The pirate television service known as ‘BTV’ must cease the illegal retransmission of channels, stop selling its BTV set-top box, and pay damages of $6.6 million (€5.84m), according to a recent ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The BTV set-top box, which illegally delivers a variety of TV […]
Following earlier disagreements over content distribution, French commercial broadcaster TF1 have agreed a fresh, global distribution arrangement that allows the Canal + Group to include all TF1 Group channels in its offerings, as well as associated non-linear services. It reinforces the partnership between the two groups by highlighting a proposal for enriched services on all screens […]
The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) – set up to combat the threat of organised crime across the seven police forces in the Eastern Region of the United Kingdom – has secured the repayment of more than £13,000 (€14,926) from a convicted trader, after he had evaded payment for over two years. William Marston, […]
Telenet has extended the broadcasting rights for the English Premier League for a further 3 years. Live matches will continue to air on Play Sports until 2022. Telenet Director Sports Manu Leroy, commented: “We know that the Premier League is very important for our customers. Thanks to this agreement, they can continue to follow the […]
A recent study of the content viewing behaviour of Thai consumers, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), and conducted by YouGov, has revealed that 45 per cent of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also known […]
Pure-sport live and on demand streaming service DAZN is to launch in Spain in 2019, offering what it says is affordable and flexible access to some of the best sport in the world. DAZN has unveiled MotoGP and the Premier League as the first content to be made available on the platform. For the first […]
From the 2019/20 season, Sky Sports will provide ‘near-live’ extended Premier League highlights and mobile clip rights to its package so subscribers in the UK and Ireland can follow every key moment via the option that suits them best. Sky will provide in-game goals and clips from all matches on mobile devices – even those […]
South African regulator the Competition Commission has found that public broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation and pay-TV operator MultiChoice have implemented a merger transaction, without notifying the Commission, in contravention of the Competition Act, and should now be investigated as such. On September 28th 2018, the Constitutional Court granted the Commission the right to […]
Marking the return of live motor sport action to the BBC since it relinquished its coverage of Formula 1 at the end of 2015, electric street racing series Formula E is to be shown by the broadcaster for the very first time, with the Corporation bringing fans every race of the new season on its […]
US programmer Starz has confirmed that its STARZPLAY SVoD service will launch on UK multiplay network Virgin Media in the UK on November 29th. The STARZPLAY premium streaming service will give Virgin TV customers in the UK the opportunity to watch STARZ series all in one place, with future STARZ Originals launching exclusively on STARZPLAY […]