BBC Three will for the first time make all episodes of a new series available on BBC iPlayer ahead of its linear transmission. All six episodes of Jonah From Tonga, the new series from Chris Lilley – the writer and star of Summer Heights High and Ja’mie: Private School Girl – will be made available […]
Amazon has boosted its exclusive rights portfolio by acquiring rights to to the new animated Batman series – Beware the Batman. The 26 episode show is available in the UK for the first time via Amazon’s Prime Instant Video streaming service. The deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution sees Amazon continue to invest heavily […]
As it further ramps its content portfolio better to compete with other online entertainment services, a deal between Amazon and BBC Worldwide, the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, means that some of the very best British drama and comedy is now available for unlimited streaming by members of UK movie and TV streaming subscription […]
Seemingly undaunted by its forthcoming US Supreme Court copyright case, Internet TV streaming service Aereo has announced that starting May 29th, consumers can access its antenna and DVR technology to record and watch live television using Google’s Chromecast device. Current Aereo members and consumers residing in active Aereo markets will be able to download (or […]
Following the revelation that Australia leads the list of countries illegally sharing the Season Four première of Game of Thrones, and in response to criticism of its exclusive first-run rights to the show, Bruce Meagher, director of corporate affairs for Foxtel, has defended the Australian pay-TV operator’s business model. Writing an opinion piece on Australian […]
Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox are partnering to remake Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans, marking the first time games a console maker has partnered with a UK broadcaster to co-fund a major series. The deal will see Channel 4 air the drama exclusively in the UK in 2015 at the same time as Microsoft makes […]
The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) based in the City of London Police has called upon advertisers and brand holders to continue to support its work to tackle Intellectual Property crime following the launch of its Infringing Website List (IWL). The IWL, the first of its kind to be developed, sets out to disrupt […]
Crackle and NBCUniversal Television & New Media Distribution have announced an exclusive, multi-year content licensing deal to stream feature films from NBCUniversal’s film library on the free, ad-supported streaming service. Effective immediately, Crackle users will instantly have access to several new library feature films, with more than 140 new library titles rolling out over the […]
Barry Diller, the prime backer of Internet TV streaming service Aereo, has said the operation probably would not be able to continue in business were the US Supreme Court to judge in favour of the broadcast networks in the hearing scheduled for April 22nd, but suggested that if successful, it would ramp up its roll-out. […]
US non-profit consumer organisations Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Consumers Union (CU) have filed an amicus (friend of court) brief at the US Supreme Court in the case of American Broadcasting Companies Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. F/K/A Bamboom Labs Inc. The case involves major broadcasters who have sued Internet TV streaming service Aereo for […]