Hollywood royalty Patton Oswalt joined the fun and frivolities at ReedPop’s MCM Comic Con this May. The actor, comedian and writer – beholder of truly one of the longest lists of acting credits in the business – has starred in TV shows including Agents of SHIELD, Seinfeld, The King of Queens, Veep, Archer and Modern […]
UK commercial PSB 5 has signed a new four-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to bring four live international T20 cricket fixtures to free-to-air TV annually for UK viewers to enjoy. As part of the deal, viewers will have the opportunity to watch and stream on 5 two international England Men’s […]
Disney+ will be the home of the UEFA Women’s Champions League across Europe from next season, allowing fans to watch every match live at no extra cost. The announcement follows a five-year deal in which The Walt Disney Company has secured live rights to the competition from 2025/26 to 2029/30. As the only place fans […]
The European Commission’s biennial Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries identifies IPR deficiencies in third countries that cause the greatest economic harm to EU interests. In addition, the EC’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List describes the latest trends in counterfeiting and piracy, and lists websites and physical […]
Spanish sports TV network Gol Play is to stop broadcasting on DTT on June 10th, but will continue to make its signal available via pay-TV operators Movistar Plus+, Orange TV, Vodafone TV, Euskaltel, and Telecable Mundo R. It will also be available for free via Mediapro’s OTT platform, Gol Stadium. The move comes soon after […]
A man from North Wales has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online. Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the man, aged 47, on suspicion of copyright offences. He is suspected to have obtained thousands of films, TV series and music without the […]
The Premier Sports app is now live on both Sky Stream and Sky Glass platforms in the UK. The app offers access to four channels: Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2, LALIGATV and Premier Sports Rugby – the newly launched 24/7 dedicated rugby channel. The app also includes additional event channels that stream live sports […]
Following Channel 4’s confirmation that it will be establishing an in-house production arm, Channel 4 Productions (C4P), following the removal of its exemption from doing so in last year’s Media Act, Llyr Morus, Chair of TAC, (Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru) which represents the independent television production sector in Wales, said that the broadcaster would need to […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced Home Turf, a new docuseries exploring the rise and resonance of football culture across the US. Presented by football influencer and broadcaster Elischa Edouard, Home Turf is a three-part series that will journey through the three host cities of this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup, starting in Charlotte, […]
DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced the launch of DAZN Transfer by Fabrizio Romano, a new programme hosted by a leading personality in transfer market journalism, Fabrizio Romano. This new daily format will be broadcast live from June 3rd to 10 at 19:30 BST, just before the start of the FIFA Club World Cup […]