MUMBAI: After tennis and basketball it is now the turn of wrestling to have its own channel. Satellite services company Globecast has announced that it has signed a long term agreement with Dolphin TV to deliver its new Wrestling Channel direct-to-home via Sky Digital to over 7 million UK viewers. The deal goes into effect on 15 March.

The Wrestling Channel will offer viewers a vast selection of pro-wrestling action including weekly shows from Japan, South America, the UK and the US independent series, as well as classic and memorable wrestling from the 70's, 80's and 90's. The channel has stated that its daytime programming is expected to attract a wide range of viewers, while the evening programming will focus on the 16-24 year old demographic. Dolphin TV's Dublin based production partner, Maxtron Media Group, will be editing all the wrestling content specifically for the UK audience.

The Wrestling Channel is London-based Dolphin TV's first media ownership venture and Globecast's role will be to provide an end-to-end, managed satellite distribution service, which includes encryption, uplink and space capacity.

GlobeCast's UK channel distribution head Juliet Bayliss was quoted in an official release saying, "We are delighted to be delivering The Wrestling Channel for Dolphin TV. We will add the new station to our ever-increasing list of 80 plus UK television distribution clients which currently include: Discovery, MTV, CNN, Bloomberg and BBC World."