Channel 4 and Snap have announced a new two-year deal to bring more than 1,000 episodes of the broadcaster’s shows to the social media platform. The deal extends last year’s partnership which saw over 300 short form edits of Channel 4 content air on Snapchat’s Discover platform; Channel 4’s portfolio of shows reached 44 million […]
Eleven Belgium has agreed a new rights deal to broadcast the UEFA Nations League, alongside the UEFA Euro 2024 and FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers. Eleven’s UEFA Nations League coverage will get underway again in October with the semi-final clashes Belgium vs France and Italy vs Spain. Eleven will go on to bring fans all […]
Australian media company, the Seven Network, has confirmed it will broadcast innovative electric race series, Extreme E, on its free-to-air network and VoD platform, 7plus. Seven, which is part of Seven West Media, will air Extreme E’s one-hour highlights programmes throughout its capital cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, and regional Queensland. Produced […]
Distribution360 has concluded several new deals in Europe for a wide range of its factual entertainment and documentary titles. In France, M6 has licensed There’s Something You Should Know (6 x 30), a fresh and inclusive new dating show, where suitors choose matches from telephone conversations, only for the matches to reveal a physical disability […]
US AVoD service Redbox is expanding its line-up of content available through its streaming platform, which includes Free Live TV and Free On Demand. Redbox’s Free Live TV now has 100 linear channels, featuring a wide range of channel partners delivering movies, television, news, sports and lifestyle content programmed for the tastes of Redbox’s 40 […]
Windfall, a Hitchcockian thriller directed by Charlie McDowell and written by Justin Lader, has been acquired by Netflix for a reported “large 8-figure deal”. The movie stars Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Lily Collins (Les Misérables, Emily in Paris), and Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad, Jungle Cruise) and tells the story […]
On the heels of TF1 launching its new AVoD service Stream, M6 Group has announced plans to strengthen its catch-up TV platform 6Play into an AVoD platform offering more original content. “M6 wants to migrate 6Play from a catch-up TV service to a real AVoD offering based on our current 20 million users” revealed Frédéric […]
The BBC and the All England Club have announced a three-year extension to their broadcast partnership, giving the BBC the domestic rights to broadcast the tennis tournament up to and including 2027. The new agreement guarantees that Wimbledon will remain free to air for UK fans for a further three years from the conclusion of […]
Amazon’s Prime Video and IMDb TV have agreed a multi-year licensing deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, bringing future blockbusters including Jurassic World: Dominion and F9 to the company’s streaming platforms. Under the new agreement, Prime Video will will have an exclusive pay-one window forUniversal’s slate of live-action movies in the US starting in 2022. […]
Electric racing series, Extreme E, has announced the latest addition to its broadcast portfolio with Morocco’s state broadcasting service SNRT. This year’s championship will be available live and in full on SNRT along with highlights, previews, reviews and Extreme E’s 20-part magazine programme, the Electric Odyssey – in both Arabic and French. In addition, Extreme […]