Netflix has signed a multi-year production commitment overall deal with animation studio Titmouse to produce multiple original adult animated series. Under the terms of the deal, Netflix will also have a first look at adult animated series developed and created at Titmouse. This marks an expansion of the relationship between the two companies, which have […]
The European Commission has published a major report in which it singles out Saudi Arabia for “causing considerable harm to EU businesses” following the two-year theft of European sport programmes by Saudi-based beoutQ and Arabsat. The report sets out priority countries – only 13 worldwide – on which “the EU will focus its action” regarding […]
RTL, the German FTA commercial broadcaster, has acquired the exclusive rights in the country to the UEFA Europa League and the newly-created Europa Conference League for the new cycle, from the 2021-22 season to 2023-24. RTL will broadcast both club competitions on its RTL and Nitro channels, as well as on its streaming platform TVNow. […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired the live and on-demand rights in Italy to MotoGP’s top three motorcycling series during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The deal, agreed with series’ owner Dorna, includes race coverage from the MotoGP, Moto 2, and Moto 3 championship categories, and will see DAZN providing its own commentary team. Existing […]
Cineflix Rights, the independent TV content distributor, has closed a first-look development deal with fast-growing UK indie Curious Films. The partnership gives Cineflix Rights exclusive distribution rights to Curious Films’ new slate, working together with the producer to help drive its international profile to generate new commissions and maximise global sales. Since its launch 18 […]
The PGA Tour has announced an expansive agreement with Facebook to distribute daily highlight packages globally on Facebook Watch in 2020 starting at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. The PGA Tour will publish daily round recaps and player-specific highlights from more than 30 events, including The Players Championship and FedExCup Playoffs. These expanded highlights will […]
Multiplay telco Swisscom says it is continuing to break down the barriers between television and streaming with the introduction, from January 27th, of ‘Swisscom TV X’, which it claims will make the best Swisscom TV and the most popular streaming service Netflix available at a discounted price, with hundreds of channels, 1,200 hours of recording, […]
Netflix and The Pokémon Company International have announced that the newest animated movie based on the globally popular Pokémon franchise will exclusively premiere on Netflix around the world (outside of Japan and Korea). The movie will go live on February 27th – also known as Pokémon Day to fans of the franchise, as on that […]
Thomas Conneely, owner of the Dick Whittington in Watford, has been convicted in his absence of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports is only available to licensed premises in the UK via a […]
WWE has announced a partnership with Channel 5 to broadcast highlights of its weekly flagship shows Raw and SmackDown on free-to-air television in the UK. Beginning February 2nd, ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 will air a one-hour version of Raw on Sundays mornings, and a version of SmackDown on Saturdays mornings. In addition, NXT UK will air […]