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Eurosport expands cycling coverage

Eurosport has extended Giro d’Italia coverage and additional races have been confirmed from 2017, meaning cycling fans can enjoy over 200 days of live cycling on Eurosport in 2017. The news follows a new long-term agreement covering all major Italian races, Flanders Classics and a number of Tour events around the world. The races form part […]

January 27, 2017

All 2017 IMSA races live on Motors TV UK

Motors TV UK has revealed it will air all 12 rounds of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SporsCar Championship live across Europe, starting with 16 hours of live coverage from the 24 Hours of Daytona (January 28th – 29th). Broadcasts for all 2017 IMSA races will be available live across Europe in English, French, German, Spanish, […]

January 27, 2017

Fox Networks Group Asia deal with AccorHotels

Fox Networks Group Asia is entering in a comprehensive media and content partnership for 2017 with French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for the Asia Pacific market which includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, PNG, Myanmar, Macau, Mongolia, India, China, Australia and New Zealand. The deal will see tactical media campaigns across […]

January 27, 2017

Discovery: Sky carriage deal ‘impasse’

Negotiations between Discovery and Sky over a new carriage deal have reached an impasse, according to Discovery, who claim that Sky is refusing to pay a fair price for Discovery’s portfolio of channels, forcing it to go public in what it describes as an “historic move”, suggesting that its “much-loved” channels and programmes could disappear […]

January 26, 2017By Colin Mann

Sky to launch OTT Sky Q

In addition to announcing its half-year results, Sky has revealed plans to launch Sky TV without the need for a satellite dish for the very first time in the UK. The move will see millions of homes, currently unable to install a satellite dish, able to enjoy the best entertainment on Sky. Delivered through a […]

January 26, 2017

Sky Sports scores England rights deal

Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to show competitive England matches in the brand-new UEFA Nations League, as part of a new deal for European national team football including qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2020 and FIFA World Cup 2022. The agreement offers up to 900 live matches between 2018 and 2022. Sky Sports […]

January 26, 2017

‘Get it Right’ site educational emails

Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that UK ISPs were set to issue letters to UK Internet users regarding the use of their broadband connection ‘to share copyrighted material’, the government-backed ‘Get It Right From A Genuine Site’ campaign has added further details of the scheme’s operation to the get-it-right.org website to which ‘infringers’ are directed via the […]

January 26, 2017By Colin Mann

Poland: TVN expands Warner Bros deal

TVN Group has expands on its long-lasting relationship with Warner Bros International Television Distribution, by signing a new multi-year licensing deal. TVN Group holds exclusive basic-pay and free TV rights to blockbuster cinema productions, such as The Lego Movie, Godzilla, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]

January 26, 2017

Haivision, Nokia OZO partner for VR 360 streaming

Haivision, a specialistin enterprise video and streaming solutions, has announced that the company’s KB 4K internet media encoder is compatible with Nokia OZO Live for virtual reality streaming. Using Haivision’s KB 4K encoder together with the Nokia OZO virtual reality camera and Nokia OZO Live software, organisations can stream high quality, VR experiences that combine […]

January 26, 2017

Bake Off to air on C4 this year after all

The Great British Bake Off will return to TV this year after the BBC waived its right to force Channel 4 to hold off until 2018. The BBC lost the rights to the show last September after Channel 4 bid a reported £25 million (€29m) per year for the format. A BBC spokesperson said the […]

January 26, 2017