The following article is on the company Dolphin Television which registered the company The Wrestling Channel Ltd:

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/ThisWeek.News.View.aspx?ContentID=8907

David Goffin, previously the commercial director of Clear Channel Radio, has launched a new media sales agency called Dolphin Television which is focused on trading in digital TV inventory and counts Sky among its first clients.

Dolphin, which Goffin has created with joint managing director Mike Wells, has a two-tier business model.

The agency will sell the downtime on digital TV shopping channels such as Screenshop and will concentrate on helping niche, new DTV channels get off the ground by selling them to agencies and advertisers.

Goffin said: “This is very uncommon. It’s a new business working at the niche end of the digital market selling traditional advertising space.”

Attheraces, the digital racing brand which is a joint venture between Channel 4, Sky and Arena Leisure, and the recently launched 24-hour music channel Chart Show TV, are the first multichannel brands to be added to Dolphin’s books.

Sky has signed up the agency to sell advertising on its channels Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3 and Sky Sports Extra, and Sky Premier Widescreen, as well as on the History Channel, the Biography Channel and National Geographic Adventure One.

Dolphin will also handle inventory on shopping channels on the Sky Digital platform that do not broadcast on a 24-hour basis.

Candida Jackson, who previously headed sales of the Pepsi Network Chart at Capital Radio, has joined Dolphin Television as head of sales on Chart Show TV.

the agency has also persuaded Tony Sweeney, head of sales from attheraces, to join the company.

If its true, its great news, but personally, I would bet a large sum of money that it just wont happen. Sure, I dont doubt the idea and ambition, but having been through the debacles of UWA, WrestleXpress, and MECW, one tends to get cynical at this kind of thing!

It will be death for the tape traders though. Just as well I have been steadily working to expand my business into other areas!

...when it comes to tape traders, they are already breaking copyright laws by selling video tapes containing a wrestling promotion's copyright works (videos of their shows). Remember, UK law does not require registration of copyright... it just requires that a work be put into permanent form (ie. recorded on video). If the trader has videoed the show him/herself though, it could be argued that they (the trader) own the copyright as they are the person who put it into permanent form (and if you got *permission* to film from the promoter/company owner, they wouldn't really have a leg to stand on for suing... unless they set down terms which included you could not sell the videos for profit).

So to be honest, they should have just about the same worries as they do now!

Can you tell when they start ? That is a really great idea!!! :twisted:

does it mattr if chris was lying, which he int why would, he

yeah it may fall through bt we can only wait and see. i would love a channel it would give me an excuse not to leave my house

Two promotions were left out, that would be great to have on the new channel: IWA and WWC in Puerto Rico. Currently they cannot be seen outside of P.R., and tapes of their tv are impossible to find. I for one would love to see the Sabu v. Abdullah feud that is headlining WWC bills.