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FIFA+ on DAZN

Sports entertainment platform DAZN has agreed a new strategic partnership with football’s governing body FIFA to launch and operate the FIFA+ service across the globe, suggesting the move will transform the way football fans access and engage with the sport. The new FIFA+ service will be the digital home for global football – an accessible, […]

June 16, 2025

Tubi adds 1,000+ movies and TV episodes to UK library

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, has expanded upon its content offering in the UK with over a thousand movies and TV episodes added to its free VoD library. Following recent content deals with studios including AMC Networks, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal (NBCU), New Regency and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tubi viewers in the UK now have access […]

June 16, 2025

El Reino Infantil -The Children’s Kingdom content on HappyKids

El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom, a multi-channel network for children’s content in Spanish with a YouTube subscriber count of over 260 million, has announced a strategic partnership with HappyKids, a digital content platform renowned for children. Viewers can can now access a curated selection of El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom’s content […]

June 16, 2025

YuppTV sues pirate streaming operation

Indian content TV platform YuppTV has filled a lawsuit as part of its continued fight against one of the largest illegal streaming networks worldwide. The company’s comprehensive anti-piracy initiative has resulted in arrests, filing court cases on the piracy network. YuppTV has filed a comprehensive complaint in the US District Court targeting the extensive piracy […]

June 13, 2025By Colin Mann

Scripps signs multi-year deal with WNBA

The EW Scripps Company has announced a new, multi-year agreement with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to continue airing regular season Friday night matchups on ION – the league’s Friday night national network home in the US since 2023. ION is available on pay0TV, connected TV, free ad-supported streaming platforms and over-the-air in more […]

June 13, 2025

Disney, NBCU in AI copyright complaint

The Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against AI company Midjourney, claiming that the company’s image-generating service infringes on their copyrighted works. The action, filed in the US District Court in Los Angeles, represents the first significant lawsuit studios have initiated against an AI company. They accuse Midjourney of using a range […]

June 12, 2025By Colin Mann

France: beIN Sports, Bundesliga renew broadcasting deal

beIN Sports and Bundesliga International have agreed a new, exclusive agreement in France to broadcast the German Bundesliga on beIN Sports until the end of the 2028/2029 season. Subscribers to beIN Sports, which has been broadcasting the Bundesliga since 2012, will continue to be able to follow all the matches of the German championship, the Franz […]

June 12, 2025

FIFA Club World Cup 2025 on Sport 24

IMG, the sports marketing agency, has secured the rights to broadcast the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 to the inflight and cruise markets, in a deal negotiated with DAZN. The sublicense agreement grants IMG the live rights to broadcast more than 55 matches and 115+ hours of coverage from the tournament on the Sport 24 […]

June 12, 2025

MHL joins ACE

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed MHL, Pakistan’s leading licensed content distribution and broadcast services provider. as its newest member. MHL delivers end-to-end broadcast and OTT services for content providers, platforms, and distributors. MHL owns Begin, a subscription-based OTT platform offering premium Western entertainment and sports content to Pakistani audiences. […]

June 12, 2025

BKB signs talkSPORT deal

Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) CEO Greg Bloom has announced that the company has signed an exclusive broadcast partnership with talkSPORT to air BKB live bare knuckle boxing events on talkSPORT Boxing. talkSPORT is part of News UK whose news brands also include a range of newspapers and national broadcast brands including Times Radio, Talk and […]

June 12, 2025