Joanne Elizabeth Hughes, the Licensee of the Rollers Arms in Wrexham, North East Wales, has been found guilty in her absence of three offences in relation to the dishonest broadcast of Sky televised programming. Intellectual property protection body FACT brought the criminal prosecution against Hughes at Wrexham Maelor Magistrates’ Court. The proceedings determined that the […]
Pop-up FAST channels have evolved from short-term promotional plays into one of the most effective ways to enter the streaming market, reports FAST Channels TV. Far from temporary, these channels are increasingly serving as low-risk, high-impact launchpads for long-term audience growth, sustainable monetisation, and brand development. What is a Pop-Up FAST Channel? A pop-up FAST […]
Ahead of the release of its H1 2026 results, M6, the official FTA broadcaster in France of 54 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches (with beIN Sports covering the event on a pay-TV basis) reports that it attained an audience of 60 million viewers for the tournament across both its linear channel and its M6+ platform. […]
TNT Sports has agreed an extention with World Snooker Tour (WST) taking coverage to at least the 2030-2031 season. The Triple Crown – including the World Championship, the Masters and the UK Championship – will be brought to fans across the UK and Ireland with coverage on TNT Sports. Every frame from at least 16 […]
ZDF and ProSiebenSat.1, the German broadcasters have reached an agreement to integrate ZDF on-demand content into ProSiebenSat.1’s Joyn streaming platform. The operational launch is planned for Q4 2026. Users will gain access ZDF content directly via Joyn. ZDF on-demand content – range of news, documentaries as well as its culture, factual, and entertainment offerings -will […]
Ireland’s Coimisiún na Meán has announced funding of almost €697,000 for a range of new community broadcasting projects under the latest Social Benefit Round of the Sound & Vision scheme. The Social Benefit Round supports community broadcasters in delivering initiatives that create positive social impact through programming, training and education initiatives. These projects are designed […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has applauded its US government partners, led by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), for the success of ‘Operation Offsides’, where authorities seized over 1,000 websites and blocked 1,970 website domains that illegally streamed FIFA World Cup matches. Operation Offsides was a government-led […]
French public broadcaster, France Télévisions, will provide live, free-to-air coverage of the NFL Paris Game 2026, which will mark the first time an official NFL game is held French soil. The event takes place at the Stade de France on October 25th and will pit the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the New Orleans Saints. France […]
FAST channel provider wedotv has agreed a distribution partnership with Samsung that brings four wedotv FAST channels to Samsung Smart TV users across India. The initial channel lineup includes wedotv Big Stories (in partnership with BIG Media), wedotv Cars (created with Motorvision), wedotv Movies, and wedotv Sports, offering viewers a curated mix of factual entertainment, […]
LG Electronics is partnering with Prime Video to celebrate the streaming release of Masters of the Universe on July 22nd. The collaboration introduces Creator Original Picture Mode, a picture setting for streaming exclusively available on 2026 LG OLED evo TVs, together with an interactive Magic Remote voice feature inspired by He-Man’s iconic catchphrase: “I have […]