Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, and UFC, the MMA organisation, have announced the extension of NENT Group’s exclusive Nordic UFC media rights in a multi-year agreement. UFC events will continue to be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service, with selected events available on NENT Group’s free-TV channels and through […]
Spain’s public broadcaster has inadvertently carried an interview with the exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont after hackers broke into its online news stream with an interview from Russia’s state-backed RT network. The hack meant Spanish TV’s +24 channel showed RT’s interview between Puigdemont and the former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. RT’s boss, Margarita Simonyan, […]
Jean-Marc Racine, Chief Product Officer, Synamedia has offered his 2020 industry predictions, forecasting that new ecosystems and partnerships will boost the demand for linear TV addressable advertising, and that cross-service TV bundles will become more commonplace. Racine’s predictions are: Bundling – The cross-service TV bundle will move centre stage as the perceived wisdom that cord […]
DocuBay, the SVoD platform from IN10 Media Network has partnered online Smart TV brand CloudWalker. The partnership will enable CloudWalker users access to DocuBay’s premium library, comprising of HD and 4K documentary features across several genres. Commenting on the partnership, Akul Tripathi, COO at DocuBay, said: “We are confident that Smart TV audiences will be […]
Rambler Group, Russia’s third-largest internet company, is suing streaming service Twitch for 180 billion roubles (€2.47bn) over pirate broadcasts of English Premier League football games. Rambler alleges its exclusive broadcasting rights were breached by the service over 36,000 times between August and November. It is now seeking to permanently ban the Amazon-owned platform – traditioanlly […]
ESTV, the dedicated channel for eSports and gaming personalities, has announced its availability on Samsung TV Plus, a free ad-supported video service accessible on Samsung Smart TVs. ESTV joins a growing list of TV channels on the Samsung TV Plus service which delivers free, instant access to high-quality programming across millions of 2016-2019 Samsung Smart […]
A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll, one of the biggest illegal television show and movie streaming services in the United States, and to his working as a computer programmer with co-defendants to help build Jetflicks, a similarly large […]
ZEE5 has partnered with smart device provider Huawei to makes ZEE5’s Android App available on the Huawei App Gallery, thereby reaching the platforms 570+ million global monthly active users across international markets. Huawei app gallery users can now access ZEE5’s library of more than 100,000 hours of on demand content, 60+ live TV channels, latest […]
ESPN Player will deliver extensive live and on-demand coverage of the finale of the NCAA College Football season as the 2020 National Champion is decided in the College Football Playoff. ESPN Player’s NCAA Pass will give fans access to the service for the entire Bowl and Playoff season, so they can enjoy 35+ Bowl games, […]
Frndly TV has debuted its live and on-demand TV streaming service on Apple TV in the US with the public launch of its beta app. In addition, UPtv is now available to all Frndly TV customers for no additional cost. “There has been great demand for Frndly TV from Apple TV users, so we wanted […]