Italian public broadcaster RAI has lost the battle for FTA broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League for the period 2019-2021. This follows a decision by the Italian court to reject an urgent appeal submitted by RAI against Sky Italia, according to a report in Il Sole 24 Ore. This will enable the pay-TV broadaster […]
Seven months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions for online shopping and cross-border sales is already high. A Eurobarometer survey shows that just a few months after the new rules on geo-blocking started to apply, 50 per cent of EU citizens are generally […]
Exclusive consumer research by Ampere Analysis has revealed a steady fall in the proportion of consumers who say that they regularly use pirate sites and services to watch online video. In the three-year period between Q1 2016 and Q1 2019, there have been particularly sharp declines in video piracy in Spain, the US, the Netherlands […]
UK multiplay operator EE has unveiled a new range of EE Home Broadband plans that include Apple TV 4K and access to BT Sport. With Apple TV 4K, customers can easily access TV shows and movies through the Apple TV app and by using Siri, as well as enjoy thousands of other apps, including games, […]
A nationwide survey of 2,000 people found that twice as many Britons spend quality time streaming boxsets than being cuddled up in the back row of the movies. With endless hours of content available via streaming services for a relatively small fee, it’s unsurprising that viewers are choosing better value for money at home. But […]
Alchimie, the content aggregator and dynamic distributor, has signed a three-year agreement with SFR, one of France’s largest telecom companies, to provide the mobile operator with 2,000 hours of documentaries to populate SFR’s factual VoD channels for its Power and Premium subscribers. Over three years Alchimie will provide SFR with a curated selection of documentaries from renowned international […]
The US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), in partnership with NERA Economic Consulting, has published a study, Impacts of Digital Video Piracy on the US Economy, detailing the economic impact digital video piracy has on the US economy. While the proliferation of streaming services provides consumers with unprecedented choice, content, and convenience, […]
WWE and PP Sports have extended their partnership with a new multi-year agreement to continue delivering WWE’s weekly flagship programming live and in Mandarin across China. In addition to airing Raw and SmackDown, PP Sports will continue to offer WWE Network as am SVoD service featuring all of WWE’s monthly pay-per-view events. As part of the extended agreement, […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery and sports-focused live TV streaming service fuboTV have agreed a new, multi-year carriage deal that will bring 13 Discovery networks to fuboTV’s live TV streaming service in the coming weeks. The deal extends the strategic relationship between the companies that began with the former Scripps Networks Interactive (acquired by Discovery) and included […]
French broadcasters are increasing their investment in local original productions to compete with Netflix’s five million subscriber base in the country, according to analyst firm Ampere Analysis. In 2018, the big five French players – France Télévisions, Canal+, TF1, M6 and Orange – spent €5.4 billion on content, with over 40 per cent of that […]