As it looks to aggressively scale up operations across international markets, ZEE5 Global has made some key appointments strengthening its Product and Tech team. Rahul Vaz has been appointed to head up the Product team. Vaz most recently served as Sr. Product Director at Viacom’s Voot and will be based out of the ZEE5 Global […]
SiriusXM, the US pay-radio service, and Marvel have announced a multi-year agreement under which Marvel will create a substantial amount of exclusive podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora. In Marvel’s biggest podcast deal to date the venture will include both scripted and unscripted series, themed live events, and more. SiriusXM and Pandora will also debut many […]
LeoSat’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ronald van der Bregg, has stepped down from the company with immediate effect. LeoSat is widely reported to be having problems closing on a $50 million financing round. On September 30th it was reported that neither Hispasat or SkyPerfect – its existing major investors – wish to expand their existing investments, […]
A+E Networks UK has expanded the distribution of History and Crime+Investigation in Serbia launching on Telekom Srbija’s mts service, one of the largest platforms in Serbia. mts subscribers can choose from a wide range of Serbian premieres of factual and docu-scripted entertainment across A+E Networks brands this autumn. History is added to Start package, while […]
Michael Hutchence, the charismatic frontman of rock group INXS, died in November 1997 but has remained the subject of a number of films and documentaries. Now a July 1991 Wembley concert, filmed and released on VHS a few months after the concert took place, is being converted to 4K. Peter Wilson, CEO of Eagle Rock […]
Under two new partnership agreements, Sky Sports Racing has acquired exclusive UK and Ireland broadcast rights for all races from Woodbine, Saratoga, Aqueduct and Belmont Park Racecourses. Belmont Stakes Day races are already contracted to Sky Sports Racing for exclusive broadcast in the UK by rights holder NBC Universal. Sky Sports Racing will bring high-quality […]
Discovery’s dplay streaming service has gone live in the UK and Ireland. The ad-supported VoD service launches offers content from Discovery’s free-to-air channels; Quest, Quest Red, DMAX, Food Network, Really and Home. Users cab access all content live and on-demand, and at anytime and anywhere. The new service includes popular content from Discovery’s flagship channels, […]
In a legal ruling likely to be be noted across the sports industry, the President of the Nanterre Commercial Court in France has ordered Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – organiser of the Dakar Rally, Tour de France, the Paris Marathon amongst other events – specifically to perform its five year media rights exclusive agreement with […]
Liberty Global has announced that it supports the cancellation of Sunrise Communications’ Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which had been scheduled to take place October 23rd. Sunrise was seeking approval for an ordinary capital increase by way of a rights offering to finance its pending acquisition of UPC Switzerland. Sunrise has reviewed the vote tally, including […]
Verizon has said all its new and existing unlimited wireless customers in the US, as well as its Fios and 5G Home internet customers, will get the Disney+ streaming service free when it launches on November 12th. The service is priced at $7 monthly or $70 annually. A bundle that includes ESPN+ and Hulu will […]