European football’s governing body UEFA has officially joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the content protection coalition dedicated to combating digital piracy. UEFA becomes the first exclusive sports rights-holder to join ACE, while contributing to a broader industry-wide effort to safeguard the value of creative and sporting content worldwide. UEFA will play an […]

Prime Video continues to expand its Pay-Per-View (PPV) football offering in the UK with CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana matches joining Ligue 1, Bundesliga and UEFA Men’s National Team matches for £2.49 per game with no Prime membership or long-term commitment required. Both legs of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Semi-Finals along with the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Semi-Finals […]

Formula 1 has announced a five-year deal with Apple to become the sport’s exclusive US broadcast partner from 2026. The news follows on from F1 The Movie, the Apple Original Film, which was released internationally in cinemas and IMAX venues in June and will make its global streaming debut date on Apple TV on December […]

A recent Global Meeting of antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), saw one theme come through loud and clear: Momentum, according to Larissa Knapp, EVP & Chief Content Protection Officer, Motion Picture Association. In an ACE Blog Post, Knapp wrote that from APAC to EMEA, North America to LATAM, the coalition shared […]

Telenet TV customers in Belgium can now access a renewed TV menu that brings all sources of entertainment together in one overview: from live TV to streaming apps and local content. In the new menu, viewers will have a new ‘For You’ landing page with personalised recommendations based on their preferences and can subscribe to […]

DAZN losses fell to $936 million (€804.5m) in 2024, down from $1.4 billion the year before. The sports streaming platform posted saw revenues increase by $323 million to $3.2 billion in 2024. CEO Shay Segev told the FT that the group was on course to be profitable for the first time in 2026 and had […]

The Thailand Ministry of Justice’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has shut down INWIPTV, one of the country’s most notorious illegal streaming services, with support from antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and Thailand-based ACE member True Visions. Operating since 2012, INWIPTV (formerly FWIPTV) charged users a subscription price of 300 Thai […]

Mark Jamison, Non-resident Senior Fellow at public policy think tank The American Enterprise Institute, has suggested it is time to disband the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it has “run its course”, having become “a convenient political tool”. Writing in the AEIdeas blog, he suggests that current FCC Chairman Brendan Carr now has the […]

Virgin Media is refreshing its bundle line-up which its says will “put entertainment at the heart, simplify its offering and provide even more value for its customers” – including faster broadband, more HD channels, and Netflix included as standard across a selection of broadband and entertainment packages. New and re-contracting customers can choose from five […]

MultiChoice’s predicaments in Ghana are many. It has been involved in a bitter dispute with local government, but also where it is commonplace for cross-border (grey-market) imports and where piracy is reported to be rife. The local problem is not helped by adjacent Nigeria’s subscriber fees to MultiChoice and its DStv broadcast are about half […]