The Spanish football TV price war has entered a new stage with Orange offering La Liga and La Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) for €1 a month from September for the whole 2017-2018 season. With the start of La Liga on August 18, Orange is launching the package Orange TV Fútbol for €1 including all […]
The head of the English Premier League would welcome bids for Premier League football from the likes of Amazon or Facebook. Executive Chairman Richard Scudamore said that there was “no ceiling in sight” after Sky and BT spent £5.14 billion (€5.69bn) on three seasons of rights in 2015. Scudamore declared “… we are technology-neutral” as […]
Marking its first-ever acquisition, streaming giant Netflix has acquired Millarworld, the comic book publishing powerhouse founded by Mark Millar, the legendary creator of such iconic characters and stories as Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and Old Man Logan, and one of the most important voices in comics. Together, Netflix and Millar will bring Millarworld’s portfolio of critically and […]
According to media news outlet Deadline Hollywood, AT&T is considering selling of some assets after its $85 billion merger with Time Warner closes. One of the possibilities is the disposal of CNN, which Deadline says is under consideration for a sale, with US ‘big three’ network CBS being a potential buyer, although gossip suggests that […]
The BBC is to continue to broadcast live radio coverage of the so-called Ashes Test Cricket series between Australia and England and including the Women’s Ashes, after renewing its partnership with Cricket Australia. The new five-year agreement includes Test Match Special (TMS) coverage of this winter’s five-Test men’s tour down under, which starts in November. […]
Having recently surpassed the 60 million home mark, David Di Lorenzo, President of Kabillion, announced the kid-focused VoD provider has recently launched its first Spanish-language app, Kabillion en Español, on the Roku platform. The app is a children’s learning and entertainment channel in Spanish, featuring many of Kabillion’s top animated titles, including the popular Dive […]
HD+ subscribers in Germany are now able to watch exclusively live Bundesliga matches as well as Tennis Grand Slams, Cycling highlights and MotoGP, following a partnership with Discovery Networks Germany, Eurosport’s parent company. Under the new agreement with Discovery Networks Germany, SES’s German HD media platform HD+ is delivering a ‘Eurosport package’ offer, which includes […]
Having revealed in its Full Year results that on a 12-month rolling basis churn was 11.5 per cent, Sky has taken steps to address the problem, with the introduction of Sky VIP, which it describes as the first tenure-based loyalty programme in the TV and Broadband sector. Sky foreshadowed the initiative in its results announcement, […]
Netflix is expanding its anime slate with 12 new series and a Godzilla animated movie, with all titles set to be released over the next 18 months. The full list of TV series are: Cannon Busters, Devilman Crybaby, B: The Beginning, Sword Guy: The Animation, A.I.C.O. Incarnation, Lost Song, Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya, […]
Viacom International Media Networks Southern and Western Europe, Africa and Middle East (SWEMEA) Cluster has secured what it describes as a string of important milestones and deals, covering linear, SVoD and multiplatform distribution in Europe and Africa. VIMN launched the MTV Play VoD mobile app in Germany and Austria. SVoD carriers Showmax and iflix will […]