Netflix and Deutsche Telekom have announced an international partnership enabling all Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries to benefit from Deutsche Telekom’s partnership with Netflix. With this agreement, Deutsche Telekom brings its customers exclusive content of Netflix to all their screens. “We want to ensure the best content offering and TV experience for our customers and will work with […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, pub licensee Robert Stewart of the Village Inn in Edinburgh has been found in contempt of court and in breach of interdict for infringing Sky’s copyright and showing Sky Sports programming in the premises on a second occasion, without a commercial contract with Sky. The ruling follows an […]
Motorsport.tv will showcase the entire video history of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, with more than 70 films to be published on the VoD site and broadcast on TV from January 1st 2018. The archive will include highlights of every race from 1954 onwards and Motorsport Network will become the exclusive home for […]
A total of 427 TV channels were available in Italy via the DTT and DTH (Sky Italia and TivùSat) platforms at the end of the third quarter of 2017. This compares to 431 in Q1, according to data by Italian broadcaster’s association Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV). The data includes time-shifted versions, HD, 3D, PPV and […]
Amazon Prime Video has agreed a content deal with AMC that will see it receive first international rights to series from AMC Studios. The first new series covered by the deal is The Terror, a horror series produced by Ridley Sxott, whcih will launch in 2018. Amazon Prime will be able to stream the show […]
The BBC’s commercial division is looking at stumping up £500 million (€560m) to take full control of its UKTV joint-venture with Scripps Networks Interactive, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph citing industry insiders. BBC Worldwide would be the acquirer, and the newspaper says the BBC would seek funding from private investors. The move comes about […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]
Amazon has acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment. The upcoming Amazon Prime Original will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros […]
Sky Cinema is bringing back one of its most popular channels with the return of Sky Cinema Superheroes. From today, Sky Cinema Superheroes will return to Sky channel 304, and is available until December 3rd. It will offer viewers a wide selection of Marvel and DC heroes to coincide with the release of new blockbuster […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has added a new entertainment TV channel for kids. POP is produced by Sony Pictures Television Network and is available on channel position 45. The new channel offers a varied mix of entertainment and action programmes focusing on premieres of animated series such as Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Transformers Rescue Bots, […]