A report, Video piracy, from research and advisory firm Enders Analysis, notes that industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance, and that combating piracy is a formidable challenge, providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and streamers. According to Enders, Big Tech is both friend and foe in […]
Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has released its 2025 Annual Report, touting the key advancements driven by IBCAP over the past year in addressing piracy worldwide. “Since our last member meeting in May 2024, IBCAP has expanded its reach by developing proprietary automation software to detect and remove VoD content from […]
Irdeto, the global leader in digital video platform experiences and security, has announced its partnership with Astro, the largest pay-TV company in Malaysia, to launch the all-new Astro Sooka streaming platform. This collaboration marks a transformative step for Astro, leveraging Irdeto Experience for a complete overhaul of the Sooka platform, spanning backend, front-end and end-to-end […]
UK commercial PSB 5 has signed a new four-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to bring four live international T20 cricket fixtures to free-to-air TV annually for UK viewers to enjoy. As part of the deal, viewers will have the opportunity to watch and stream on 5 two international England Men’s […]
The Premier Sports app is now live on both Sky Stream and Sky Glass platforms in the UK. The app offers access to four channels: Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2, LALIGATV and Premier Sports Rugby – the newly launched 24/7 dedicated rugby channel. The app also includes additional event channels that stream live sports […]
The 2024/25 Premier League season reaches its conclusion on May 25th, with all 20 teams in action simultaneously (4pm kick-offs) and plenty still on the line in the race for Europe. Sky Sports will broadcast two matches exclusively live, including a European decider between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, and the champions’ home finale as Liverpool […]
The Football Association has agreed the first-ever stand-alone broadcast deal for the Adobe Women’s FA Cup with the competition airing on TNT Sports and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland from the 2025/26 season. The three-season deal will deliver a significant uplift in the number of matches that are broadcast live […]
The Colombian prosecutor in Pasto, Nariño announced the sentencing of the two defendants in the MagisTV Oficial case, which was referred to them by antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). The judge found the defendants violated Colombia’s criminal laws against copyright infringement and use of malicious software. The defendants received a 30-month […]
Spain’s Movistar Plus has reported a 66,000 gain in pay-TV subscribers in the first quarter 0f 2025 – being its highest growth in customers since 2018 – and reaching a total of 3,586,000 subscribers as of March 31st. The platform added 7,000 pay-TV subscribers in Q1 2024; 22,000 in Q2 2024; 49,000 in Q3 2024 […]
Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN Chairman, has announced that its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service will be simply branded as ESPN. Scheduled to launch in early autumn, sports fans in the US will have two ESPN DTC plans from which to choose, including an unlimited package that delivers the entire suite of ESPN networks and content. The […]