while engaging and growing our fan base across the world.”

For mer informasjon, besøk www.impactwrestling.com.
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Ikonisk 'WOS’ Britisk bryting kommer tilbake til ITV

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MANCHESTER | NASHVILLE – ITV Studios Entertainment Manchester kunngjorde i dag at de har slått seg sammen med IMPACT Wrestling, et datterselskap av Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., å ta med WOS-bryting tilbake til ITV, med en innledende provisjon for en serie i 10 deler.

Kommisjonen fra ITVs Helen Warner følger en vellykket engangsspesial, som ble sendt på nyttårsaften 2016. De utøvende produsentene for ITV Studios er Tom McLennan og Simon Marsh. Jeff Jarrett, Chief Creative Officer for IMPACT Wrestling, vil være utøvende produsent for IMPACT Wrestling.

Tretti år etter at den originale WOS tok slutt – og legendariske stjerner som Big Daddy, Mick McManus og Rollerball Rocco forlot britiske skjermer – denne nye serien vil inneholde det aller beste av dagens brytere fra det nåværende rødglødende U.K.. wrestling scene.

De vil konkurrere foran et levende publikum i den intime Preston Guild Hall på torsdag 25th mai og fredag 26th Mai (dører kl 19.00 / klokken 19.30).

Billetter til disse historiske showene legges ut for salg klokken 9 på fredag 7th april fra kl Gigsandtours.com /Ticketmaster.co.uk / prestonguildhall.co.uk

Det vil også være et lanseringsarrangement denne mandagen (27th Mars) ved 2 pm i Manchester, hvor alle detaljer om WOS-liveshowene vil bli annonsert, inkludert vaktlisten. Presse og fans inviteres til å delta på lanseringen, som vil inkludere en Q&A og møte & hilse. Det er ekstremt begrenset med plasser, for å reservere en send en e-post wswaudience@itv.com

Denne første kommisjonen er en del av en omfattende samproduksjonsavtale mellom ITV Studios og IMPACT Wrestling for å relansere WOS Wrestling-merket, bringer britiske stjerner til ITV mens de utnytter vaktlisten og det kreative teamet til IMPACT Wrestling sammen med ekspertisen innen live-arrangementsproduksjon og internasjonal distribusjon.

"Denne muligheten til å jobbe med ITV Studios for å gjenopplive dette ikoniske merket i Storbritannia er et perfekt eksempel på hvordan vi har til hensikt å utnytte våre styrker for å bygge vår tilstedeværelse i internasjonale markeder i samarbeid med lokale organisasjoner,” sa Ed Nordholm, president for IMPACT Wrestling.

Underholdningsdirektør, ITV Studios Manchester, sa Tom McLennan: "Storbritannias brytingscene blomstrer, og det har aldri vært et bedre tidspunkt å bringe den tilbake til ITV etter en pause på 30 år."

Jeff Jarrett, Chief Creative Officer for IMPACT Wrestling, lagt: "WOS-merket er etset inn i profesjonell brytingstradisjon. Familiens avstamning i bransjen går over 70 år tilbake, så jeg er beæret over muligheten til å jobbe med å gjenopplive arven etter denne historiske britiske serien.”

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IMPACT Wrestling Announces New U.K. TV Deal with Spike UK

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For Immediate Release – March 2, 2017

 

 

TORONTO | LONDON – Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. announced today a new broadcast deal for IMPACT Wrestling 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 Wrestling, TNA pay-per-views, Inkludert 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 (31), Freesat (141), Virgin Media (154) and other DTT platforms.

Nye episoder av IMPACT Wrestling will premiere on Friday nights, quenching the appetite of U.K. fans to view IMPACT Wrestling 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,” sa Ed Nordholm, president for 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, lagt: “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.”

For mer informasjon, vennligst besøk www.impactwrestling.com/ og www.spiketv.co.uk.

For mer informasjon kontakt:

Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp.
Ariel Shnerer

Regissør, Programmering & Kommunikasjon

ashnerer@anthemse.com

About Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp.

Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. 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, Toronto, and Los Angeles. Anthem’s portfolio includes Fight Network, the world’s premier combat sports channel now broadcasting in the U.S., Canada og over 30 other countries, Fantasy Sports Network (Maur), the world’s first and only channel dedicated to fantasy sports, GameTV, a Canadian specialty channel available in over 9 million boliger, 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 Pursuit Channel, one of the top outdoor channels in the U.S. available in over 40 million boliger, and it owns SportsGrid.com, a leader in general sports entertainment commentary.

About IMPACT Wrestling

IMPACT Wrestling specializes in television properties, events, produkter, merchandise and music, as well as the management and promotion of professional wrestlers. The roster features such greats as EC3, Bobby Lashley, 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 land over hele verden, including Thursdays at 8 pm. 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, 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 (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.