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IFPI: 86% music listening streamed

According to the IFPI – the organisation that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide – 86 per cent of music listening is through on-demand streaming, but more than one-third of consumers obtain music through infringing methods. The IFPI’s Music Consumer Insight Report 2018 examines the ways in which music consumers aged 16-64 […]

October 11, 2018

PGA multimedia rights deals for CBS, ESPN

The PGA of America, CBS and ESPN have reached an historic and comprehensive 11-year multimedia agreement for the television, digital and OTT rights to the PGA with wall-to-wall, live full-field 72-hole coverage of the championship, beginning in 2020 at Harding Park. CBS, ESPN and ESPN+ will combine to deliver more than 175 cumulative hours of […]

October 11, 2018

Invictus, BitMovio distribution partnership

The Invictus Entertainment Group (Invictus Films, Invictus Europa and Avispa Films) has agreed a content distribution partnership with blockchain-enabled video entertainment marketplace BitMovio. With a hybrid blockchain architecture, BitMovio is designed to provide a transparent marketplace enabling independent film producers and professional streamers to have complete control of their content distribution, flexible and instant monetisation, […]

October 10, 2018

MUSO launches Piracy by Industry Dashboard

Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has launched its Piracy by Industry Dashboard, which will give trade bodies and government-level organisations access to month-by-month piracy data across all their industries. This rolling insight will allow trade bodies to gain a more accurate view of piracy and enable them to regularly assess the effectiveness of their […]

October 8, 2018By Colin Mann

DAZN lands Heineken Champions Cup & European Rugby Challenge Cup

DAZN, the live and on-demand sport streaming service, has landed the exclusive rights to the prestigious Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup (EPCR) for the next four seasons. Starting from the 2018/ 2019 season, DAZN becomes the exclusive home of over 70 EPCR matches per season live and on-demand for DAZN users in […]

October 8, 2018

MPAA’s  Rivkin champions creativity and accountability

In a keynote address delivered to leaders from multiple countries at the Austrian EU Presidency Conference hosted by the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has highlighted how greater online accountability is fundamental to a safe, thriving digital ecosystem that supports creativity and innovation. “The Internet […]

October 8, 2018By Colin Mann

At The Races signs Hong Kong racing rights

At The Races and Sky Sports Racing will be the exclusive, new non-terrestrial broadcast home of Hong Kong racing in the UK and Ireland until July 2022, At The Races and The Hong Kong Jockey Club have announced. Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season will feature a record £120 million in prize money and will be broadcast […]

October 8, 2018

Premier League returns to Sky Deutschland

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has successfully secured the Premier League broadcast rights for the three seasons from 2019/20 to 2021/22. Under the agreement, Sky Deutschland will have exclusive live broadcasting rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. “Sky has an excellent track record of delivering high-quality football content to fans in Germany,” Premier […]

October 5, 2018

Atresmedia, Globo content alliance

Spanish TV group Atresmedia and Brazilian TV network Globo have entered into a strategic content alliance covering LatAm and the US. As part of the deal Globo will provide over 500 hours of content a year to Atresmedia’s TV series channel Atreseries, strengthening its position to capture the Spanish speaking pay-TV audiences in LatAm and […]

October 5, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Hybrid content protection key for multiplatform distribution

New-age holistic content protection solutions that protect not only content but also user data and customer reputation are expected to drive the next wave of growth in the global content protection market, according to a report, Global Content Protection Market, Forecast to 2024, from advisory firm Frost & Sullivan. These solutions need to address the […]

October 5, 2018By Colin Mann