Spanish TV group Mediapro wants to renegotiate down the price for France’s pay-TV football rights. In an interview with L’Equipe, Jaume Roures, CEO of Mediapro, explains that the company has urged a renegotiation of the contract signed two years ago as “it is clear that Covid-19 is affecting many aspects of the exploitation of the […]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) will be broadcast live on the BBC for the very first time on October 10th. Coverage of Bellator Paris will be available on BBC iPlayer from 16:30 BST. Under the terms of the deal, the BBC will live stream ten fights from the event which takes place at the Accor Arena […]
Dubai-based broadcasting giant MBC has signed an exclusive Entertainment Partnership with Facebook’s MENA region. The deal gives Facebook Watch access to some 20,000 videos. The content comes from an assortment of MBC channels including Mbc1, Mbc2, Mbc4, Mbc Masr, Mbc Drama, Mbc the Voice, Mbc the Voice Kids and OTT service Shahid. Content will involve […]
The Nordic video market, likely one of Europe’s most evolved, show clear signs of maturity according to Mediavision. The online video market is still growing, but penetration is increasing at a slower pace than just a year ago. Mediavision also sees a much stronger focus on pricing and packaging. There are, of course, many ways […]
Netflix has announced an all new Godzilla anime series titled Godzilla Singular Point, featuring a new cast and original story set to premiere globally on Netflix in 2021. Following the success of Godzilla anime movies (Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle and Godzilla: The Planet Eater) the new series […]
FITE, the digital platform for sports and entertainment, has acquired the exclusive rights in the UK for the upcoming October 17th Top Rank Pay-Per-View boxing event: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez. FITE will announce more countries where this fight will be available via the FITE digital platform. Start time for the event will be 2:00am […]
ITV Studios, a global creator, producer and distributor of programmes, and Something Special, Korea’s format and creativity-led, global content, development, production and distribution company, have agreed a deal which will see the two companies work together to create and develop new formats to take to the international market. Something Special is a new company which […]
Sportfive is collaborating with Bundesliga International to market free TV rights within the territory of sub-Saharan Africa for the next 3 seasons The deal also includes the previously reported marketing of Bundesliga media rights within the territory of Latin America, excluding Brazil, for the ongoing 2020-21 Bundesliga season The cooperation regarding the territory of sub-Saharan […]
Sky Sports will broadcast sailing’s 36th America’s Cup, the oldest international trophy in world sport, in March 2021. The new deal means Sky Sports will show the America’s Cup World Series, Christmas Regatta and Prada Challenger series, culminating with the 2021 America’s Cup Match starting on March 6th. On top of live TV coverage, Sky […]
Trading Standards Scotland, Police Scotland and the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) have joined forces to target a major illegal distributor of premium TV content. The distributor, based in the West of Scotland, is believed to have provided illegal access to premium TV, sports and movie content to dozens of separate […]