Channel 5 has announced a partnership with Sky to bring daily highlights of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to free-to-air TV for fans across the UK. The event takes place from October 5th to November 19th in India where ten teams will battle is out across 47 games and England are set to […]
A+E Networks EMEA has announced the UK launch of its three FAST channels on Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform. The launch builds on A+E Networks EMEA’s expansion into the emerging FAST space and offers free access to A+E Networks EMEA’s library of programming for its three curated channels: Inside Crime, Mystery TV, and World […]
Paramount has announced the upcoming launch of its streaming service Paramount+ in Japan with J:COM, the cable television operator and broadband internet provider, and with pay-TV service Wowow. Japan is the second market in Asia to launch the service, following its debut in Korea last year. Beginning December 1st, Paramount+ will bring its catalogue films […]
Max and Warner Bros Discovery Sports have announced a Bleacher Report (B/R) Sports Add-On tier coming to Max starting October 5th. The Bleacher Report Sports Add-On package will deliver a full slate of premium live sports, including MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA Men’s March Madness, and US Soccer events, The Match, Emmy Award-winning studio shows such […]
Zee Entertainment, in partnership with Global Distribution Services and Synapse TV, has launched its FAST channels Zee World, Zest, Zing and Zee Punjabi on Freeview channel 278, becoming the largest Asian TV network in the UK. The channels offer an array of content, ranging from lifestyle and entertainment to drama and regional programming. With ZEE […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, a Designated Premises Manager (DPM) of The Stirrup Stane in Livingston has been ordered to pay £10,000 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises. Sky sought, and was awarded, a permanent interdict in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, which […]
Swisscom has announced a partnership with Paramount to add the Paramount+ streaming service to blue TV. Customers in Switzerland can now access the a range of premium content, including blockbuster movies such as Scream and Top Gun: Maverick, family favourites such as Paw Patrol, plus the latest series like Tulsa King and Special Ops: Lioness. […]
FITE, by Triller, and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have announced that the entire 2023-24 season will be streamed live on FITE+ in the UK & Ireland, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The two-year deal makes FITE+ the exclusive way to watch the matches in those countries. Staged in Asia’s most iconic cities, AFC Champions […]
Love at First Sight, Netflix’s new romantic comedy starring Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy, topped the English Films List in its debut week with 14.1 million views in the week commencing September 11th. Adam Sandler’s family comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah kept its four-week long run on the list […]
BBC Studios is merging its three Formats areas and fully integrating its worldwide network of production bases to create a new Global Entertainment business that will offer a single face to the market. BBC says that combining these teams will “empower the creation and international expansion of new formats and continue to build and grow […]