StarTimes, the Chinese-owned pay-television operator in sub-Saharan Africa, is facing the threat of a winding up order after failing to pay beIN Media Group for rights to French football’s Ligue 1, according to a GlobalData report. GlobalData also says that the broadcaster, part of Hong Kong-based holding company Century Sun, has delayed payments to other […]
With the start of Season 7 fast approaching, all-electric racing series Formula E has confirmed another broadcast deal with the extension of its media partnership with BBC Sport to show the live in the UK. Comprehensive, live, free-to-air coverage will air on BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website, with some races […]
Discovery has secured the exclusive global rights to show the Giro d’Italia until at least 2025. The long-term deal with RCS Sport via IMG means Discovery retains its status as the Giro’s multi-platform rights holder, providing live and uninterrupted coverage of every stage from the year’s first Grand Tour on Eurosport via discovery+, Discovery’s new […]
Netflix has acquired the rights to the movie Worth in the UK, US, Canada, Latin America, Australia, France, Turkey and select other countries. Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, will present the film, alongside Netflix. The film is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir entitled What Is Life Worth. Worth, directed […]
The Premier League has confirmed all fixtures for the 2020/21 season will continue to be made available to fans to watch live in the UK. This arrangement will be extended until Government guidance permits supporters to return to stadiums. All matches will be shown via existing broadcast partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video […]
The global pandemic had major impacts on the TV industry in 2020, according to content consultancy 3Vision’s annual trends survey. Lockdowns changed audience consumption habits and caused disruption in broadcasting, production and advertising. Covid-19 has been a great accelerator of change in the TV business. Ninety-eight per cent of respondents agreed that the pandemic has […]
WWE and TV3 Group, the Baltics media group, have announced a new multi-year agreement that will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available live for the first time in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania via TV3 Sport channels, as well as on-demand via the next generation TV service, Go3. Beginning February 23rd, TV3 Sport will exclusively air […]
Formula E and SuperSport have agreed a new, multi-year partnership to show the all-electric racing series live in more than 50 African territories. Formula E will debut on SuperSport’s Motorsport Channel on February 26th and 27th as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship lights up the streets of Diriyah with a double-header in the […]
discover.film, the global streaming platform for short form content is set to launch a dedicated, kids only channel in the spring. Following the launch of discover.film in October 2018. discover.film KiDS will offer thousands of hours of curated bite-sized entertainment selected especially for younger viewers looking for something new. Content is focused on inclusiveness, diversity […]
Brand data, analytics, and services provider Corsearch has extended its global anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting solutions with the acquisition of London-based content protection specialist Entura. Following the acquisition of Marketly in 2020, Corsearch says this new deal cements its position as the market leader for end-to-end online content protection, and further enhances its support for content […]