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ITV Boss, Sky’s Content Chief Set Out Vision for Acquisition, Try to Calm Nerves: ‘The Competition is Ferocious’

With Comcast-owned Sky’s $2.1 billion acquisition of ITV currently winding its way through the regulatory process in the U.K., both parties are limited in how much they can say. Yet Sky’s content chief Cecile Frot-Coutaz and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, both speaking in separate keynote speeches at the Royal Television Society convention in London, managed […]

ITV Boss, Sky’s Content Chief Set Out Vision for Acquisition, Try to Calm Nerves: ‘The Competition is Ferocious’

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Asian Games Day 11: Japan Wins 4x400m Relay Gold

Japan captured the men's 4x400-meter relay gold medal in driving rain on September 29, clocking 3 minutes, 0.75 seconds to win the Asian Games title for the first time in 12 years as the athletics…

  • Japan's men's 4x400m relay team wins gold on Day 11
  • Team of Fuga Sato, Shinya Hayashi, Kenki Imaizumi, and Yuki Joseph Nakajima
  • Qatar takes silver, India finishes third

‘Blue Beetle’ star Xolo Maridueña to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Buena Vista Social Club’

The “Practical Magic 2” actor will play Juan de Marcos in the Tony-and Grammy-winning Broadway hit for a seven-week engagement The post ‘Blue Beetle’ star Xolo Maridueña to Make Broadway Debut in…

  • Xolo Maridueña, known for Cobra Kai and Blue Beetle, debuts in 'Buena Vista Social Club'
  • Plays Juan De Marcos at Schoenfeld Theatre for seven weeks from November 17th to January 3rd
  • Broadway debut honors include Grammy Award and five Tony Awards

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