With Netflix adding 16 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2020 and popular YouTube workout coach, Joe Wicks, starting his own show on Channel 4, the almost-total lockdown of the world’s population has led to a boom in the consumption of audio-visual entertainment. At the same time, organisations across the arts, leisure and fitness […]
Altice has confirmed plans to exit the pay-TV sports rights market as part of a raft of measures designed to protect its audio-visual business. “The unpredictable and inflationary rights and pay-TV market requires a rapid and wide-ranging review of the organisation of our pay-TV structures,” the French telco said in a statement. The retreat will […]
The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is coming to Spotify via a multi-year exclusive licensing deal. The talk series has long been the most-searched-for podcast on Spotify and is the leading show on practically every other podcasting platform. And, like all podcasts and vodcasts on Spotify, it will […]
Acquired as part of a licensing deal with the Walt Disney Company, all seven seasons of the critically-acclaimed Buffy The Vampire Slayer will be available on All 4 in its entirety. Created by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Firefly), Buffy The Vampire Slayer sees Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) attempting to live a normal teenage life […]
In a major adjustment to its launch ‘philosophy’, Apple is said to be seeking to buy in older movies and TV shows to bulk a content library for its Apple TV+ streaming platform that looks very thin compared to rivals. Apple had made much of relying on original shows, but sluggish sign-ups mean a rethink, […]
The European Commission has approved Telia Company’s decision to license standalone OTT rights, in Sweden and Finland, to Discovery Networks. The European Commission approved the acquisition of TV4, C More and MTV on November 12th, 2019 enabling Telia Company to proceed in the Nordics with its strategy of creating convergence that can meet customers’ demands […]
Major film titles have seen nearly three times as many links to illegal streams appearing online since the beginning of the lockdown period, reports UK intellectual property protection body FACT. Analysis of specific films
TV4, C More and MTV, which are owned by Telia Company, have acquired exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League in both Sweden and Finland for the period of 2021-2024. “This is the world’s best tournament within the biggest sport in the world. We are extremely proud to be able to offer the UEFA Champions […]
Apple has agreed a multi-year first-look deal with renowned Hollywood director Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions company. Under the terms of the deal, Scott Free will create TV shows for the Apple TV+ streaming platform. The Scott Free production company has produced a number of successful TV series including Amazon’s Man in the […]
Superhero movie Ball and Chain – starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Emily Blunt – has been acquired by Netflix. Loosely based on the 90s comic book of the same name, the film follows a troubled married couple that receive superpowers that only work when they are together. The film is written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter […]