Australian TV and movie streaming service Quickflix is not going ahead with the potential acquisition of a Shanghai-based film and television company. In a notice to the Australian Securities Exchange, it said that based on due diligence of the Shanghai-based company and advice received in relation to Chinese regulations and restrictions, it had decided that […]
Eurosport, a Discovery company and home to the greatest selection of live sports moments, has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights from Sky for a selection of Rugby League properties to be broadcast on Discovery’s recently acquired premium rugby channel, Setanta Sports Asia. The rights are effective immediately until the end of the 2019 […]
NBCUniversal content is heading to Australian streaming service Presto. Shows including 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Grimm and Heroes are all available effective immediately. A second batch of shows, including drama series Bates Motel, will arrive in December. Interim CEO, Shaun James, commented: “NBCUniversal is a prolific producer of quality popular content and we are […]
With News Corp, Telstra and Channel Seven recently agreeing to pay a share of over A$2.5 billion (€1.58bn) for six years of AFL broadcast rights from 2017, Roy Morgan Research has taken a detailed look at the size and fragmentation of viewership across Free-to-Air, Pay TV, and digital streaming platforms. Roy Morgan Single Source research […]
Advanced Television talks to Markus Fritz of Eutelsat about their commitment to 4K UHD and their enthusiasm for sharing their experience with broadcasters, content producers and pre and post production. [bitsontherun VZ2NN7JQ-ni7dlelE]
Sky Deutschland and Formula One World Championship Limited have confirmed an extension of their broadcast deal through the 2017 season. In addition to live broadcasting rights via satellite and cable, the agreement covers Internet, IPTV and mobile rights for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Sky Deutschland will continue broadcasting the F1 races without any commercial breaks. […]
ESPN has acquired the exclusive multiplatform rights to the 35th America’s Cup in more than 40 territories, including Mexico, Central America and South America, and non-exclusive rights in the Caribbean. Under the agreement, ESPN International will air live racing and highlights of all events in the 35th America’s Cup, including the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup […]
GameFly, the console game subscription service, is expanding the availability of its GameFly Streaming service on Samsung Smart TVs to now include the US, Canada and eight additional European countries. This expansion grows the number of markets with access to GameFly Streaming on Samsung Smart TVs to 20, adding to recent launches in Brazil, Israel, […]
TVN Group and Eleven Sports Network have announced the next step in their cooperation by launching Eleven Sports Network’s second channel on TVN’s OTT platform. Sports fans will be able to enjoy more than 2,000 hours of live sports per year on Eleven and Eleven Sports. Eleven Sports will go live on August 22nd, just […]
Responding to recent functionality enhancements to Netflix’s UI, Sky has unveiled updates to Sky+HD boxes introducing what it describes as some clever new features which make Sky Movies even better. This, the third software update so far this year, forms part of Sky’s continued commitment to innovating the UK’s biggest connected TV platform, Sky+. With […]