Amazon has held talks with US sports leagues the NBA, MLB and NFL and others to stream live sports, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Amazon is said to have proposed a premium, exclusive sports package as part of its Amazon Prime subscription service. The online retail giant has also reportedly looked […]
The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) arrested a 35-year-old man in the south England town of Maidenhead on November 17th on suspicion of copyright offences relating to an attempt to sell the Brotherhood movie online. The suspect has since been bailed until a date in January 2017. The arrest follows a […]
In advance of the formal launch of its OTT service DirecTV NOW at the end of the month, AT&T has reached an agreement with Fox Networks Group to extend the Fox portfolio of networks across AT&T DirecTV products including DirecTV NOW. Fox programming available to DirecTV NOW customers will include: Fox News Channel, Fox Business […]
CSI Sports, a provider of premium fight content, has signed a new carriage agreements for its 24/7 HD Network Fight Sports in Finland with Nordic Pay-TV operator DNA (including Cable, OTT and DTT Networks). The programming line-up includes some of the most high profile World Title Boxing events (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), Championship Kickboxing, […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, workflow, analytics and monetisation, is automating the global syndication of clips for Sky Sports with Ooyala Flex, its media logistics solution. With Ooyala, Sky Sports is able to deliver hundreds of Premier League in-game clips and highlight packages for online and linear consumption to 40 international […]
A virtual reality video simulating a drink driving car crash has been released by alcohol maker Diageo. The four-minute video shows the collision of three cars, with viewers able to see it from 360 degrees. Some road safety charities said it helped to show the dangers of drink driving, but others said it could have […]
Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts has released the results of the 2016 online copyright infringement survey, which show an overall decrease in the level of infringement in the past year largely because of the increase in the availability of online streaming. A fall in the proportion of Australian Internet users accessing unlawful content […]
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with TVB to launch its suite of five channels and brands in Hong Kong. BBC First, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Earth, CBeebies and BBC World News are now available on myTVSuper, TVB’s new subscription service that is available on the set top box, mobile and tablet as an app. Subscribers […]
Turkish digital TV platform Digiturk has retained the broadcasting rights for the Turkish Super Leagues for another five years. Digiturk outbid rival platform Turkcell Superonline to land all broadcasting rights for the Turkish top tier football through its bid worth $500 million per annum. With value added tax the figure is expected to be closer […]
Sky’s Group CEO Jeremy Darroch has said that while sport remains a key part of its broadcast portfolio, the content rights aren’t as important as they once were. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley investor conference in Barcelona, Darroch said: “Sport is very important, obviously football is very important, but relatively, every day it is less […]