Describing it as ‘a service truly fit for a queen’, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, have launched BritBox, a new subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) streaming service – first revealed mid-December 2016 – with what it says is the most comprehensive collection of British television, across all genres, […]
Econet Media’s Kwesé Sports and ESPN has launched the ESPN channel on the Kwesé TV bouquet. This collaboration with Africa’s emerging home of premium sports marks the much anticipated return of ESPN to the African continent. The channel comes after the announcement of the long-term agreement between the two sports broadcasting powerhouses which confirmed Kwesé […]
A man from the Scottish town of Belshill in Scotland has been sentenced to unpaid community work by a Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to four charges of fraud, and offences under the Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988. Following a multi-agency operation involving Police Scotland, intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), Sky, Virgin […]
BT Sport will remain the exclusive UK home of all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football. Following a competitive auction process, BT has secured the rights until the end of the 2020/21 season that for the first time brings together exclusivity across all live games, highlights and in-match clips of both competitions. BT will […]
Netflix has revealed strategic partnerships with Indian service providers Airtel, Videocon d2h and Vodafone. “India is one of the most important and vibrant countries in the world and we are delighted to be teaming up with three of its leading companies to make it much easier for consumers to enjoy Netflix,” Reed Hastings, Co-founder and […]
A UK police operation that disrupts illegal websites providing access to films, TV, books, music and games has seen major success. The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) launched Operation Creative and the Infringing Website List (IWL) in 2013 to tackle the funding of illegal streaming websites that adversely impact on the […]
Legislation in EU member states should not state that broadcast copyright is not infringed when it is immediately retransmitted by cable where it was initially broadcast, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the latest move in a dispute between UK free-to-air commercial broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, […]
Northern Sky Research (NSR) says the planet’s linear TV channel count is likely to rise by some 12,000 new services, despite the proliferation of OTT access. NSR says that by 2026 the world’s broadcasters will be offering a total of some 53,600 channels, and that despite the attractions of HD and the latest Ultra-HD transmissions, […]
YouTube is to offer live TV streaming from a range of leading US broadcast networks in a $35 (€32.20) per month package set to redefine the relationship between linear and OTT TV and attract cord-cutters. Writing in the company blog, Christian Oestlien, Product Management Director, notes that consumers have made it clear that they want […]
Global youth brand VICE Media will see major expansion of its mobile offerings to reach hundreds of millions of new mobile subscribers worldwide, including a significant roll-out in the Asia Pacific region. Revealing the initiative at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VICE Founder and CEO Shane Smith announced a series of deals that represent major inroads […]