American Entertainment company 4KUniverse has expanded its European presence by joining Luxembourg IPTV platform PostTV. 4KUniverse is a 24hr 4K HDR general entertainment TV channel that airs original series, movies, documentaries, sports and primetime programmes in High Dynamic Range. POST Luxembourg has add the new 4K channel to its Entertain Me package. Entertain Me allows […]
A retailer in London has been convicted at the City of London Magistrates’ Court for selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) which gave access to unauthorised Premier League broadcasts and other content. Ammar Al-Silawi was found guilty on two charges of copyright and two charges of fraud, having been found to sell ISDs which provided unlawful […]
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit media and educational organisation, has agreed to deal to bring four new series and five new seasons of Sesame Street, annual specials, as well as its historic 50-year library, to HBO Max – the new SVoD service scheduled to launch in spring 2020. Beginning with season 51, Sesame Street will premiere […]
Keeneland Association has entered into a multiyear agreement with Sky Sports Racing to give the British sports channel the exclusive rights to broadcast Keeneland racing and sales to its viewership in the UK and Ireland. “Keeneland is excited to team with Sky Sports Racing, which represents a tremendous opportunity to further enhance our outreach in […]
Netflix has, somewhat unsurprisingly, renewed the global hit series Stranger Things for a fourth season – and has also signed series creators The Duffer Brothers to a multi-year film and series overall deal. “The Duffer Brothers have captivated viewers around the world with Stranger Things and we’re thrilled to expand our relationship with them to […]
The rise of streaming is bringing major sporting events to a global audience and pushing up media rights revenues. This will drive media sport rights revenues up 75 per cent over the 7 years period from 2018 till 2025 from $48.6 billion (€44.5bn) to $85.1 billion. Association football will increase its already dominant share of […]
MásMóvil, the fourth largest operator in Spain, has seemingly benefitted from the ongoing football war in Spain. Since August 2018, the company has captured some 400,000 broadband lines, whereas Vodafone and Orange have lost subsscribers and Movistar has only seen a slight increase. Movistar has won 37,000 broadband lines associated with football in the last […]
A survey of 1,500 visitors to UK comparison site Broadband Genie set out to discover how people felt about the splintering of streaming services, and whether they might turn to piracy. Amazon Prime and Netflix are by far the most popular services for UK streaming subscribers. Both boast extensive libraries at a relatively low cost. […]
The Walt Disney Company has secured a comprehensive distribution agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s lineup of sports, news and entertainment content to PlayStation Vue customers. It expands upon the previous deal and supports the companies’ mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms. The new agreement includes the newly […]
ESPN+ will be the new US home for the Bundesliga, Germany’s top domestic football league, as the result of a new multi-year agreement that will begin in August 2020. ESPN+ will feature exclusive live and on-demand replay coverage of more than 300 matches per season from the Bundesliga, in both English and Spanish languages. In […]