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Spain: 79 pirate sites face takedown

Following La Liga and Movistar’s obtaining of a court order requiring the takedown of pirate TV websites 79 have been identified across different technologies (IPTV, Streaming) that are likely to be blocked. Among them are Acestream.org, Arenavision.site, rojadirectatvenvivo, ovostreams.com, iptvparatodos.app, and Torrent. There are pirate IPTV services that have M3U computer file lists to have […]

August 5, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Canal+ Sport brings EPL to Czech, Slovak fans

Starting with the August 5th Crystal Palace against Arsenal encounter, all 380 matches of the English Premier League will be exclusively available via Canal+ Sport, the newly-created sports channel for Czech Republic and Slovakia. In addition, Canal+ Sport features many other football programming, including regular talk shows, match pre- and reviews, documentaries, etcetera. All English […]

August 5, 2022

Sky, DAZN Italy partnership

Pay-TV operator Sky and streaming service DAZN have signed what they describe as a major new  strategic agreement in Italy that makes the DAZN app available on Sky Q from the August 8th and also allows Sky subscribers to access the ZONA DAZN channel via the Sky decoder for a special DAZN rate, offering seven […]

August 5, 2022

Forecast: Asia content investment to grow 15%

Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 21 per cent in 2021 to reach $10.4 billion (€10.2bn) and are forecast to grow 15 per cent to $12.0 billion in 2022, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics from analyst firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). This report tracks video content consumption, […]

August 5, 2022

BT TV serves up Asian Mix

Multiplay telco BT has enhanced its BT TV offering with the addition of a new Asian Mix add-on. Asian Mix features eight premium Asian entertainment channels which offer a variety of content from comedy and drama to action and family shows, including HD channels, for £5 (€5.94) a month on a monthly rolling contract. The […]

August 5, 2022

Spain: 3hr limit for pirate site takedown

Spanish telco Telefónica and the country’s top flight football league La Liga have won two legal battles, with courts ruling that websites pirating TV content will have to be blocked within three hours of the operator reporting them as being illegal. This will be carried out on a weekly basis and will come into force […]

August 4, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Research: EPL armchair fans to pay £22 per game

Fans of the Premier League’s newly-promoted teams face paying £35 (€41.85) per game to watch them play on pay-TV and streaming services this season – three times more than the biggest clubs, reveals comparison and switching service Uswitch.com. Latest research shows a quarter of Brits with a sports package feel it’s the most important part […]

August 4, 2022

MultiChoice ups prices

MultiChoice is ‘adjusting’ its subscription fees. Details have emerged as to price rises in Uganda for its DStv and GOtv bundles. Uganda subscribers will have to pay the new fees from September 1st and MultiChoice says the new pricing structure reflects the volatility of currency exchange rates and local inflation as well as the weakening […]

August 4, 2022By Chris Forrester

Research: 1.25m Brits have pirated EPL football

With the English Premier League season kicking off on August 5th, 1.25 million Brits (2.4 per cent) admit to having illegally streamed at least one Premier League game over the past 12 months, according to new research from personal finance comparison site finder.com. This is close to the average viewership for Premier League games shown […]

August 4, 2022By Colin Mann

DISH Q2: Pay-TV subs loss deepens

US connectivity provider DISH Network Corporation has reported revenue totalling $4.21 billion (€4.13bn) for the quarter ending June 30, 2022, compared to $4.49 billion for the corresponding period in 2021. Net income attributable to DISH Network totalled $523 million for the second quarter 2022, compared to $671 million for the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per […]

August 3, 2022