Amazon’s LoveFilm has signed a wide ranging multi-year deal with Warner Bros. The deal covers DVD rentals and the online service that will compete with Netflix next year. The deal does not affect BSkyB’s rights to show PPV and pay-TV movies on its services, with Warner Bros saying that it has carved out a new […]
Big Internet brands including Google and Facebook have lined up oppose the new Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill that is being debated in Congress. Some of the Internet’s biggest names are threatening to leave the US Chamber of Commerce over a bill that would make Web companies liable for pirated content that appears on […]
A poll carried out by UK help site PC Advisor suggests that 31 per cent of respondents plan to continue sharing files illegally despite the possibility of receiving warning letters from Ofcom. Ofcom says that in 2013 warning letters will be the first-step in the ‘three-strike’ rule set out in the Digital Economy Act in […]
Netflix is ramping up the studio content for its planned UK and Ireland launch in 2012 by agreeing a multi-year digital licensing agreement that will bring a broad range of Miramax films to Netflix members. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. “Netflix is proud to be able to offer the unmatched mix […]
The BBC World News channel has been banned from buying certain programmes and accepting some sponsorship deals, after an investigation found serious breaches of the corporation’s editorial guidelines in shows about subjects including Malaysia and carbon trading. A full investigation was launched by the BBC Trust into programming on BBC World News after it found […]
SES has signed a capacity agreement with High TV 3D, a worldwide 3D general entertainment channel, primarily for cable distribution. High TV 3D will be distributed via the Astra 23.5 degrees East orbital position, benefiting from its optimal European footprint coverage and household reach. Astra 23.5 degrees East is the home of various international 3D […]
Pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is reportedly looking to exit its contracts which give it semi-exclusive TV rights to the Formula One series of Grands Prix. Not content with potentially upsetting car racing fans, CEO Brian Sullivan also told the Financial Times German edition that he also wanted to look again at his coverage of Germany’s […]
US local TV station groups covering 76 million American homes are partnering with ConnecTV to launch a free second screen application in early 2012 that will offer viewers additional content and social media features tied to live TV. As part of the agreement, a number of the broadcasters have also made an undisclosed investment in […]
Disney-ABC Television Group’s ABC Entertainment and the Warner Bros Television Group (WBTVG) have reached a wide-ranging agreement regarding the digital distribution of series produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC for the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. Under the terms of the new agreement, ABC has the ability to distribute any series produced by WBTVG during […]
The Australian producers of acclaimed drama The Slap have succeeded in shutting down a Netherlands-based piracy website used by some 40,000 Australian and New Zealand expats to watch local shows illegally. The site, diwana.org, is run by an Australian expat and is popular with expats and others based overseas seekibg to access Australia and New […]