The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has demanded an explanation over a bidding process for television rights for the Six Nations rugby tournament. It questions a decision to open up a bidding process to subscription providers which could result in the tournament disappearing from terrestrial television. The Chairman of the Six Nations […]
Suggesting it is starting the decade off with a bang, Singapore multiplay operator StarHub has teamed up with Netflix to deliver what it says is the best of entertainment and superb connectivity. The HomeHub Plus bundle is a first in Singapore, featuring all-in-one broadband, TV entertainment and Netflix subscription, offering top-class entertainment at home and […]
BBC Studios, the principal commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, are to launch the BritBox SVoD service in Australia. The ad-free streaming service will bring Australians what the pair describe as an unrivalled collection of great British TV shows, and will build on the successful launch and operation of […]
Amazon and the YES Network are teaming up with the New York Yankees baseball team, to live-stream 21 MLB games this regular season on the Prime Video streaming service. Prime members throughout the Yankees home-team footprint in the US, which includes New York state, Connecticut, northeast Pennsylvania and north and central New Jersey, will have […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic leading streaming company, has acquired the exclusive pan-Nordic media rights to Formula 1 from 2022 to 2024. For the first time, NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service will be the home of Formula 1 in Finland. Viaplay will also be the home of Formula 1 in Iceland, where the […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy – has achieved another significant victory in the effort to protect the legal market for creative content and reduce piracy with the recent closure of Aus Media Streaming, a piracy […]
IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and one of the world’s largest professional wrestling organisations, has announced a new TV distribution deal with Discovery India, expanding its audience reach in the country. As part of the agreement, Discovery will broadcast 12 monthly IMPACT Plus specials on Dsport and Dsport HD across the Indian […]
Sky and Disney have agreed a new multi-year deal, making Disney+ available for purchase in the UK and Ireland on Sky Q, to be followed by NOW TV in the coming months. Customers will be able to watch shows such as The Mandalorian, Forky Asks a Question and The World According to Jeff Goldblum and […]
Optus Sport has confirmed the acquisition of the Australian media rights for the CONMEBOL Copa America 2020 tournament. With UEFA Euro 2020 already slated for June and July on Optus Sport, the broadcast schedule has exploded with the addition of the Copa America 2020. Every match of both tournaments will feature live on Optus Sport […]
A criminal found guilty of supplying illegal streaming devices (ISDs) providing unauthorised access to Premier League content has been ordered to pay back more than £520,000 (€609,000) to the ‘public purse’. In April 2018, John Dodds was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison having pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud. Dodds sold ISDs to […]