Mediapro has acquired the principal rights package to the UEFA Europa League and the new UEFA competition, Europa Conference League, for the seasons 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. A new themed channel will offer all the matches from the two European competitions (except first choice) amounting to a total of over 260 matches per season. The […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, and UFC, the MMA organisation, have announced the extension of NENT Group’s exclusive Nordic UFC media rights in a multi-year agreement. UFC events will continue to be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service, with selected events available on NENT Group’s free-TV channels and through […]
A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll, one of the biggest illegal television show and movie streaming services in the United States, and to his working as a computer programmer with co-defendants to help build Jetflicks, a similarly large […]
Foxtel and Discovery have completed a new multi-year agreement covering premium factual, lifestyle and entertainment content from flagship brand Discovery Channel as well as TLC, Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet. The deal also includes the launch of a new channel Investigation Discovery (ID) the #1 US true crime network, which finds a new home in […]
Amazon Studios has signed a first look deal with Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom. As part of the deal, Bloom will work with Amazon Studios to create television and film projects that will launch exclusively on the Prime Video streaming service. “I have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with Jen Salke and the team at Amazon and I […]
Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to air Champions League football in Germany for the first time in 20 years after being outbid by sports streaming platform DAZN. Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland will no longer show matches from the elite football competition once its current contract with UEFA expires in 2021. DAZN will share the rights […]
Filipino media and entertainment group ABS-CBN has filed a $4 million (€3.59m) lawsuit against a Texas resident and a streaming service for allegedly pirating its content through illegal set-top boxes. Anthony Brown and 1700 Cuts Technology were accused of selling the set-top boxes on Facebook, enabling buyers to access ABS-CBN’s live programming without paying appropriate […]
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has reportedly agreed a deal to broadcast the top fixture each game-week from the Europa League, or the new Europa Conference League tournament that launches in 2021, for the 2021-24 seasons. The deal will also grant Canal+ the rights to broadcast the finals of both competitions, giving it a total 16 […]
BT Sport will be the exclusively live broadcaster of the Bangladesh Premier League, showing all 46 matches live. The league gets underway today (December 11th) as Chattogram Challengers take on Sylhet Thunder, followed by current champions Cumilla Warriors facing Rangpur Rangers. Seven teams will battle it out to make the final on January 17th 2020. […]
On the heels of its Premier League streaming success, Amazon has acquired the rights to show selected matches from the Champions League to its subscribers in Germany, as the online giant continues to make strides into sports broadcasting in Europe. Amazon Prime Video will show ‘first-pick’ matches on Tuesday evenings of each game-week from the […]