YouTube and Major League Baseball have agree a multi-faceted partnership to drive fan excitement for the 2017 World Series, as well as showcase another way for baseball fans to watch the national pastime with a new cable-free, live TV service – YouTube TV. As part of the partnership, YouTube TV will serve as the presenting […]
Formula One and ESPN have agreed a multi-year linear and digital partnership to broadcast every race live in the US from the start of the 2018 season. NBC Sports Group has held the F1 rights since 2013, but said it “chose not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes […]
The pilot run of the Infringing Website List (IWL) Scheme established by the Hong Kong Creative Industries Association (HKCIA) has resulted in the removal of advertisements on infringing websites by 50 brands in Hong Kong and reduced traffic of a number of infringing websites by 14 per cent on average. Launched in December 2016, the […]
On October 14th, for three weeks, Sky Cinema customers can enjoy family-friendly animations on a dedicated Sky service. Sky Cinema Animation, found on channel 306, will be the ideal destination for cartoon lovers at no extra cost to Sky Cinema customers. Sky Cinema Animation will have over 60 titles to choose from, including recent hits […]
Rightscorp, a provider of data analytics and litigation services, as well as copyright infringement protection services to support artists and owners of copyrighted property, has announced plans to further its international expansion with the signing of a consulting agreement with Chinese entrepreneur Vincent Yen to formalise an agreement with a major Chinese media company, to […]
Walt Disney Co reached a tentative carriage deal with New York cable provider Altice USA on October 1st, averting a blackout of Disney-owned channels in nearly 2.6 million homes in the greater New York area served by the MSO’s Optimum cable TV service. The retransmission standoff saw the companies reach an agreement in principle by the […]
To support ocean health, Sky is launching a dedicated Ocean Rescue ‘pop-up’ channel, giving viewers an exclusive opportunity to watch live events and panels from the EU Our Ocean Conference in Malta on October 5th and 6th. The Sky Ocean Rescue channel will air in the UK (channel 566), Germany (channel 384), and Italy (channel […]
Spanish public broadcaster TVE has acquired the TV rights to the national football team. The channel will broadcast all of Spain’s home and away football matches between 2018 and 2022. The TVE broadcast deal covers over 40 football matches, including the friendlies, preliminary qualification games and both the Euro 2020 tournament and the World Cup […]
Pay-TV subscribers in the US are growing increasingly satisfied with OTT streaming TV services versus traditional cable TV, but they also are spending nearly an hour more a week watching regularly scheduled television programming than they did two years ago. That increasingly complex consumer relationship with streaming and cable television is explored in detail in […]
Netflix has revealed it will spend $400 million (€338.4m) over five years on Canadian TV and film content. It will establish a permanent production presence in Canada, the first time it has done so outside of the US. The company has largely avoided the requirements put on Canadian content producers by the country’s government. The […]