ESPN has unit launched authenticated online streaming for a number of its properties with Verizon. The accord follows a far-reaching agreement the parties reached last October for continued carriage of ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD and the 2012 launch of Disney Junior and the online streaming of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Buzzer Beater. […]
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the UK government does have the right to reserve for Free To Air TV major international football games including all the group matches the World Cup. The Court has rejected a complaint from FIFA and UEFA regarding a decision of the European Commission to approve the UK’s […]
Deutsche Telekom and pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland have agreed a deal to include Sky’s channels as part of DT’s cable TV offering. Deutsche Telekom (DT) will feed Sky’s programmes into its so-called NE 3 and NE 4 cable networks and households, giving consumers access to the whole range of Sky products and services. The deal […]
Australian IPTV service FetchTV has confirmed the addition of football club channels from Manchester United Television and Real Madrid to its line-up. The service, which is available through a number of Australian ISPs, already carries club channels from Chelsea, Manchester City and Barcelona. The club channels feature match highlights from their specific team’s domestic and […]
Lionsgate, the film entertainment studio, Studiocanal and Miramax have entered into a worldwide home entertainment distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Lionsgate and Studiocanal will distribute more than 550 titles from the Miramax film library via DVD, Blu-ray, EST and Internet VOD, in addition to cable VOD internationally. Lionsgate will partner with leading international distributor […]
Opening up access to online content is a good start in ending fragmentation in the digital Single Market, according to Neelie Kroes, the EU Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda. Speaking at a London event on ‘Building a Digital Single Market: Delivering Benefits of the Digital Economy to Europe’s Citizens’, she said that “every gap, […]
The acquisition by Digital Plus of pay-TV rights to the European Champions League from 2012 is a hard blow for Mediapro’s pay DTT channel Gol TV, current holder of the rights. Digital+ has acquired the rights to live and delayed action from all of the competition’s matches, with the exception of the Tuesday first-match pick. […]
BSkyB COO Mike Darcey implied the broadcaster and Virgin Media are still some way apart on price as they negotiate a carriage fee for the new Sky Atlantic channel. Darcey said “I think it was offered at a very reasonable price,” but clearly Virgin disagree. Sky Atlantic launched on satellite on February 1st, offering a […]
The European Court of Justice has been advised that BSkyB (and other pay operators across Europe) or rights holders cannot stop pubs (or anyone else) subscribing to foreign TV channels no matter they may carry programmes that another broadcaster has the domestic rights to. The immediate implication is that BSkyB and the English Premier League […]
Comcast and Time Warner have signed a long-term agreement that provides Comcast digital cable customers with access to TV shows and movies from Turner Broadcasting System, networks, including TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. The content will appear shortly after initial airing at no additional cost to Comcast’s […]