Sky Sports will be the only place in the UK and Ireland to watch the US, London and Dublin shows of the Bellator MMA 2019 tour, starting later this month. This one year deal with Bellator ensures that all US fights on the tour, as well those in London and Dublin, will air exclusively on […]
Netflix has acquired worldwide distribution rights to award-winning documentary Knock Down the House, which chronicles the campaigns of four female progressive candidates including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against powerful incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. The Sundance Institute this wek announced Knock Down the House as the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes […]
FloSports, a specialist live digital sports and original content, and Rugby Europe, the governing body responsible for the management of international competitions for the 48-member unions across Europe, have announced a partnership to provide live and on-demand coverage of the 2019 Rugby Europe Championship in North America, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa exclusively […]
Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has agreed a deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for first pay window film and TV content including the 25th installment of EON Productions and MGM’s James Bond, and the 24 official James Bond movies that precede it; and the third season of […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that global consumer spend on digital content will reach $250 billion (€218.9bn) in 2019, an increase of $23 billion year-on-year. The research found that SVoD services will be a
A man who was jailed for 22 months in July 2018 for selling streaming device that allowed thousands of buyers to watch premium Sky TV content illegally has been ordered to pay back more than £40,000 (€45,600). Glenn Burrows, of North Walsham in the east of England, made more than £400,000 by selling the devices, […]
Integro Insurance Brokers, a specialist insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has unveiled what it describes as a “revolutionary” product created for the entertainment industry. The firm’s Piracy Protection Insurance is designed to return lost revenue to film and TV rights holders and to curtail the damage caused by digital piracy. Integro claims it is […]
Producer and Distributor Prime Entertainment Group has announced a package deal with major music broadcaster Stingray for more than 40 Hours of live concerts. Stingray primarily broadcasts music across over 400 uninterrupted channel feeds available worldwide to more than 400 million households every day. The channels offer a full range of music shows in all […]
Award-winning British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia have been revealed as the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018. The most popular show of the year was Bodyguard, with the first episode becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever programme, with 10.8 million requests across the year. All six episodes of the political thriller appear […]
Premier Sports has secured the UK and Ireland broadcast rights to Italy’s Serie A TIM from February 2019 and will air a minimum of six games per round until the end of the 2020/21 season. Weekly highlights and preview shows are set to be broadcast by Premier Sports as well as a number of games […]