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fuboTV integrates free-to-play games, FanView

fuboTV, the sports-first, US TV streaming platform, will take its integrated predictive, free-to-play games and FanView live stats feature out of beta just in time for the September window of the South American Qatar World Cup 2022 Qualifying matches (CONMEBOL). fuboTV has exclusive streaming rights to CONMEBOL through March 2022. Starting September 2nd, fuboTV subscribers […]

August 31, 2021

More Moonbug content on Sky Kids

Moonbug Entertainment is broadening its partnership with Sky Kids with new episodes of popular shows Blippi and Care Bears. A selection of Blippi episodes and specials, including Blippi’s Great Green Adventure, Summer Sports Camp and Halloween, are now available on Sky Kids starting. Season two of Care Bears: Unlock the Music will also air on the platform. Moonbug has […]

August 31, 2021

Redbox expands Anthem content agreement

Redbox has expanded its content agreement with Anthem Sports & Entertainment, adding two additional channels to its free live TV streaming service. The music and entertainment streaming service AXS TV NOW and combat sports platform Fight Network join Anthem’s  IMPACT Wrestling Channel on the Redbox streaming app, which is available on devices such as Roku, […]

August 31, 2021

Apple lands Raymond and Ray movie

Apple Original Films has announced Raymond and Ray, a new feature film set to be produced by Apple Studios starring Ewan McGregor (pictured) and Ethan Hawke, and written and directed by Rodrigo Garcí. Raymond and Ray follows half-brothers Raymond (played by McGregor) and Ray (played by Hawke) who have lived in the shadow of a […]

August 31, 2021By Nik Roseveare

WhatsApp, Sky Media Transfer Deadline Day partnership

WhatsApp and Sky Media have announced their media-first partnership with an in-show activation centred around the coverage of today’s (August 31st) Transfer Deadline Day. To support the recent launch of WhatsApp’s View Once feature the messaging service has become the official sponsor of Sky Sports’ Transfer Deadline Day. WhatsApp will be the first brand to […]

August 31, 2021

Allente signs Discovery content deal

Allente, the Nordic pay-TV broadcaster, has announced an agreement with Discovery Networks that will see the discovery+ streaming service integrated into its platform. Allente subscribers will  have the opportunity to buy three different optional packages from discovery+, something that was previously only possible for Viasat customers. The deal will include 480 football matches from Sweden’s […]

August 27, 2021

BBC, Netflix form disabled creatives partnership

The BBC and Netflix have formed a partnership to develop and fund new dramas featuring disabled creatives both in front of and behind the camera. Building on the existing commitments of both the BBC and Netflix, the five year partnership has been designed to increase representation of disabled talent both on-screen and off-screen, to widen […]

August 27, 2021

Apple amends app pay rules

Apple app developers will now be able to email customers and tell them how to avoid Apple’s payment systems. The current rules ban app makers from mentioning that there are ways to pay that avoid Apple’s 30 per cent cut, even through email outside the store. But as part of a $100 million legal settlement […]

August 27, 2021

Irdeto security for Intigral’s Jawwy TV’s STBs

Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced the implementation of a range of security and anti-piracy tools and services by Intigral, a subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Company. Intigral’s Jawwy TV platform provides OTT services for viewers across the Middle East and North Africa region. Intigral will combat content piracy and protect Jawwy TV […]

August 27, 2021

Netherlands: FilmBox on Canal Digitaal OTT, IPTV

Following the launch of FilmBox via the Canal Digitaal DTH platform for the Netherlands, the film channel is now also available via the Canal Digitaal IPTV and OTT offering. Viewers can access FilmBox in the Basic Packages of Canal Digitaal resellers Online.nl, Tweak and Freedom Internet. FilmBox delivers a slate of Hollywood blockbusters, film classics […]

August 27, 2021