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Premier Sports to broadcast live Six Nations

Premier Sports has announced it will broadcast five live matches from the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship, one from each round. The newly acquired rights will see Premier Sports deliver live coverage of key Championship fixtures involving Scotland and Wales. Premier Sports becomes part of the UK broadcast partnership for Guinness Men’s Six Nations […]

January 7, 2026

MPA hires Elliott as VP Content Policy Counsel

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Andrew Elliott as Vice President, Content Policy Counsel to bolster its advocacy efforts at the US state and federal levels on issues involving the regulation of its members’ motion pictures, television programmes, and streaming services. Elliott joins the MPA from the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, where […]

January 7, 2026By Colin Mann

Goalhanger launches Premier League Greats podcast

Goalhanger has launched a new weekly series, Premier League Greats: The Moments That Made Them, after securing of global rights to feature Premier League action from every season since its inauguration in 1992 through to May 2025. Releasing every Wednesday until the end of the season, Premier League Greats focuses on one Premier League legend […]

January 7, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Nagravision protects EFL content

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, has announced a partnership with the English Football League (EFL) to help detect, disrupt and deter live sports piracy across all matches of the 2025/6 football season. The partnership will utilise the live piracy monitoring and enforcement capabilities of the Nagra Streaming Security solution. Fighting live sports piracy is a […]

January 7, 2026

Free Live Sports secures new distribution deals

Sports Studio has announced that its streaming platform, Free Live Sports (FLS), has secured seven new global distribution deals that will extend the platform’s reach to more than 75 million households worldwide. The new agreements include six global CTV distribution partnerships with VIDAA (including Hisense Channels), Rakuten TV, Titan OS, Whale TV, Anoki (LiveTVx) and Swift TV. Additionally, FLS has signed an agreement with 3SS, a […]

January 6, 2026

Sky Sports sees record audience for World Darts Championship

Sky Sports reports that it drew a record audience for the 2025/26 World Darts Championship, with total viewing up 13 per cent year-on-year across the tournament. Viewing was up over 100 per cent compared to four years ago on Sky Sports – the last pre-Luke Littler tournament, highlighting the impact of the teenage sensation on […]

January 6, 2026By Nik Roseveare

TVING hub on HBO Max in APAC

HBO Max is now the streaming home of TVING in key regions across Asia Pacific, with a dedicated TVING branded hub available in 17 markets – including Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.  As part of the multi-year partnership between CJ ENM and Warner Bros Discovery announced in October 2025, HBO Max in Asia Pacific […]

January 6, 2026

Whale TV signs new TV brand partnerships; adds Boosteroid

Whale TV, the independent TV operating system, has announced new licensing partnerships with five TV brands: Aiwa, Blaupunkt, EFL, ONVO and JVC. These TV brands will start using Whale OS 10, the company’s latest-generation television operating system, for their upcoming smart TV models. Whale TV has also announced Moka as a new Whale OS 10 […]

January 6, 2026

JAS, Friend MTS team to protect Premier League

Friend MTS, the anti-piracy provider and video cybersecurity partner in entertainment, media and sports, has announced a partnership with Jasmine International Public Company Limited (JAS TV) to safeguard live sports across Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. This collaboration brings together Friend MTS’s advanced anti-piracy solutions including forensic watermarking and global monitoring services to protect English Premier […]

January 6, 2026

TNT Sports readies for 26 live FA Cup matches in 10 days

This January, the romance and history of football’s oldest knockout competitions take centre stage on TNT Sports – bringing football fans closer to the Emirates FA Cup Third Round and Adobe Women’s FA Cup Fourth Round. With 26 live games scheduled across ten days, expect some special moments as TNT Sports brings more live coverage […]

January 6, 2026