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Sports Channel Network to stream Women’s Tour of Scotland

Sports Channel Network, the free to air AVoD channel available on Freeview and YouView, will stream highlights of the inaugural Scottish Women’s Tour cycling event in Scotland on August 25th as part of its strategy to become an accessible OTT destination for UK cycling fans. The event, which took place last weekend, was won by […]

August 15, 2019

Research: Linear TV slowing cord-cutting among sports fans

Grabyo’s 2019 Sports Video Trends Report reveals that over half of global consumers watch sport on a regular basis, with 45 per cent of sports fans watching it more often than anything else. The report follows on from Grabyo’s 2019 Global Video Trends Report, which surveyed over 9690 people across the UK, US, France, Germany, […]

August 14, 2019

fubo Sports Network on The Roku Channel

fuboTV, the US OTT service, is launching fubo Sports Network on The Roku Channel, further expanding distribution of the live, free-to-consumer TV network for sports fans. Sports fans can catch fubo Sports Network’s event coverage, news, behind-the-scenes and exclusive programming on The Roku Channel, Roku’s home for free and premium entertainment. In addition to The […]

August 14, 2019

EPIX on AT&T TV NOW

Premium TV network EPIX has launched on the AT&T TV app, the company’s streaming service, for $6 (€6.70) per month. The launch follows EPIX and AT&T’s recently-announced distribution agreement and the network’s launch across DirecTV’s satellite platform on May 19th. Customers with the AT&T TV NOW experience can now sign up for a monthly subscription […]

August 9, 2019

SPI/FilmBox, Discover Digital Sub Saharan Africa channel boost

Global media company SPI/FilmBox and converged online television service Discover Digital have expanded their existing partnership in Sub Saharan Africa by adding another seven channels from SPI’s channel portfolio to the DEOD (Digital Entertainment On Demand) platform. The newly-expanded partnership with DEOD will include FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, Fast&FunBox HD, DocuBox HD, 360 TuneBox, Gametoon […]

August 9, 2019

Serie A: ‘Piracy kills football’

Italy’s premier football league, Lega Serie A, is taking action against audiovisual piracy, which it describes as “a criminal act” and an increasing plague in recent years, all over the world and in particular in Italy, calculating only that the incidence of piracy among adults in the country exceeds 60 per cent. The league intends […]

August 7, 2019By Colin Mann

FA launching women’s football streaming app

The Football Association(UK) has revealed it will launch a new live streaming platform, exclusively dedicated to women’s football, from the start of the 2019-20 season. The FA Player, which will be free to use and available online and via a dedicated mobile app, will provide live access to over 150 domestic women’s football fixtures throughout […]

August 7, 2019

La Liga on Amazon Prime Video?

Amazon Prime video could present a viable home for La Liga football coverage in the UK and Ireland. Last week, La Liga announced it had withdrawn its tender for the UK broadcast rights after receiving no satisfactory bids for the rights. Speaking to SportsPro, Thomas Thomson, an Enders Analysis broadcast research analyst, said that while […]

August 6, 2019

Creatives win SetTVNow injunction

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a permanent injunction against SetTVNow, a piracy outfit that was illegally feeding over 500 television channels to its users via online streaming or set-top devices. “SetTVNow and other piracy outfits […]

August 2, 2019By Colin Mann

Twitch’s Ninja jumps to Microsoft’s Mixer

Twitch, Amazon’s popular video game streaming platform has lost one of its biggest stars having seen him jump ship to rival site Mixer, owned by Microsoft. Tyler Blevins, known more commonly online as ‘Ninja’, had amounted 14.7 million followers on Twitch, mostly through playing Fortnite – and presumably playing it well. Ninja will kick off […]

August 2, 2019By Nik Roseveare