Joe Markowski, Executive VP of DAZN North America, offered his thoughts on the OTT media company’s approach in the region at the SportsPro OTT Summit USA in Atlanta. One of DAZN’s bolder moves was to acquire the rights to the KSI v Logan Paul boxing rematch. The YouTube stars’ huge reach created a unique opportunity […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has acquired the rights to stream the eagerly rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury, in five of its markets. The fight, taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on February 22nd, will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN in Germany, Austria, Spain and […]
Haystack TV, an ad-supported streaming service that connects viewers with local, national and global TV news, is expanding its worldwide distribution through a new technology integration agreement with Hisense, a global television and appliance manufacturer. Hisense, currently the third-largest television manufacturer, will pre-install and place the Haystack TV app prominently on the new VIDAA smart […]
UK multiplay telco BT is revamping its TV packages, introducing flexible bundles which will allow users to change the channels they subscribe to every month. The TV platform has also fully integrated NOW TV from Sky into its packages for the first time. It said that the new flexible packages will allow users to upgrade, […]
F1 TV has made its North American debut on the Roku platform with both the Pro and Access subscription plans of Formula 1’s OTT service now available in the Roku Channel Store in the US. This is the first time F1 TV will be available to watch on a large screen format. Formula 1 fans […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN is in advanced discussions to acquire the NBA rights in Spain from the start of the 2020/21 season. A deal could be worth as much as €9 million per season according to a report by sports business outlet Palco23. Telefónica has held NBA rights in the ocuntry for for 25 years, […]
DocuBay, the SVoD documentary platform by IN10 Media, has announced a content partnership with PatchWall on Mi TV, a Smart TV brand in India. DocuBay is now available as an integrated offering for all PatchWall users, featuring HD and 4K documentaries. Users can now subscribe to DocuBay’s OneTribe Membership (Yearly) at 50 per cent off […]
Discovery Kids Media (DKM) has announced that Big Top Academy will stream on Hulu in the US and air on the Sony Pictures Television (SPT) POP network across the UK. Both Hulu and SPT acquired rights to Season 1 and 2 of the live-action series. DKM is Discovery International’s recently created unit charged with developing, […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has extended its exclusive pan-Nordic media rights to German Bundesliga football until 2025. Under the new agreement, NENT Group will show more than 300 live Bundesliga games on its Viaplay streaming service every season and selected games on its linear TV channels. The deal also includes […]
Pluto TV, a ViacomCBS company and global AVoD service, has announced a multi-year global pact bringing Pluto TV’s platform of over 250 live, linear, thematically-curated and branded partner channels onto Hisense’s new Vidaa platform across the US, Europe and Latin America, for free. Beginning in the Spring of 2020, Pluto TV will be deeply integrated […]