IMPACT Wrestling verkündet neuen UK TV-Deal / Neues offizielles IMPACT Wrestling-Logo
IMPACT Wrestling hat nun einen neuen IMPACT Wrestling TV-Deal für England & Irland offiziell bestätigt. So wurde bekannt, dass die Show „IMPACT Wrestling“ ab dem 21. April 2017 immer freitags in England & Irland auf dem TV-Sender „Spike UK“ ausgestrahlt wird. Nachfolgend die offizielle Pressemitteilung:
IMPACT Wrestling Announces New U.K. TV Deal with Spike UK
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, including 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.
New episodes of 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,“ 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, added: „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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Nachdem erst vor wenigen Wochen von Anthem ein neues offiziellesIMPACT Wrestling-Logo vorgestellt worden ist, hat die Company das besagte Logo noch einmal überarbeitet und am heutigen Donnerstag, den 02. März 2017 ein neues offizielles IMPACT Wrestling-Logo präsentiert, welches die Company fortan nutzen wird:
(Quelle: IMPACT Wrestling)