ESPN has agreed an archive programming deal with the BBC to show sporting events on its ESPN Classic channel. As part of a channel revamp ESPN Classic will show about 80 hours of BBC archive footage, along with unveiling its new look. The BBC deal includes archive footage from FA Cup matches, international football, Formula […]
Speaking at a House of Commons debate on net neutrality, the executive director of the Open Rights Group called for Government to step in to prevent ISPs making up the rules for Internet service. Jim Killock said: “What we have here is ISPs setting the rules. They are the de facto regulation of content on […]
A Madrid court is preparing to hear arguments for and against industrial action that could lead to the postponement of next weekend’s La Liga matches. The Spanish professional football league (LPF) have threatened to suspend the 30th round of matches on April 2/3 in an attempt to force the government to scrap a rule that […]
Time Warner Cable is in a row with networks over who controls the rights to stream live content to consumers’ mobile devices. The spat broke out last week when TWC released an application for Apple’s iPad that lets its customers watch linear programming on the tablet. Users can only watch the live channels while connected […]
A licensee has had a conviction for screening foreign satellite football overturned by the High Court in London. A pub in the Midlands was originally convicted and fined £500 (€600) in June 2009 for showing games using an Arab Radio and Television (ART) Network system, after the case was brought by Media Protection Services (MPS). […]
Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]
The Spanish Competition watchdog, CNC, has imposed a E500,000 fine on Mediapro, shareholder in La Sexta, for abuse of dominant position in football TV rights. CNC argues that Mediapro is abusing its competitive position by hindering the exploitation of football TV rights to the Spanish Football League and the King’s Cup by other TV operators. […]
Samsung Electronics has revealed that its Smart TVs will soon offer immediate access to more than 1,400 titles of HBO programming through an upcoming HBO GO app to be offered via Samsung Apps later this year. The app, which can be installed onto a Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray player, will be available at […]
Several Chinese online video service providers including LeTV, Tencent, PPLive, Xunlei, Baofeng, and Joy.cn have jointly established an ‘Online Cinema Licensing Alliance’. If any alliance member obtains the online broadcasting rights to a film or TV series, they will permit other alliance members to release said content on their premium content platforms. All members will […]
Netflix has upped its stalking of pay-TV operators by bidding as much as $100 million for exclusive US rights to a new political series starring Kevin Spacey. House of Cards, a remake of the BBC political drama, is directed by The Social Network’s David Fincher and is being auctioned by Media Rights Capital. The bidding […]