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Record broadcasters for Breeders’ Cup

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships returns to Del Mar on November 1st and 2nd. This two-day championship will feature expanded global coverage, with 30 networks broadcasting the event across every populated continent. Coverage of all 14 champion races, which collectively boast $34 million in prize money and awards, will be produced by host broadcaster NBC. […]

November 1, 2024

Data: Channel 4 reaches record young streamers

BARB data for the year to date shows Channel 4 streaming passing a new record for young streamers, as well as Channel 4’s best ever streaming week as Married at First Sight UK and The Great British Bake Off led its peers on other platforms. Almost half (47 per cent) of all Channel 4 16-to-34 […]

October 31, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Pluto TV expands NBCU content in UK, Canada

Pluto TV has announced a partnership with NBCUniversal (NBCU) Global TV Distribution to bring an array of comedy, dramedy, action, and fan favourites content to viewers in the UK and Canada, starting November 1st. In the UK, Pluto TV is bringing US comedy drama Psych to its new Pluto TV Comedy Drama channel. All eight […]

October 31, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Kenya: Pirate streaming site raided

A coordinated raid has led to the successful takedown of the pirate streaming website ‘score808.US’, a major source of unauthorised sports content. The operation, conducted on the October 29th 2024 in Makadara Subcounty, Nairobi County, was executed by inspectors from the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) and officers from the National Police Service. The primary suspect […]

October 31, 2024By Colin Mann

Titan OS FAST channels Sony Android TV

Titan OS, the European technology, entertainment and advertising company, has announced a partnership with Sony Europe to integrate a selection of channels from its FAST offering, which are now also available on selected Sony’s Android TV devices across Europe. Starting in the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, where the streaming channels are available […]

October 31, 2024

Paramount+ pop-up channel on WatchFree+

Vizio has announced its latest WatchFree+ pop-up channel in partnership with Paramount+. The FAST channel offers free access to select episodes of Paramount+ titles such as Tulsa King, Dexter, Frasier and Special Ops: Lioness, with interactive Content Connections driving viewers to its app, where they can access more entertainment. The pop-up has already generated hundreds […]

October 31, 2024

Egypt: Sports piracy ring shut down

Egyptian authorities have collaborated with antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to shut down a notorious sports piracy network that illegally streamed live football matches to audiences around the world. The action is the latest in a series of takedowns in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. In recent months, ACE […]

October 30, 2024By Colin Mann

Netflix, Universal expand US licensing deal

Netflix and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) have reached an agreement to renew the existing licensing deal for animated films including those from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) and, in the future, will add US rights to live-action films from both Universal Pictures and Focus Features. As part of the new agreement, Netflix will continue […]

October 30, 2024

Philippines: Site-blocking recommendations

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has issued two requests to disable access to six domains and subdomains found pirating movies, a move that coincided with the celebration of National Anti-Piracy Month during October. One of the requests covered the blocking of SFlix sites, namely sflix.to, sflix.se and sflix.is. The other dealt with […]

October 30, 2024By Colin Mann

UEFA extends Friend MTS protection deal

Friend MTS, a provider of content protection services, has announced that the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing body of European football, has extended its commitment to Friend MTS’s anti-piracy technologies and services in respect of all major UEFA club and national team competitions including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League […]

October 30, 2024