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Illegal sports streaming warning

Ahead of a busy weekend for televised sport, with not all events available free-to-air in the UK, Kieron Sharp, CEO of intellectual property protection body FACT has warned on the danger fans face if they choose to illegal stream the events. “With the inaugural Hundred tournament beginning, the Lions kicking off the first of three […]

July 22, 2021By Colin Mann

NBC extends IndyCar rights

IndyCar and NBC Sports have announced a multi-year extension of their media rights agreement. NBC Sports will continue to be the exclusive home of the Indianapolis 500 and will provide coverage of all NTT IndyCar Series races, qualifying, practices, and Indy Lights races across its linear, digital, and streaming platforms, including Peacock. Financial terms were […]

July 22, 2021

Study: Low digital ad fraud when standards maintained

The third annual benchmark study of ad fraud in Europe from The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity and strengthen brand safety in the digital advertising supply chain, reveals extremely low rates of fraud when multiple supply chain participants all adopted the same high anti-fraud standards. Despite an increase […]

July 22, 2021

Black History Month on ITV

A series of specially commissioned films, as well as the return of the only comedy panel show about black history, will lead ITV’s programming for Black History Month, this October. Building on last year’s on-air campaign, October will again see a high-profile awareness raising campaign from ITV Marketing and ITV Creative. Commissioning Editor for the […]

July 22, 2021

Veset delivering 67PallMall.tv

Veset is powering a new channel dedicated to fine wine created by 67 Pall Mall. Founded by Grant Ashton, the Club was created to offer its members a diverse wine experience, showcasing the lesser-known to the most iconic wines. The Club offers over 6,000 wines from 50 countries. Faced with the challenge of pandemic, 67 Pall Mall […]

July 22, 2021

McDonald, Odudu host Channel 4’s Black to Front day

Channel 4 has announced AJ Odudu and Sir Trevor McDonald will present shows as part of Black to Front, the diversity project airing this September. Across the day Channel 4 will broadcast programming fronted by Black talent and featuring Black contributors, to champion Black voices and stories, and the Black talent that make, shape and […]

July 22, 2021

WWE to air SummerSlam in US cinemas

WWE and Iconic Events Releasing have announced a new partnership that brings SummerSlam, WWE’s biggest event of 2021, to movie theatres across the US for the first time. The event will air live on August 21st and will be one of the first sporting events held at full capacity at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas – […]

July 22, 2021By Nik Roseveare

BBC orders BTS special

A new film for BBC One will explore the rise to fame of 21st century K-pop icons, BTS, as they make their debut in the Radio 1 Live Lounge. BTS @ Radio 1 will be hosted by Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts, who will delve into the culture and industry that made one of the […]

July 22, 2021

Analysis: SVoDs scaling to compete with studios

The first quarter of 2021 saw the highest number of Original movies commissioned by Netflix in its history, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Driven partly by the phenomenon of Covid-catch-up (making up for time lost to lockdown production shutdowns), the ramp up is also a reflection of the on-going importance of movies to both […]

July 21, 2021

Study: Brits spend 51% of lives in front of a screen

A study by Uswitch analysed how much time Brits are spending in front of a screen and what effects this can have on wellbeing. Brits have been in front of a screen now more than ever, whether it’s as a form of entertainment or simply the work from home lifestyle many are now used to. […]

July 21, 2021