Sony Pictures’ highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the latest film to receive a trailer for Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign ahead of its release across the UK and Ireland in cinemas on 18th November 2021. In support of the campaign, a special Ghostbusters: Afterlife clip was […]
George Bridi, a citizen of the UK, has been extradited to the US from Cyprus on charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, wire fraud conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, for his involvement in the Sparks Group, an international piracy group that illegally distributed movies and television shows online. Bridi […]
The BBC has acquired the Australian comedy drama Bump, a 10 x 30 series about an ambitious teenage girl who has a surprise baby and the complications that arise for two families, distributed by ITV Studios for BBC One and iPlayer. The series tells the story of overachieving Year 11 student Olympia Chalmers-Davis (played by […]
A report by Ampere Analysis has found that, while in the last decade, pay-TV’s share of sports rights – by value – has grown by 20 per cent in Western Europe, only one in three sport fans has access to premium sport channels. Free-to-air channels reach over 800 million Europeans, leading to increased engagement in […]
New blockbuster movies from Warner Bros such as The Suicide Squad will soon be available to stream on HBO GO as early as 45 days after their in-market theatrical premiere in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The first movies out of the blocks are The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – available […]
Ulster Rugby returns to BBC Northern Ireland this season with live coverage of six of the province’s home matches in the inaugural United Rugby Championship. The new three-year broadcast deal will also see the introduction of a new weekly TV programme – The Ulster Rugby Show – featuring a line-up of special guests and pundits […]
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 […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation and CBS Sports have announced a deal that will see The Collins Cup highlights show as well as the Beyond Human documentary televised across the US on CBS Sports Network. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on August 28th in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia and is […]
BT Sport has secured a multi-year agreement to broadcast every ball of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League. The three-week cricket tournament starts on August 26th. The broadcast adds to BT Sport’s multi-year agreement to broadcast all domestic and international cricket from the West Indies, which has already seen South Africa, Australia and Pakistan tour […]
beIN Media Group and The Premier League have agreed a new three year deal in Turkey for the broadcast of the football league on beIN Sports Turkey from next season. Turkish fans will have access to all Premier League matches live and exclusively on beIN Sports Turkey, together with weekly clips, highlights and shows each […]