Premium entertainment network EPIX is launching its EPIX app on Google Chromecast, the latest step in its continued leadership in the expansion of TV Everywhere. EPIX was the first premium network to launch on XBOX 360, PlayStation, iOS, Android tablets, Windows 8.1 and Roku players. Authenticated subscribers will have streaming access to EPIX’s unmatched, on-demand […]
Discovery Networks will relaunch Discovery HD Showcase in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on December 1st, with a new logo, a refreshed on-air look and an enriched programming line-up. Viewers will be able to watch exclusive content that cannot be watched anywhere else, along with a unique combination of key shows from Discovery Channel, […]
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Globecast to distribute top US Network, HGTV, on MEASAT-3. HGTV, which is wholly owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. On December 4th, HGTV will première with a robust line up of programmes about property, hybrid construction, design and extreme spaces. Under the terms of the agreement, HGTV will […]
Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company, has announced that its operation in Bolivia will launch a new Tigo Sports TV channel this week. The channel has been available in Paraguay since February and the version in Bolivia will feature exclusively top matches from the country’s football league, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. The […]
THEMA has signed an agreement with French IPTV operator Bouygues Telecom for the broadcast of the African fiction channel Nollywood TV in the African TV Pack (Le Bouquet Africain Premium). Nollywood TV is available through Le Bouquet Africain Premium (the Premium African TV Pack) on channel 683 via Bouygues Telecom’s Bbox The channel is also […]
A study of 2,500 BitTorrent users asking them about content purchases and choices, creativity, and the role of music and film in their daily lives has revealed them to be a thriving community of people that care about the arts and multimedia experiences.
The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has arrested two men on suspicion of leaking action movie The Expendables 3 online before its official release date. The film features an array of famous actors, including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was set to hit the big screen in cinemas in the […]
The BBC has confirmed will be broadcasting every game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015. The tournament, which kicks off in June next year, will be played out across BBC Two, BBC Three and the Red Button – alongside extensive coverage on Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website. Director of FIFA […]
Four pubs in England have been ordered by the High Court to each pay the Premier League costs for breaching copyright by making unauthorised broadcasts of Premier League football in their pubs. The details of the pubs and the £30,000 (€37,905) of costs they have been ordered to pay are: The New Inn, Swindon – […]
South Africa’s On Digital Media, which until recently traded as TopTV but is now – in effect – owned by China Times Group’s StarSat, is to appeal an order which prohibits transmissions of adult TV channels. ODM/StarSat is broadcasting three channels including Playboy TV. ODM/StarSat says the hearing will be before Judge Lee Bozalek on […]