Filmzie, the free film streaming and social platform, has announced its expansion into TV series streaming in the UK with content from All3Media International. The first show to launch on the platform is comedy favourite Fresh Meat, starring Jack Whitehall, which will be available from January 19th. Filmzie will then continue to roll out its […]
Sky and STUDIOCANAL, Canal+ Group’s film production and distribution company, are partnering to bring Sky customers hundreds of hours of movies on Sky Q. The content will also be available to NOW TV customers with a Cinema Pass. Under the deal, STUDIOCANAL’s titles scheduled for release from January 2021 will be brought to Sky Cinema […]
Matchroom, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), and World Snooker Tour (WST) have signed a new multi-year deal with ITV seeing some of sport’s flagship events remain on free-to-air television in the UK. ITV’s partnership with Matchroom Group will see a number of sport’s most elite events remain exclusively on ITV4. Snooker’s Champion of Champions promoted […]
Extreme E, which is set for its first race in just over 10 weeks, has signed a long-term exclusive broadcast deal with Seven.One Sports, the sports business unit of Seven.One Entertainment Group, in Germany. The Seven.One Entertainment Group is a 100 per cent subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media and combines the ProSiebenSat.1’s channel brands, digital platforms, […]
Increased movement and competition on UK DTT platform Freeview is among the developments for 2021 predicted by Chris Parsons, Chief Executive at channel operations specialist MediaPaedia Broadcast. His five predictions are: Covid efficiencies are here to stay 2020 saw unprecedented changes in the broadcast industry, one traditionally based on trade shows and meetings. Production has […]
Following its critically acclaimed debut at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival, the dark comic thriller I Care a Lot, starring Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK on February 19th. The film is a Black Bear Pictures production, written and directed J Blakeson. STXinternational acquired international rights […]
Maxime Saada, Canal+ Chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, has told daily Le Figaro that the company wants to return the €330 million TV rights sub-licensed from beIN Sports. He also wants a re-tender for the 2020-2024 campaigns. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal with French professional football league LFP, clubs anticipate Canal+ once again […]
Amazon is planning to join the bidding for the TV rights to Serie A football in Italy, taking on the likes of Comcast’s Sky and DAZN. Amazon plans to bid for streaming rights that would see games air on its Prime Video service. The country’s top flight league has set a January 26th deadline to […]
PURE ETCR is set to be shown in more than 75 territories globally this year through a new partnership with Eurosport, Discovery’s multi-sport brand, that offers fans more ways to watch and engage with the sport. Using powerful touring cars – with a 500kW peak power the equivalent of 670bhp – competing against each other […]
Chinese telco China Mobile has signed a content deal with La Liga which will run until the 2022/23 season. China Mobile will now carry top flight football matches from La Liga, as well as all fixtures featuring second tier team Espanyol, where Chinese international Wu Lei currently plays. Games will be aired on China Mobile’s […]