The movie that documents Wales' "historic passage" to the Euro 2016 semifinal "has become so popular screenings are selling out -- in England." Whether the demand "across the bridge is from admiring (and frustrated) English football fans is unclear," but the film's director revealed that "some showings in London, as well as Wales, are sold-out." Filmmaker Jonny Owen said that he has been "overwhelmed" by the response. Owen said, "It's unbelievable that millions of people have seen it in just a few days. I've never known or been involved in anything like it in my life to be honest" (WALES ONLINE, 2/6).
Ahead of the Champions Hockey League final, Infront Sports & Media announced several new key media rights agreements starting with the '17-18 season. From the '17-18 through '22-23 CHL seasons, SVT will broadcast the games in Sweden, SPORT1 in Germany, Arena sport TV in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, RTV in combination with Sport TV in Slovenia, ESPN in Brazil, Charlton Sport 1/2 in Israel and Sportstv in Turkey. Additionally, Infront signed an agreement with AMC (Sport1, Sport2) for the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia from the '17-18 through '19-20 seasons. The rights covered by all agreements include full-length, live, delayed and highlights transmissions across all media platforms including TV, mobile and internet (Infront).
TV3's new rugby entertainment show Clubhouse will air Tuesday night at 10:30pm local time. Presented by Joe Molloy, Clubhouse will feature current and former players and guests from the world of entertainment, business and comedy. To celebrate the launch of the show, TV3 teamed up with Heineken to run a weekly on-air competition which will send winners to the Champions Cup final in Edinburgh in May and offer other rugby giveaways (TV3).
