141-583: Through Sky and Now : Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, and United Kingdom Through SkyShowtime : Andorra, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nordics, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain Through Universal+: Latin America Peacock is an American over-the-top subscription streaming service owned and operated by Peacock TV, LLC,
282-565: A dystopian future, where the Olympic Games have disappeared, and a group of aliens reinvent it. It featured more than a hundred performers, including acrobats, dancers and circus artists. American actor Tom Cruise also appeared with American performers Red Hot Chili Peppers , Billie Eilish , Snoop Dogg , and H.E.R. during the LA28 Handover Celebration portion of the ceremony. The Antwerp Ceremony, in which
423-475: A hot air balloon -inspired design topped by a 30-metre-tall (98 ft) helium sphere, and was allowed to float into the air above the Tuileries Garden at night. For the first time, the cauldron was not illuminated through combustion; the flames were simulated by an LED lighting system and aerosol water jets. Controversy ensued at the opening ceremony when a segment was interpreted by some as
564-528: A squeeze-out procedure to obtain the remaining shares and delist Sky Deutschland on 15 September 2015. On 9 December 2016, 21st Century Fox announced that it had made an offer to acquire the remainder of Sky plc for £11.7 billion at a value of £10.75 per-share. It marked Fox's second attempt to take over Sky, as its previous attempt under News Corporation was affected by the News International scandal . The two companies reached an agreement on
705-528: A 10-year commitment to the operations and funding of Sky News similar to that of Disney's offer. On 19 June 2018, Disney formally agreed to acquire Sky News as part of Fox's proposed bid, with a 15-year commitment to increase its annual funding from £90 million to £100 million. On 11 July 2018, Fox increased its bid for Sky to £14.00 per share, valuing it at £24.5 billion. Comcast subsequently counterbid just hours later with an offer at £14.75 per-share, valued at £26 billion. On 19 July 2018, after Fox agreed to
846-522: A 17.9% stake in ITV plc for £940 million, a move that attracted anger from NTL shareholder Richard Branson and an investigation from media and telecoms regulator Ofcom . On 6 December 2006, NTL announced that it had complained to the Office of Fair Trading about BSkyB's move. NTL stated that it had withdrawn its attempt to buy ITV plc, citing that it did not believe that there was any possibility to make
987-551: A 39.14% controlling stake in the company; on 9 December 2016, following a previous attempt under News Corporation that was affected by the News International phone hacking scandal , 21st Century Fox announced that it had agreed to buy the remainder of Sky, pending government approval. However, after a bidding war that included the Walt Disney Company (which was, in turn, acquiring most of 21st Century Fox's assets ), US media and telecoms conglomerate Comcast acquired
1128-455: A 57-year run on the network. The miniseries spin-off Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem had previously premiered as a Peacock original series. It also announced that next-day streaming of Bravo programs would move to Peacock for the upcoming television season, as NBCUniversal had invoked its option to end an agreement with Hulu for next-day streaming rights for NBC and Bravo programming. On November 30, 2022, live streaming of local NBC stations
1269-497: A Disney counter-offer, it was reported that Comcast had abandoned its bid for 21st Century Fox to focus solely on Sky. On 20 September 2018, the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordered that a blind auction be held "in order to provide an orderly framework for the resolution of this competitive situation". In this process, Fox, followed by Comcast, made new cash-only bids for Sky. After these first two rounds of bidding, there would be
1410-975: A Half Men and George Lopez , the Paramount Network series Yellowstone , as well as The Matrix films. In February 2020, A&E Networks licensed some titles from the A&;E and History libraries to Peacock. Peacock also had rights to the Harry Potter film series as part of an existing deal with NBCUniversal networks from October 2020 until August 2021, before WarnerMedia (now Warner Bros. Discovery ) took them back on September 1 of that year. The films were then placed on HBO Max . On July 1, 2020, ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ) non-exclusively licensed some of its television series and films to Peacock, such as Everybody Hates Chris , Ray Donovan , and Undercover Boss . The service also held rights to several Paramount Pictures films under
1551-486: A Peacock app was launched for Meta Quest virtual reality headsets . In November 2023, grocery delivery service Instacart announced an agreement to offer Peacock to subscribers of its Instacart+ service. The service is drawn primarily from the NBCUniversal library, including subsidiaries such as Universal Pictures and Universal Television . It is said to include at least 15,000 hours of content on-launch without
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#17327902007541692-486: A deal on favourable terms. On 17 July 2014, BSkyB's 6.4% stake in ITV was sold to Liberty Global , valued at £481 million. Galaxy ▼ Sky One The Movie Channel ▼ Retained Now ▼ Sky News & Sky Arts The Power Station ▼ Sky Movies The Sports Channel ▼ Sky Sports The Computer Channel ▼ Extinct 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics ( French : Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024 ), officially
1833-624: A digital extension of NBC's morning show Today ), as well as third-party content providers. They are designed to emulate a traditional broadcast programming experience (similar to services such as Pluto TV and Xumo , the latter of which was purchased by NBCUniversal parent Comcast in February 2020). On January 26, 2020, NBC announced plans to stream The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers at 8 and 9 p.m. ET, respectively, ahead of their television premieres on NBC . Many of NBC's affiliate groups criticized
1974-721: A distribution deal with Australian streaming service Stan , including Peacock's original programming until 2022. On July 29, 2021, Comcast and Sky announced that Peacock would launch in Austria , Germany , Ireland , Italy , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom in Q4 2021 and would be available to all Sky Q , Sky Glass, and Now/Wow (in Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom) customers at no extra cost. Peacock
2115-606: A female figure also serves as an homage to the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, which were the first to allow women to participate . The emblem was designed by the French designer Sylvain Boyer with the French design agencies Royalties & Ecobranding . The emblem for Paris 2024 was considered the biggest new logo release of 2019 by many design magazines. An Opinion Way survey showed that 83 per cent of French people say they liked
2256-474: A hub featuring content from Hallmark Channel , Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama . The agreement includes both on-demand content from Hallmark's library of original series and made-for-TV movies, and the live, linear feeds of all three networks. A similar agreement with Reelz (including true crime programming such as On Patrol: Live ) was announced on February 28, 2023. However, due to conflicts with Peacock's exclusivity agreement with WWE ,
2397-494: A limited exclusivity window from 2021 to 2023. On July 14, 2020, the service acquired the Canadian drama Departure for a U.S. premiere. On July 17, 2020, Cinedigm licensed over a dozen films and three streaming channels for Peacock's launch, with hundreds of other films and television episodes to follow. In January 2021, Peacock added Claudia Rosencrantz and Adrian Woolfe's streaming entertainment news channel LIT, with
2538-690: A luxury jewellery firm based in Paris. The reverse of the medals features Nike , the Greek goddess of victory, inside the Panathenaic Stadium which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. Parthenon and the Eiffel Tower can also be seen in the background on both sides of the medal. Each medal weighs 455–529 g (16–19 oz), has a diameter of 85 mm (3.3 in) and is 9.2 mm (0.36 in) thick. The gold medals are made with 98.8 percent silver and 1.13 percent gold, while
2679-477: A month later since many of the represented views were more concerned about contractual arrangements which had nothing to do with competition. The Independent Broadcasting Authority was not consulted about the deal; after approval, the IBA demanded precise details about the merger, stated they were considering the repercussions of the deal to ultimately determine whether BSB contracts were null and void. On 17 November,
2820-528: A multi-year deal to distribute selected Peacock-exclusive sports programming to commercial establishments in the U.S. under the branding Peacock Sports Pass . Notable sporting events carried or simulcast by Peacock include: NBC News's digital streaming channel NBC News Now , and Sky News —a British news channel owned by Comcast subsidiary Sky Group —are carried on Peacock's free tier. NBC News and Sky News had also planned to collaborate on an international news channel for Peacock known as NBC Sky World News, but
2961-479: A new format, splitting into bouldering and lead combined events in addition to a speed event. 3x3 basketball, which debuted in Tokyo, was back with finals scheduled for August 5 at Place de La Concorde. Changes in other sports included the introduction of men's participation in artistic swimming, a new women's weight class in boxing, and the addition of a marathon race walk mixed relay in track and field. In addition to
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#17327902007543102-521: A parody of the Last Supper . The organisers apologised for any offence caused. The Olympic World Library and fact-checkers would later debunk the interpretation that the segment was a parody of the Last Supper. The Olympic flag was also raised upside down. During the day of the opening ceremony, there were reports of a blackout in Paris, although this was later debunked. The programme of
3243-467: A process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two remaining candidate cities; both bids were praised for their high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924 , Paris became the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London , which hosted
3384-654: A process whereby the LA 2024 and Paris 2024 bid committees met with the IOC to discuss which city would host the Games in 2024 and 2028 and whether it was possible to select the host cities for both at the same time. Following the decision to award the two Games simultaneously, Paris was understood to be the preferred host for 2024. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for 2028, enabling Paris to be confirmed as host for 2024. Both decisions were ratified at
3525-689: A required takeover offer to Sky Deutschland's minority shareholders, resulting in BSkyB acquiring 89.71% of Sky Deutschland's share capital. The acquisitions were completed on 13 November. British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc to reflect the European acquisitions, and the United Kingdom operations were renamed Sky UK Limited . Sky plc bought out the remaining minority shareholders in Sky Deutschland during 2015, using
3666-406: A sport were held. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader. ‡ Changes in medal standings ( see below ) * Host nation ( France ) There was one podium sweep during the games: The emblem for
3807-417: A sports and pop culture-themed show co-hosted by former ESPN reporter Michael Smith and sports writer Michael Holley . In the 2021 NFL season, the channel added an NFL studio show, Sunday Night Football Final , hosted by Kathryn Tappen and Chris Simms . Fantasy Football Happy Hour and Fantasy Football Pregame with Matthew Berry premiered for the 2022 season. In August 2023, EverPass Media signed
3948-460: A subscription, and an additional 5,000 hours of content for Premium subscribers. Current episodes of NBC series are available on Peacock the day after their premiere for Premium subscribers; non-subscribers will receive them on a week's delay. Peacock also offers a lineup of about 25 curated digital linear channels, including long-form and digital-originated programming content from NBCUniversal's broadcast and cable properties (such as Today All Day ,
4089-464: A subsidiary of NBCUniversal Media Group . Named after the NBC logo , the service launched on July 15, 2020. The service primarily features series and film content from NBCUniversal studios and other third-party content providers (such as WWE and Hallmark Channel ), including television series, films, news, and sports programming. Peacock initially debuted in free, "Premium", and "Premium Plus" plans, with
4230-475: A third round where both companies could make new offers. However, the third round of bidding would only be binding if both companies make a bid. The results were to be revealed on 22 September, and be confirmed by the start of trading on 24 September. Comcast won the auction with a bid of £17.28 per-share, beating Fox's bid of £15.67. Sky plc had until 11 October to formally accept this offer. Following its auction victory, Comcast began to acquire Sky shares from
4371-808: Is also available on the Apple TV app , and the Premium service is available as an in-app subscription. On July 20, 2020, Peacock launched an app for PlayStation 4 . On September 21 of that year, Peacock became available on Roku . The company's September 18 agreement for the service narrowly averted a blackout of NBCUniversal's TV Everywhere apps on Roku devices due to a dispute over revenue sharing and advertising inventory assignment. On June 8, 2021, Peacock launched an app for Samsung smart TVs. On June 24, 2021, Peacock launched an app for Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire tablets , such as Fire HD . In April 2023, as part of its multi-year partnership with Meta Platforms ,
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4512-536: Is carried within a branded channel on Peacock, which includes a selection of WWE content on Peacock's free tier. Premium subscribers have access to the full WWE library, including WWE Network original programming, archive content and all premium live events ( pay-per-views ) live and on-demand. Some WWE content on Peacock has been edited to meet NBCUniversal standards and practices , particularly to remove content considered inappropriate under current standards. The standalone WWE Network service for existing U.S. subscribers
4653-562: Is expected to have 10,000 torchbearers and visit over 400 settlements in 65 French territories, including six overseas . On 18 May, it was reported that the portion of the relay in New Caledonia was cancelled due to ongoing unrest in the collectivity . 9.5 million of the 10 million tickets available for the games were sold. Several sports reported record attendance. The opening ceremony began at 19:30 CEST (17:30 GMT ) on 26 July 2024. Directed by Thomas Jolly , it
4794-532: Is primarily involved in satellite television , producing and broadcasting. The current CEO is Dana Strong . Initially formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting , BSkyB became the UK's largest digital pay television company. In 2014, after completing the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland , the merged company changed its name to Sky plc . Prior to November 2018, Rupert Murdoch 's 21st Century Fox owned
4935-815: The 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017. Paris was elected as the host city on 13 September 2017 at the 131st IOC Session in Lima , Peru. The two French IOC members, Guy Drut and Tony Estanguet , were ineligible to vote under the rules of the Olympic Charter . Most of the Olympic events were held in the city of Paris and its metropolitan region , including the neighbouring cities of Saint-Denis , Le Bourget , Nanterre , Versailles , and Vaires-sur-Marne . The basketball preliminaries and handball finals were held in Lille , 225 km (140 mi) from
5076-486: The 2008 and 2012 Games were also unsuccessful, as they were awarded to Beijing and London , respectively. Undeterred, Paris decided to bid once more for the 2024 edition, which would mark the centenary of its last Games. The six candidate cities were Paris , Hamburg , Boston , Budapest , Rome , and Los Angeles . The bidding process was slowed by withdrawals, political uncertainty, and rising costs. Boston surpassed Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, for
5217-581: The 2020 Summer Olympics . Four events were dropped from weightlifting. In canoeing, two sprint events were replaced with two slalom events, keeping the overall event total at 16. In sport climbing, the previous "combined" event was divided into two separate disciplines: speed climbing , and boulder -and- lead . When Paris was bidding for the Games in August 2017, the Paris Organising Committee announced an intention to hold talks with
5358-524: The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Paris 2024 featured the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport , and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach . The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion. The opening ceremony was held outside of a stadium for the first time in modern Olympic history, as athletes were paraded by boat along
5499-737: The CNP / GC ), Sweden, the UAE, the UK, and the US (through the LAPD , LASD , NYPD , and the Fairfax County Police Department ), with more than 40 countries providing police assistance to their French counterparts. Security concerns impacted the plans that had been announced for the opening ceremony, which was to take place as a public event along the Seine ; the expected attendance
5640-590: The Chart Show Channels company. Shortly afterwards it acquired Artsworld , giving a majority of subscribers full access to the channel. The buyout was part of James Murdoch's strategy to improve the perceptions BSkyB which could lead to potential new subscribers. John Cassy, the channel manager of Artsworld, said: "It is great news for the arts that a dedicated cultural channel will be available to millions of households." In early 2007 Freeview overtook Sky Digital with nearly 200,000 more subscribers at
5781-571: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad ( French : Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne ) and branded as Paris 2024 , were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France , with several events started from 24 July. Paris was the host city, with events (mainly football ) held in 16 additional cities spread across metropolitan France , including
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5922-475: The IBA decided to terminate BSB's contract, but not immediately, as it was deemed unfair to 120,000 viewers who had bought BSB devices. Sam Chisholm was appointed CEO in a bid to reorganise the new company, which, continued to make losses of £10 million per week. The defunct BSB's HQ, Marco Polo House were sold, 39% of the new company's employees were made redundant to leave just under 1000 employees, many of
6063-466: The Seine . Paris 2024 was the first Olympics in history to reach full gender parity on the field of play, with equal numbers of male and female athletes. The United States topped the medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games and 19th time overall , with 40 gold and 126 total medals. China tied with the United States on gold (40), but finished second due to having fewer silvers;
6204-616: The sailing centre in the second-largest city of France , Marseille , on the Mediterranean Sea , as well as one subsite for surfing in Tahiti , French Polynesia . Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima , Peru , on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved
6345-478: The 1997–2001 deal, but was challenged by On Digital for the rights from 2001 to 2004, thus it was forced to pay £1.1 billion which gave it 66 live games a year. Following a lengthy legal battle with the European Commission, which deemed the exclusivity of the rights to be against the interests of competition and the consumer, BSkyB's monopoly came to an end from the 2007–08 season . In May 2006,
6486-628: The 2020 edition. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the IOC suspended the Olympic Committees of Russia and Belarus for violating the Olympic Truce . Russian and Belarusian athletes instead competed as " Individual Neutral Athletes " (AIN) without national identification, as long as they did not "actively" support the war. Individual neutral athletes had to be approved by each sport's international federation , and then
6627-401: The 2022 Winter Olympics to have a full crowd, as there had been reduced audiences in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The closing ceremony was held at Stade de France on 11 August 2024, and thus marked the first time in any Olympic edition since Sarajevo 1984 that opening and closing ceremonies were held in different locations. Titled "Records", the ceremony was themed around
6768-487: The 2024 Paris Olympics, several new events and formats have been introduced. Formula Kite made its debut, described as the "Formula One of the Olympics", featuring high-speed foil racing with separate events for men and women. Kayak cross also debuted, where four athletes race against each other on a course with multiple gates, marking the first head-to-head race in Olympic canoe slalom history. Sport climbing returned with
6909-489: The 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled on 21 October 2019 at the Grand Rex . Inspired by Art Deco , it is a representation of Marianne , the national personification of France, with a flame formed in negative space by her hair. The emblem also resembles a gold medal. Tony Estanguet explained that the emblem symbolised "the power and the magic of the Games", and the Games being "for people". The use of
7050-487: The 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, encompassing a total of 48 disciplines. This included the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, and 4 optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breakdancing made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding , sport climbing , and surfing returned to the programme, having debuted at
7191-569: The Bell . It was also announced that library rights to the NBC sitcoms The Office and Parks and Recreation would move exclusively to Peacock in October 2020 and January 2021, respectively. Peacock soft launched for Comcast Xfinity cable subscribers on April 15, 2020, beginning with X1 and Xfinity Flex customers. The service then launched nationally on July 15 of that year. As of August 2021,
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#17327902007547332-660: The British Olympic Association having flown in chefs to take care of the nourishment of British athletes at a location outside the Olympic Village. In the lead-up to the Games, it was announced that the Olympic Village would lack air conditioning ; as an environmental measure, the buildings would instead use a geothermal natural cooling system to keep the inside temperature 6 °C (11 °F) cooler than outside. On learning this, many teams opted to supply their own air-conditioning units to
7473-619: The Celebrations, the Champions Park was also planned to receive the medal reallocation ceremonies from previous Olympics dating back as far as 2000 . Due to new IOC rules and protocols, one medal reallocation ceremony took place on 7 August for the figure skating team event from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. It had been the first Olympic medal ceremony to be delayed after Kamila Valieva from original gold medalist Russia
7614-538: The FTSE 100 index, operation profits increased to £155M a year, and Pearson sold off its 17.5% stake in the company. Sam Chisholm resigned from BSkyB due to a rift with Rupert Murdoch in June 1997. A week later, Murdoch was quoted as saying "I cannot understand the fuss; BSkyB was grossly overpriced", which caused further rifts with the new management. In 1997, BSkyB formed a partnership with Carlton and Granada to bid for
7755-458: The Free tier contains a subset of its content. The Free and Premium tiers are advertising-supported, with commercials limited to five minutes per hour. Peacock Premium is included in some services from television service providers, such as Cox , which ended January 15, 2023, and Xfinity. Subscribers to Peacock Premium, whether subscribing directly or receiving service through a provider, can upgrade to
7896-494: The French national anthem " La Marseillaise " atop the Grand Palais ), rapper Rim'K , Philippe Katerine (who portrayed the Greek god Dionysus ), Juliette Armanet and Sofiane Pamart , and was closed by Canadian singer Céline Dion . The Games were formally opened by president Emmanuel Macron. The Olympics and Paralympics cauldron was lit by Guadeloupean judoka Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-José Pérec ; it had
8037-534: The Games, including Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Japan, and the US. Olympic delegations from poorer countries, such as Uganda, complained that they could not afford to provide air conditioning for their athletes. Over €500 million has been invested in transport improvements for the Games, with extensions to the Paris Métro and 60 kilometres (37 mi) of new cycle lanes. Visitors to Paris will pay higher public transport fares during
8178-686: The Games, the Paris police held inspections and rehearsals in their bomb disposal unit, similar to their preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France . As part of a visit to France by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani , several agreements were signed between the two nations to enhance security for the Olympics. In preparation for the significant security demands and counterterrorism measures, Poland pledged to contribute security troops, including sniffer dog handlers, to support international efforts aimed at ensuring
8319-404: The Games, €4 instead of the previous €2.15 price. This will pay for the increased frequency and hours of service for public transport during the Games, with an average increase of 15% in services. As with previous Games, 185 kilometres (115 mi) of reserved traffic lanes will be used to ensure reliable journey times for athletes, officials and the media. The Paris 2024 volunteer platform for
8460-479: The IOC and professional esports organisations about the possibility of introducing competitive esports events in 2024. In July 2018, the IOC confirmed that esports would not be considered for the 2024 Olympics. At the 134th IOC Session in June 2019, the IOC approved the Paris Organising Committee's proposed optional sports of breaking ( breakdance ), along with skateboarding , sport climbing , and surfing , three sports that were first included in 2020. In
8601-539: The IOC's new Medal Reallocation Rules, the IOC, the ISU, and the National Olympic Committees for both the United States and Japan coordinated the medal ceremony for gold and silver medals during reallocation ceremonies during the 2024 Summer Olympics. The Beijing 2022 soundtrack was still used for the medal ceremony, but both teams wore Paris 2024 national uniforms and it was the first medal ceremony from
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#17327902007548742-449: The IOC's panel. As individual athletes, AIN was not considered a delegation during the opening ceremony or in the medal tables. The Refugee Olympic Team also competed. Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees In the following calendar for the 2024 Summer Olympics, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for
8883-515: The Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports was awarded two of the six Premiership packages that the English FA offered to broadcasters. Sky picked up the remaining four for £1.3bn. In October 1994, BSkyB announced its plans to float the company on the UK and US stock exchanges, selling off 20% of the company. The stock flotation reduced Murdoch's holding to 40 per cent and raised £900m, which allowed
9024-519: The Olympic Village, the Games were considered a success by the press, Parisians and observers. The Paris Olympics broke all-time records for ticket sales, with more than 9.5 million tickets sold (12.1 million including the Paralympic Games ). Having previously hosted the 1900 and 1924 Games, Paris did not attempt to host the Olympics again until it bid, unsuccessfully, for the 1992 Games which were awarded to Barcelona . Subsequent bids for
9165-643: The Olympic and Paralympic Games was opened to the public in March 2023. There were expected to be 45,000 volunteers recruited worldwide for the Games. Following the end of registration on 3 May 2023, over 300,000 applications had been submitted to the Paris Organising Committee, exceeding the number of applicants for the previous two Olympics. Applicants were notified of the outcome of their application between September and December 2023. Over 800 applicants were excluded over security fears, among which 15 were flagged with Fiche S . The Olympic torch relay began with
9306-454: The Olympic flag was handed to Los Angeles , the host city of the 2028 Summer Olympics , was produced by Ben Winston and his studio Fulwell 73 . 204 out of 206 National Olympic Committees are represented at the 2024 Summer Games with 54 from Africa , 48 from Europe , 44 from Asia , 41 from the Americas and 17 from Oceania . North Korea returned to the Games in 2024 after missing
9447-564: The Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee, Tony Estanguet, unveiled the Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Games in February 2024, which on the obverse featured embedded hexagon-shaped tokens of scrap iron that had been taken from the original construction of the Eiffel Tower , with the logo of the Games engraved into it. Approximately 5,084 medals would be produced by the French mint Monnaie de Paris , and were designed by Chaumet ,
9588-508: The People . The two mascots share a motto of "Alone we go faster, but together we go further". In April 2024, the official Olympic video game titled Olympics Go! Paris 2024 was announced for release in June by Animoca Brands on Android , iOS , and Microsoft Windows devices. The 2024 Summer Olympics became the first Summer Olympics in over 30 years to not have an official console video game. The Olympic poster for these games
9729-583: The UK, but criticised James Murdoch's handling of the scandal. On 28 June 2013, News Corporation was split into two publicly-traded companies; the company's publishing operations (including News International, renamed News UK ) and broadcasting operations in Australia were spun into a new company known as News Corp , while the company's broadcast media assets, including its 39.14% stake in Sky, were renamed 21st Century Fox . On 12 May 2014, BSkyB confirmed that it
9870-538: The United Kingdom. The first CEO of BSkyB was Sam Chisholm , who was CEO of Sky TV before the merger. Chisholm served in this position until 1997. He was followed by Mark Booth who was credited with leading the company through the introduction of Sky. Tony Ball was appointed in 1999 and completed the company's analogue to digital conversion. He is also credited with returning the company to profit and bringing subscriber numbers to new heights. In 2003, Ball announced his resignation and James Murdoch , son of Rupert Murdoch
10011-415: The Virgin name was not licensed to Sky. The new carriage deals are understood to be for up to nine years. The deal was completed in July 2010 and Virgin Media Television was renamed Living TV Group . In June 2010, News Corporation made a bid for complete ownership of BSkyB . However, following the News International phone hacking scandal , critics and politicians began to question the appropriateness of
10152-413: The ad-free Premium Plus tier for an additional monthly cost. In January 2023, NBCUniversal discontinued the Free tier for new users: only subscription-based plans are available, with the Free plan only available to existing users, and those whose Premium subscription has lapsed. On May 6, 2020, a distribution deal with Apple made Peacock available on iOS devices and Apple TV on-launch. Peacock content
10293-522: The autumn of 1991, talks were held for the broadcast rights for Premier League for a five-year period, from the 1992 season. British television network ITV were the current rights holders for the Football League , and fought hard to gain the new rights. ITV had increased its offer from £18m to £34m per year to obtain the new rights. BSkyB joined forces with the BBC to make a counter bid. The BBC
10434-630: The bid collected more signatures than necessary for a referendum. Following these withdrawals, the IOC Executive Board met on 9 June 2017 in Lausanne , Switzerland, to discuss the 2024 and 2028 bid processes. The International Olympic Committee formally proposed electing the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time, a proposal which an Extraordinary IOC Session approved on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne. The IOC set up
10575-656: The bronze medals are made up with copper, zinc, and tin. France reached an agreement with Europol and the UK Home Office to help strengthen security and "facilitate operational information exchange and international law enforcement cooperation" during the Games. The agreement included a plan to deploy more drones and sea barriers to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel illegally. The British Army would also provide support by deploying Starstreak surface-to-air missile units for air security. To prepare for
10716-706: The ceremony would highlight notable moments in the history of France , with an overall theme of love and "shared humanity". The athletes then attended the official protocol at Jardins du Trocadéro , in front of the Eiffel Tower . Approximately 326,000 tickets were sold for viewing locations along the Seine, 222,000 of which were distributed primarily to the Games' volunteers, youth and low-income families, among others. The ceremony featured music performances by American musician Lady Gaga , French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura , heavy metal band Gojira and soprano Marina Viotti [ fr ] , Axelle Saint-Cirel (who sang
10857-454: The company being delisted by early 2019. Sky was delisted on 7 November 2018 after Comcast acquired all remaining shares. In August 2021, Sky Group signed a deal with ViacomCBS to launch Paramount+ in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria by 2022. On 3 May 2022, it was announced that Paramount+ will launch on 22 June 2022 for Sky customers in Ireland and
10998-410: The company to cut its debt in half. Sam Chisholm said "By any standards this is an excellent result, in every area of the company has performed strongly". Chisholm became one of the world's most highly paid television executives. In 1995, BSkyB opened its second customer management centre at Dunfermline , Scotland, in addition to its original centre at Livingston which opened in 1989. BSkyB entered
11139-574: The company will eventually lose its ties to the Murdoch family. Disney has a narrower scope of media ownership in the country than the Murdoch family. Sky already has a relationship with Disney for its Sky Cinema service, holding pay television rights to its films in the United Kingdom and operating a dedicated Sky Cinema channel devoted to Disney content. A preliminary report by the Competition and Markets Authority issued January 2018 called for
11280-605: The competing US media and telecoms conglomerate Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal ), announced a counter-offer for Sky at £12.50 per-share, or approximately £22.1 billion. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke stated that purchasing Sky would roughly double its presence in English-speaking markets, and allow for synergies between the respective networks and studios of NBCUniversal and Sky. On 5 June 2018, Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared both 21st Century Fox and Comcast's respective offers to acquire Sky plc. Fox's offer
11421-421: The deal on 15 December, subject to regulatory approval. Ofcom expressed concern that this purchase would give the Murdoch family "material influence over news providers with a significant presence across all key platforms" and "increased influence over the UK news agenda and the political process". However, the regulator did deem that a Fox-owned Sky would be "fit and proper" to hold broadcast licences, despite
11562-437: The decision out of concern that the "pre-airs" of both late-night talk shows on Peacock would cannibalize viewership for the shows on local NBC stations, and the plans never came to fruition. On July 6, 2021, Universal announced that it would not renew its pay-one output deal with HBO in favor of bringing its films to Peacock during the pay-one window beginning in 2022. All films will exclusively be available on Peacock during
11703-516: The decision was taken. ITV also asked the Office of Fair Trading to also investigate since it believed Rupert Murdoch's media empire via the newspapers had influenced the deal. A few days later neither action took effect, ITV believed BSkyB was telephoned and informed of its £262m bid, and the Premier League advised BSkyB to increase its counter bid. BSkyB retained the rights paying £670m for
11844-653: The division NBCUniversal Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises . On September 17, 2019, it was announced that the service would be named "Peacock", an allusion to the NBC logo . The service announced further details on its initial slate of original programming, including sci-fi series Brave New World (moved from USA Network 's slate), limited series Angelyne , crime drama Dr. Death , comedy Rutherford Falls , teen drama One of Us Is Lying , talk show The Amber Ruffin Show , and reboots and continuations of Battlestar Galactica , Punky Brewster , and Saved by
11985-537: The end of 2006, while cable broadcaster Virgin Media had three million customers. In July 2007, BSkyB announced the takeover of Amstrad for £125m, a 23.7% premium on its market capitalisation. BSkyB and Virgin Media announced that they had reached agreement for the acquisition by BSkyB of Virgin Media Television. Virgin1 was also a part of the deal and was rebranded as Channel One on 3 September 2010, as
12126-559: The entirety of Sky in 2018 for £17.28 per share. NBCUniversal , which is Sky Group's sister company, has also been a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast since 2013 . Before the acquisition by Comcast, Sky was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and had a market capitalisation of approximately £18.75 billion (€26.76 billion) as of 2018. British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)
12267-427: The establishment of an independent editorial board, and committing to fund the network for at least 10 years. This commitment would be inherited by Disney after the completion of its purchase of 21st Century Fox. On 3 April 2018, Fox stated that Disney had "expressed an interest in acquiring Sky News", which would not be conditional on its proposal to acquire 21st Century Fox. A bidding war began 25 April 2018, when
12408-539: The event, to produce an U.S. music competition series based on the Eurovision format. For 2022, NBC's lead figure skating analyst, Johnny Weir , was added as a commentator for its Eurovision broadcasts. The streaming rights for the contest were renewed for 2023 . On June 10, 2021, Peacock added content from anime streaming service RetroCrush . On October 31, 2022, NBCUniversal announced an SVOD agreement with Hallmark Media , under which Peacock Premium would add
12549-408: The first and last four months of the 18-month pay-one window (with Universal licensing its live-action films to Amazon Prime Video and its animated films from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation to Netflix in between those two exclusivity windows). The pay-one window for Universal films was initially brought forward to four months after a film's initial theatrical release with this move, but it
12690-754: The free version offering a limited selection of content, and Premium Plus offering ad-free video on-demand content and streaming of NBC affiliates; since January 2023, the free tier is no longer available as an option to new customers unless their subscription lapses. In December 2022, the service reached 20 million paid subscribers. In March 2023, Peacock reached 22 million paid subscribers. As of October 2023, Peacock reached 30 million paid subscribers. On January 14, 2019, NBCUniversal announced plans to launch an over-the-top streaming service in 2020, which would feature original and library content, and be available in free advertising-supported and paid ad-free versions. The service would be led by chairman Bonnie Hammer , under
12831-466: The games in 1908 , 1948 , and 2012 ). Paris 2024 marked the centenary of Paris 1924 and Chamonix 1924 (the first Winter Olympics ), as well as the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics) and the first with this distinction since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville . The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after
12972-591: The governing bodies' logo, reflecting a shared "ambition" between both events. On 14 November 2022, the Phryges were unveiled as the mascots of the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics; they are a pair of anthropomorphic Phrygian caps , a historic French symbol of freedom and liberty. Marianne is commonly depicted wearing the Phrygian cap, including in the Eugène Delacroix painting, Liberty Leading
13113-406: The growth of Sky but the opportunity for savings is now there and Sky will be taking it," he added. "MTV has done extremely well out of that original deal." On 17 April 2003 BSkyB launched its own range of music channels Scuzz , Flaunt and The Amp , as part of its plan to create its own original channels for the platform. Within 18 months the channels failed to make impact, and were outsourced to
13254-652: The host city, Paris; the sailing and some of the football games were held in the Mediterranean city of Marseille , which is 777 km (483 mi) from Paris; meanwhile, the surfing events were held in Teahupo'o village in the overseas territory of Tahiti , French Polynesia , which is 15,716 km (9,765 mi) from Paris. Football was also hosted in an additional five cities: Bordeaux , Décines-Charpieu ( Lyon ), Nantes , Nice and Saint-Étienne , some of which are home to Ligue 1 clubs. The President of
13395-435: The insulation or outright divestment of Sky News as a condition of the purchase, so that it is editorially independent from the Murdoch family. Sky had threatened to reevaluate the channel's continued operations if they "unduly impeded merger and/or other corporate opportunities available in relation to Sky's broader business". The channel has operated on a loss of at least £40 million per-year. In February 2018, Fox proposed
13536-525: The lighting of the Olympic flame on 16 April in Olympia , Greece, 100 days before the start of the Games. Greek rower Stefanos Douskos was the first torchbearer and swimmer Laure Manaudou served as the first French torchbearer. The latter was selected to be one of four captains of the torch relay, alongside swimmer Florent Manaudou (her brother), paratriathlete Mona Francis [ fr ] , and para-athlete Dimitri Pavadé . The torch relay
13677-565: The linear Reelz channel would be blacked out on Peacock when it carries MLW Underground Wrestling . On April 13, 2023, Peacock added films from Magnolia Pictures . On January 25, 2021, NBCUniversal, which already televised WWE 's professional wrestling weekly programs Raw and NXT on the USA Network , acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights to the WWE Network streaming service beginning March 18, 2021. WWE content
13818-540: The local news channels. In June 2020, Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment acquired exclusive English Canadian broadcast rights to Peacock Original programming. In October 2021, Quebecor Content acquired exclusive French Canadian rights to Peacock Original programming for its streaming service, Club Illico . In December 2021, OSN acquired Peacock's original programming with the Middle Eastern streaming service, OSN+ . In August 2020, NBCUniversal signed
13959-431: The meals served to athletes in the Olympic Village were plant-based. A prior estimate of 13 million meals will be served at the Games; with around 40,000 meals each day, 1,200 of those will be Michelin-starred . Each day, a boulangerie will bake fresh baguettes and other breads . A 3,500-seat restaurant was constructed for the Games to highlight global cuisine. Great Britain's team asked for porridge to be added to
14100-519: The menu, and South Korea's team asked for kimchi . Throughout the Games, various athletes and competitors at the Olympic Village complained about certain foods within the accommodation such as eggs and grilled meats not being available in sufficient quantity. British athletes also reportedly complained about raw meat being served and the food issues led many of them to begin to avoid the Olympic Village dining facilities and to eat elsewhere;
14241-473: The nation won 91 medals overall. This is the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympic history. Japan finished third with 20 gold medals and sixth in the overall medal count. Australia finished fourth with 18 gold medals and fifth in the overall medal count. The host nation, France , finished fifth with 16 gold and 64 total medals, and fourth in
14382-429: The new Paris 2024 Games emblem. Approval ratings were high, with 82 per cent of those surveyed finding it aesthetically appealing and 78 per cent finding it to be creative. It was met with some mockery on social media, one user commenting that the logo "would be better suited to a dating site or a hair salon". For the first time, the corresponding Paralympics shared the same emblem as the Olympics, with no difference bar
14523-626: The new app occurred on February 14, 2024. Sky Group Sky Group Limited is a British media and telecommunications conglomerate, which is a subsidiary of the American conglomerate Comcast , and headquartered in London , England. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Sky is Europe's largest media company and pay-TV broadcaster by revenue (as of 2018 ), with 23 million subscribers and more than 31,000 employees as of 2019. The company
14664-518: The new senior BSkyB executive roles were given to Sky personnel with many BSB leaving the company. In April the nine Sky/BSB channels had been condensed into five, with EuroSport being dropped soon after the Sky Sports launch. Chisholm also renegotiated the merged company's expensive deals with the Hollywood studios, slashing the minimum guaranteed payments. The defunct Marcopolo I satellite
14805-452: The official U.S. bid. On 27 July 2015, Boston and the USOC mutually agreed to terminate Boston's bid to host the Games, partly because of mixed feelings among city residents. Hamburg withdrew its bid on 29 November 2015 after holding a referendum . Rome withdrew on 21 September 2016, citing fiscal difficulties. Budapest withdrew on 22 February 2017, after a petition against
14946-426: The open market. On 26 September 2018, Fox subsequently announced its intent to sell all of its shares in Sky plc to Comcast for £12 billion. On 4 October 2018, Fox completed the sale of their shares, giving Comcast a 76.8% controlling stake at the time. On 12 October 2018, Comcast announced it would compulsorily acquire the rest of Sky after its bid gained acceptances from 95.3% of the broadcaster's shareholders with
15087-424: The overall medal count. Dominica , Saint Lucia , Cape Verde and Albania won their first-ever Olympic medals, the former two both being gold, with Botswana and Guatemala also winning their first-ever gold medals. The Refugee Olympic Team also won their first-ever medal, a bronze in boxing. At the conclusion of the games, despite some controversies throughout relating to politics, logistics and conditions in
15228-583: The platform serving as its U.S. launch partner for an exclusivity period. On May 18, 2021, NBCUniversal announced that it had acquired the U.S. streaming rights to the Eurovision Song Contest for Peacock under a two-year deal, beginning with the 2021 edition (whose first semifinal was held later that day). The agreement came shortly after NBC reached an agreement with the European Broadcasting Union , which organizes
15369-432: The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020. In October 2020, during the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election , NBC News launched a new channel on Peacock called "The Choice", which airs original news and opinion programs. At launch, these included The Majority Report with Sam Seder , The Mehdi Hasan Show, and Zerlina . In July 2021, the channel was rebranded as "The Choice by MSNBC ". In 2022, The Choice
15510-466: The proposed takeover. The resulting reaction forced News Corp. to withdraw its bid for the company in July 2011. The scandal forced the resignation of James Murdoch , who was the chairman of both BSkyB and News International, from his executive positions in the UK, with Nicholas Ferguson taking over as Chairman of BSkyB. In September 2012, Ofcom ruled that BSkyB was still fit to hold broadcast licenses in
15651-841: The recent sexual harassment controversies that had emerged at the US Fox News Channel , as there was no evidence to the contrary. Avaaz opposed Ofcom's opinion, stating that the regulator "made mistake after mistake in deciding to give the Murdochs a clean bill of health to take over more of our media". The Walt Disney Company announced on 14 December 2017 that it would acquire 21st Century Fox , including its stake in Sky plc but barring specific US assets. Fox stated that this purchase would "not alter [its] full commitment and obligation to conclude our proposed transaction". Analysts suggested that Disney's proposed transaction could ease regulatory concerns over Fox's purchase of Sky, as
15792-443: The right for the new digital terrestrial network. In June, it was awarded the right to start the service, ONdigital , under the condition BSkyB withdrew from the group's bid. In February 2003 BSkyB wished to renegotiate its deal with MTV to reduce its payment from £20m. Chief executive Tony Ball said "We're definitely prepared to stare them down if we can't get a sensible deal. MTV, and other channels, have done particularly well out of
15933-628: The safety of the Games. The Qatari Minister of Interior and Commander of Lekhwiya (the Qatari security forces) convened a meeting on 3 April 2024 to discuss security operations ahead of the Olympics, with officials and security leaders in attendance, including Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Sheikh Jassim bin Mansour Al Thani. A week before the opening ceremony, the Lekhwiya were reported to have been deployed in Paris on 16 July 2024. In
16074-593: The same year to coincide with the FIFA World Cup . In May 2022, Universal Pictures announced that it would shift three of its films to Peacock in 2023: Shooting Stars , a biographical feature about LeBron James based on his memoir; Praise This , about a youth choir music competition; and a remake of John Woo 's 1989 crime drama The Killer . In August 2022, NBC announced that its long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives would move exclusively to Peacock Premium beginning September 12 of that year, after
16215-407: The service had reached at least 54 million signups. In April 2022, the service reached 28 million monthly active accounts and 13 million paid subscribers, an increase of 40% from the previous quarter. It also reported a 25% increase in engagement year-over-year. In September 2022, the service had 30 million monthly active accounts and 15 million paid subscribers, a 70% increase in paid subscribers since
16356-454: The service reporting its second-highest usage behind the exclusive NFL broadcast. In August 2024, Peacock similarly added 2.8 million subscribers during the first week of the 2024 Summer Olympics . Ahead of the Games, a Comcast filing stated that Peacock had 33 million paid subscribers. Peacock has three tiers of service: Free, Premium, and Premium Plus. The Premium tiers are subscription-based and include Peacock's full library of content, while
16497-635: The service. Many of the standalone subscription services offered under the NBC Sports Gold banner were merged into Peacock Premium shortly after its launch, including Premier League Pass, IndyCar Pass, Figure Skating Pass, Rugby Pass, Snow Pass, motocross and speed skating. In August 2020, Peacock launched NBC Sports on Peacock , a content hub featuring sports talk shows and radio simulcasts such as PFT Live with Mike Florio , The Dan Patrick Show and The Rich Eisen Show. In September 2020, NBC Sports on Peacock added Brother From Another,
16638-586: The start of 2022. As of December 2022, the service had reached 20 million paid subscribers, with its coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Spanish having been credited for an increase in the fourth quarter of 2022. In January 2024, Peacock added 3 million new subscribers due to its exclusive National Football League Wild Card broadcast, and achieved the most-streamed event in U.S. history, with an average of 23 million viewers. In April 2024, WrestleMania XL became Peacock's most-streamed entertainment event, with
16779-505: The streaming local news channels on January 20, with stations in Chicago ( WMAQ-TV , as NBC Chicago News ), Miami ( WTVJ , as NBC Miami News ), Philadelphia ( WCAU , as NBC Philadelphia News ) and Boston ( NBC 10 Boston / NECN , as NBC Boston News ) as launch cities, followed by New York City ( WNBC , as NBC New York News ) and Los Angeles ( KNBC , as NBC Los Angeles News ) on March 17, 2022. NBCLX launched in 2022 shortly after
16920-443: The streets of Paris in the lead-up to the Games. Following the end of the Games, the national counterterrorism prosecutor, Olivier Christen, revealed that French authorities foiled three terror plots meant to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games, resulting in the arrest of five suspects. To reduce the environmental impact and climate footprint of the Paris 2024 Games, the Olympic venues served twice as much plant-based food as
17061-409: The table. In February 2019, The Economist magazine claimed that Sky enjoys gross margins of 50%. ITV plc has been the subject of a flurry of rumoured take-over and merger bids since it was formed. For example, on 9 November 2006, NTL announced that it had approached ITV plc about a proposed merger. The merger was effectively blocked by BSkyB on 17 November 2006 when it controversially bought
17202-716: The weekly losses had been reduced to £1.5M a week, Rupert Murdoch said "there were strong financial marketing and political reason[s] for making the compromise merger instead of letting BSB die. Many of the lessons had been learnt with more than half the running cost of the combined company". Further cuts in losses were a direct result of 313,000 new customers joining during the first half of 1991. By March 1992, BSkyB posted its first operating profits, of £100,000 per week, with £3.8 million weekly from subscriptions and £1 million from advertising, but continued to be burdened with £1.28 billion of debt. Stockbroker firm James Capel forecast BSkyB would still be indebted in 2000. In
17343-614: The weeks running up to the opening of the Paris Olympics, it was reported that police officers would be deployed from Belgium, Brazil, Canada (through the RCMP/OPP/CPS/SQ), Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany (through Bundespolizei /NRW Police ), India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain (through
17484-480: Was added for Premium Plus subscribers. This function was available at launch in 210 markets. Lionsgate licenses library content to Peacock which Comcast negotiated during renewal of its carriage of Starz . In turn, NBCUniversal would license content to StarzPlay in the United States and internationally. On January 16, 2020, Peacock acquired the streaming rights to the Warner Bros. Television series Two and
17625-566: Was announced as his successor. This appointment caused allegations of nepotism from shareholders. On 7 December 2007, it was announced that Rupert Murdoch would be stepping down as BSkyB's non-executive chairman and would be replaced by his son, James . In turn, James stepped down as CEO of BSkyB, to be replaced by Jeremy Darroch . It was estimated that Darroch would earn around £38.2 million from selling Sky to Comcast. He sold his 775,772 shares in Sky worth £13.4 million and would cash in on previously awarded bonus shares. In January 2021, it
17766-440: Was announced that Darroch would be standing down as CEO, and will become executive chairman of Sky for the remainder of 2021, and will then be an advisor to the company. He will be succeeded as CEO by Dana Strong . The current company directors are Comcast personnel: Michael J Cavanagh (Comcast senior VP & CFO), Arthur R Block (legal counsel) and David L Cohen (senior VP & CDO). Financial results have been as shown in
17907-409: Was available in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 . Vegan chicken nuggets and vegan hot dogs were served in place of the meat-based variety. Venues for spectators served on average two-thirds plant-based meals. The Place de la Concorde , the venue that hosted the skateboarding, breakdancing and BMX events, only served plant-based food. The football stadiums served 40% plant-based food. About 30% of
18048-558: Was contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. On 12 June 2018, Comcast announced a US$ 65 billion counter-offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets that Disney had offered to purchase. However, Fox subsequently agreed to an increased, US$ 71.3 billion offer from Disney instead. On 15 June 2018, the European Commission gave antitrust clearance to Comcast's offer to purchase Sky, citing that in terms of their current assets in Europe, there would be limited impact on competition. Comcast included
18189-824: Was curtailed in Sky territories in January 2023. In December 2023, it was announced that Peacock was shutting down in Sky territories on January 9, 2024, with some Peacock shows being moved to Sky channels and others being available on Hayu . In March 2023, Comcast's NBCUniversal and Sky and MultiChoice announced a partnership on Showmax in Africa, with NBCU owning 30% of the new entity and MultiChoice owning 70%. The joint venture will harness Peacock technology and include content from Peacock and Sky , as well as African content, such as Showmax Originals and local content from MultiChoice's proprietary channels, including Mzansi Magic, Africa Magic and Maisha Magic at re-launch. The relaunch of
18330-682: Was folded into a new MSNBC hub, featuring original content and on-demand streaming of selected MSNBC programs. In January 2021, Peacock premiered The Overview , a weekly series hosted by Gadi Schwartz that features conversations on news topics and "paradigm shifts" impacting the world. In January 2022, Peacock launched 24/7 streaming local news channels from the NBC Owned Television Stations division. The channels feature simulcast and encore news programming, along with breaking news and original content produced by its NBC station's local news operations. The four markets launched
18471-409: Was formed by the merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting on 2 November 1990. Both companies had begun to struggle financially and were suffering financial losses as they competed against each other for viewers. The Guardian later characterised the merger as "effectively a takeover by News Corporation". The merger was investigated by the Office of Fair Trading and was cleared
18612-862: Was given a soft launch in the UK and Ireland on November 16, 2021, to all Sky and Now subscribers. On January 25, 2022, Peacock further expanded in Sky territories, soft launching in Austria and Germany, followed by Italy on February 15 and Switzerland on March 2. On August 18, 2021, Comcast announced an agreement with Paramount Global (then known as ViacomCBS) to launch SkyShowtime, a joint streaming service combining programming from both companies, including Peacock Originals, which will be based on Peacock's infrastructure. The service would be available in 20 smaller European territories, including four Nordic countries along with Hungary and Poland , where it will replace Paramount Global's Paramount+ (Nordic countries) or its eponymous SVOD service (Hungary and Poland, where it
18753-471: Was given the highlights of most of the matches, while BSkyB paid £304m for the Premier League rights, giving them a monopoly of all live matches, up to 60 per year from the 1992–93 season. Murdoch has described sport as a "battering ram" for pay-television, providing a strong customer base. A few weeks after the deal, ITV went to the High court to get an injunction as it believed their details were leaked before
18894-603: Was in talks with its largest shareholder, 21st Century Fox , about acquiring 21st Century Fox's 57.4% stake in Sky Deutschland and its 100% stake in Sky Italia . The enlarged company (dubbed "Sky Europe" in the media) would consolidate 21st Century Fox's European digital TV assets into one company. The £4.9 billion takeover deal was formally announced on 25 July, where BSkyB would acquire 21st Century Fox's stakes in Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. BSkyB also made
19035-644: Was known as Paramount Play), instead of Peacock and Paramount+ operating separately in those markets. SkyShowtime was released on September 20, 2022, in the Nordics, launched in October 25 in the Netherlands and Portugal, launched in the former Yugoslav countries (except North Macedonia ) on December 14 and in the rest of Central and Eastern Europe on February 14, 2023. SkyShowtime finished its expansion by releasing in Spain and Andorra on February 28, 2023. Peacock
19176-483: Was later announced on December 9, 2021, that the pay-one window would be brought forward to as little as 45 days after a film's initial theatrical release (though Universal's deals with theater chains regarding the premium video on demand window for these films would be unaffected by this move). In January 2022, NBC's Spanish-language sister network Telemundo announced TPlus, a new "content hub" for Spanish-language programming on Peacock Premium that will launch later in
19317-645: Was reduced by half from an estimated 600,000 to 300,000, with plans for free viewing locations now being by invitation only. In April 2024, after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Crocus City Hall attack in March, and made several threats against the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals , French president Emmanuel Macron indicated that the opening ceremony could be scaled back or re-located if necessary. French authorities had placed roughly 75,000 police and military officials on
19458-536: Was reported and then confirmed to have tested positive in 2021 for trimetazidine . In January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021 for an anti-doping rule violation, and the International Skating Union subsequently subtracted Valieva's scores, which upgraded the United States and Japan to gold and silver respectively. Under
19599-593: Was shut down on April 4, 2021. In May 2021, Peacock announced that it had ordered WWE Evil , a documentary series created, produced, and narrated by John Cena that chronicles WWE's most prominent antagonists . WWE committed to produce a "signature documentary" for the service annually beginning in 2022; the first— Wooooo! Becoming Ric Flair — was released in December 2022. Peacock carries NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes programming, including live events either in simulcast with NBC or Telemundo , or exclusive to
19740-549: Was sold in December 1993 to Sweden's NSAB , and Marcopolo II went to Norway's Telenor in July 1992 after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) was unable to find new companies to take over the BSB licences and compete with BSkyB. News International received 50%, Pearson PLC 17.5%, Chargeurs 17.5%, Granada 12%, Reed International 2% of the new shares in the company. By September 1991,
19881-481: Was the first Summer Olympics opening ceremony to be held outside the traditional stadium setting (and the second ever after the 2018 Youth Olympic Games one, held at Plaza de la República in Buenos Aires ); the parade of athletes was conducted as a boat parade along the Seine from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna , and cultural segments took place at various landmarks along the route. Jolly stated that
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