Hungarian telco Digi Communications has extended carriage deals with AMC Networks International and Discovery that will allow it to continue offering a range of sports channels to customers in Hungary and Romania. The long-term extension with AMC Networks sees Sport1 and Sport2 continue to be among nine channels offered by Digi in Hungary. Digi’s deal […]
BT Sport has confirmed that WWE’s NXT and NXT UK shows will air live for the first time in the UK and Ireland on its channels in 2020. The weekly programmes will join Raw and Smackdown on BT Sport when it becomes the exclusive UK broadcaster of WWE programming from January 1st 2020. The first […]
The latest research from Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts shows the consumption of online content continues to grow and online copyright infringement continues to trend down. This year, more than 2,400 responses were received for the Consumer survey on online copyright infringement 2019, showing that Australians are downloading, streaming and sharing more content […]
Following a guilty plea of copyright and fraud charges earlier this year for selling subscriptions providing illegally obtained content, a man has been sentenced at Truro Crown Court in the southwest of England. Steven Underwood (also known as Steven Isaac) has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he previously pleaded […]
Eurosport has strengthened its tennis offering by striking a new four-year deal to show the Wimbledon tournament in 11 European markets from 2020. Eurosport, Discovery’s premium sports brand, has secured exclusive live rights to the event in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first time, and renewed its agreement in a further nine territories […]
Apple has held talks with MGM as it seeks to bolster the content offering on its Apple TV+ service and has been exploring deals for MGM Holdings content and college sports rights. Apple executives reportedly met with MGM representatives and the Pac-12 Conference this year for preliminary talks that have “yet to reach an advanced […]
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Indonesian consumers, revealed that nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of online Indonesian consumers have accessed streaming piracy websites or torrent sites to access premium content without paying any subscription fees. The survey, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has signed an agreement with NBCUniversal International Distribution that secures a wide range of popular kids and family content from NBCUniversal for NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and Viasat pay-TV channels. Viaplay viewers will be the first in the Nordic region to enjoy upcoming DreamWorks Animation […]
Infront and DAZN Group, along with Pragosport, have secured a rights agreement with AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE), which is set to guarantee the TV coverage of Europe’s elite club handball competitions in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia for the next five years. Starting with the 2020/21 season, the deal […]
beIN Media Group, the independent global sports and entertainment group, has reached a multi-territory agreement to broadcast the Florida Cup 2020, the sixth edition of Florida’s largest annual sports and music festival. The tournament will take place in Orlando, Florida, US, between January 15th and 18th 2020, featuring two of Brazil’s biggest teams, Corinthians and […]