The eagerly anticipated rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1) and challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (31-1-0), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 3rd. The fight will be streamed on DAZN in four of its markets – exclusive in Germany and Spain and non-exclusive in Austria and Switzerland. Jacopo Tonoli, Chief Commercial […]
Netflix will be the exclusive home of Vikings: Valhalla, a new original series from creator Michael Hirst that continues the storytelling of the popular Vikings saga. The new saga begins 100 years after the original series concludes and dramatises the adventures of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada […]
A report from Ampere Analysis focuses on one of the globe’s most advanced SVoD markets – the Nordics. Since its launch in the region in 2012, Netflix has been the driving force in the OTT market, achieving 4.5 million subscribers by the end of 2018. However, despite boasting a large catalogue of international content at […]
Claiming a further breakthrough in copyright protection, Chinese online entertainment service iQIYI has revealed that its self-developed watermarking system has passed the security evaluation test of the ChinaDRM Lab under Academy of Broadcasting Science, NRTA (National Radio and Television Administration), making iQIYI the first online video platform in China to receive such an accreditation. In […]
At the Stockholm Film Festival, Netflix announced two new excusive movies coming out of the Nordics: Red Dot from Sweden, produced by SF Studios and Cadaver from Norway, produced by Motion Blur. Action-thriller Red Dot and horror movie Cadaver will premiere exclusively on Netflix. Netflix also announced the global acquisition of the Danish feature film […]
Despite strong interest from Sky, BT Sport will remain the exclusive home of all top flight European club football until 2024. BT has secured the rights to all 420 games of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the new UEFA Europa Conference League, for a further three seasons. This represents an increase of […]
The largest Spanish private TV operators Mediaset and Atresmedia, the rights holder Mediapro, and public broadcaster RTVE have joined forces to boycott the Supercopa de España (Super Cup) and won’t bid for the TV rights to the tournament. The move comes after the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced its decision to move the Supercopa […]
Fight Sports has entered into an agreement with Skill Challenge Entertainment Establishment (SCEE), the Saudi Arabia based sports & entertainment agency, for the exclusive rights in Africa to the upcoming Heavyweight World Championship rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz on December 7th. Prince Khaled Bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of SCEE, said “After getting to know […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has reached a distribution agreement with Russian online streaming platform, Okko. As part of the deal, Viacom’s kids’ content is now available to Okko’s subscribers for the first time, giving them VoD access to a raft of popular Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. content. Popular shows set to debut on the […]
Amazon has agreed a deal with Lionsgate to be the UK’s first window streaming home to the studio’s recently released and upcoming theatrical feature films. The multi-year deal, which begins on January 1st 2020, will enable Prime members in the UK, or those subscribing to the monthly standalone Prime Video service offer, to access recent […]