WWE and BT Sport have agreed a new multi-year exclusive pay-TV deal that will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available live in the UK and Ireland on BT Sport beginning January 2020. The rights were previously held by Sky. BT Sport will air both Raw and SmackDown exclusively live every week, delivering edge-of-your-seat action and […]
The 2019 Europol Intellectual Property Crime conference in Malaga was the venue where the winner of the 2nd Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) award was announced. The award is given to an individual or team from the public sector for a successful initiative to tackle audiovisual piracy. The winner was Chief Inspector Monica Dopico and the […]
SPI/FilmBox has acquired the exclusive linear and digital rights to the Esports Balkan League (EBL), the first professional esports competition in which the best eight teams from ten European countries compete in a League of Legends tournament for the championship title. This summer, viewers can watch EBL (League of Legends) live and exclusively, on SPI/FilmBox’s […]
Cloud video platform Blackbird has agreed what it describes as a significant six-figure, multi-year deal with A+E Networks. A+E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and Disney, will incorporate Blackbird within its media infrastructure for a range of key video workflows. The use of Blackbird is designed to deliver major productivity enhancements across A+E […]
Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a case against Movistar for overcharging Vodafone and Orange for premium football on El Partidazo, which covers the best La Liga matches every week. A year ago, Movistar acknowledged the overcharging and paid compensation to its rivals. Now, the CNMC believes that was insufficient, because there was a real […]
International content consultancy 3Vision has confirmed that all3media international will be joining a growing list of major distributors and buyers in using the 3Vision Show Tracker tool to drive forward its global distribution plans. The 3Vision Show Tracker service tracks the distribution of over 300 scripted TV series in major global markets. It monitors over […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is partnering with mobile operators Play in Poland and Telenor in Bulgaria to deliver a premium experience Nickelodeon Play mobile VoD app. Mobile customers in Poland and Bulgaria can access an extensive Nickelodeon content on-demand experience, including a wide selection of full-length episodes of popular animated series, games and original […]
Movie, TV and celebrity website IMDb has confirmed that IMDb TV, a free streaming video channel formerly known as IMDb Freedive, will triple its content selection, bringing thousands of new titles to the ad-supported service in the coming months. Additionally, IMDb TV will launch in Europe later in 2019, bringing a premium collection of movies […]
Spain’s Movistar and Mediapro have allied to launch Movistar Esports Ubeat in Latin America targeted at all esports fans. The channel, available on Movistar’s OTT platform Movistar Play, includes all the best esports content including Latin American La Liga Movistar League of Legends, as well as national championships, and content from Clash Royale, Fortnite, CS:GO […]
It seems that the Media Relations team at beIN Sport were a little quick with their claim of victory in their dispute with Arabsat. The ‘victory’ was widely publicised over the past weekend. Setting aside the obvious merits of Qatar-based beIN claim against the Saudi beoutQ pirates, it is now clear that the French Tribunal […]