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 Last week, La Liga announced it had withdrawn its tender for the UK broadcast rights after receiving no satisfactory bids for the rights.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
An agreement between YouTube and Mediapro will allow fans in more than 150 countries to follow the Pan American Games – a major sporting event in the Americas. As international rights manager, Mediapro has reached an agreement with YouTube to broadcast the Lima 2019 Pan American Games live for the first time ever via the […]
Ofcom has confirmed that the BBC can go ahead with planned changes to BBC iPlayer, subject to certain conditions and guidance. The BBC intends to change BBC iPlayer from a 30-day catch up service, to one where programmes are available for 12 months as standard, with some available for longer. As required by the BBC […]
The owners of the major US broadcast networks have jointly filed a lawsuit against Locast, a startup streaming service that offers broadcast TV available for free. CBS, Disney, Fox and NBCUniversal claim the service threatens billions of dollars in copyrighted content. The lawsuit was filed in New York’s Southern District court on July 31st. The […]
Pluto TV, the OTT platfrom owned by Viacom, has announced that three channels from My5, Channel 5’s VoD platform, will launch on its service in the UK. My5 Crime, My5 Documentaries and My5 GPs: Behind Closed Doors will debut on Pluto TV effective immediately. The move reciprocates last month’s launch of three Pluto TV channels […]
Play, the largest mobile network operator in Poland, has announced the expansion of its channels offer in Play Now. From August 1st, users of the platform will be able to watch three new channels from NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) – SCI FI, 13 ULICA and E! Entertainment Television. Throughout the whole of August access to […]
Mediaset Spain will pay a huge bill for La Liga, Champions and Europa League rights if its streaming service Mitele Plus proves to be a success. According to El Economista, Mediaset will have to pay Movistar over €60 million if its new OTT service captures 270,000 subscribers. The minimum payment will be €20 million per […]
Streaming company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive Nordic media rights to Rugby World Cup 2019. Every match from this year’s tournament, which features 20 teams and will take place in Japan from September 20th to November 2nd, will be available live for rugby union fans across the region on NENT Group’s […]