A licensee in the Merseyside area of northwest England has been found guilty of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports football matches to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Sam Tate, designated premises supervisor of the Queens Hotel, Bootle, was found guilty in his absence of two […]
The BBC is to merge BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide to form a single commercial organisation, to be called BBC Studios, suggesting that at a time of an increasingly competitive and global market for production and distribution, the new organisational structure will bring the BBC into line with the rest of the industry, integrating programme production, […]
Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky, has called on Europe’s policy makers to ensure a level regulatory playing field, suggesting that licensed broadcasters such as Sky are disadvantaged having to compete against global online platforms. Delivering a speech on TV, Technology and Policy at an audiovisual policy conference in Tallinn, Estonia, Darroch noted that much of […]
Subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist Paywizard and Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD company, have revealed that ITV Box Office, the live events pay-per-view (PPV) arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, has selected the pair’s plug and play solution Venue to drive long term loyalty from PPV customers, and support the company’s […]
SVoD service Pantaflix has agreed a deal with Disney that will make the studio’s films available to streaming customers in Germany and Austria. The agreement will cover Disney films from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, including the availability of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on-demand at the same time as the DVD launch. The deal […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, the licensees of three premises in the North and Midlands regions of England have been found to be infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreements. Gail Asquith of Travellers Rest, Bradford and James McKeever of Winning Post, Worcester both had previous criminal […]
Having earlier admitted the possibility channels going dark on the pay-TV service, DISH Network has reached a multi-year carriage agreement with CBS Corporation for its owned and operated local stations, as well as CBS Sports Network, Pop, and Smithsonian Channel. The channels are currently being restored to DISH customers. “We are grateful to our customers […]
Research from Creative Skillset, the UK industry skills body for the screen-based creative industries, reveals the impact on the UK’s High End Television (HETV) production sector from the recent growth in FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) and increased home grown production activity. The research shows
Sky’s announcement this week that it would be investing in more than 50 new TV series (up from 24) and including a second series of ratings winner Riviera as well as bringing a slew of high-visibility acting talent (Benedict Cumberbatch, Idris Elba, David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly etc) was well received by the viewing public, but […]
Sky has reinforced its commitment to offering customers original programming with the announcement of eight new commissions, following Group Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch’s pledge earlier this year to increase investment in original productions by 25 per cent. Responding to demand from customers for more high-quality programming and building on a successful year for Sky Original […]