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Prime Video unveils Leeds United docu-series

Prime Video and Leeds United have announced Take Us Home: Leeds United, a new docu-series that will give Prime members an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the club’s 2018-19 season as they pushed for promotion under head coach, Marcelo Bielsa, after a 15-year absence from the Premier League. Academy Award winner and avid Leeds United fan […]

July 24, 2019

beoutQ runs promos for Premier League

beoutQ, the TV piracy operation that has allegedly stolen legitimate broadcast rights to most high-profile sports over the Middle East, is running on-air promotional ads ahead of the opening games of the English Premier League football season. The promos are full of typical ‘English’ scenes, including marching ceremonial troops, red London buses, groups of exited […]

July 23, 2019By Chris Forrester

Research: Liverpool most-televised Premier League team

Manchester City may have pipped Liverpool to the Premier League title in the 2018/19 season, but it was Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool that topped the charts for the most televised team in the UK last season. According to WherestheMatch.com, the live football on TV companion that shows which teams are playing, when and on which TV channel […]

July 23, 2019

Survey: Australians trust ABC, distrust Facebook

A survey conducted by Roy Morgan reveals that while Facebook – and social media generally – remains deeply distrusted in Australia, whilst ABC, the country’s national broadcaster, is still by far the nation’s most trusted media organisation. Almost half of all Australians (44 per cent) distrust social media, compared to only 7 per cent who […]

July 23, 2019

Amazon Prime on Virgin TV

Some six years after it agreed a similar deal with Netflix, customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin Media can now access Amazon Prime Video for the first time directly through Virgin TV. The July 22nd launch gives Virgin Media customers the ability to search for and watch Prime Video content seamlessly through their V6 box. […]

July 22, 2019

Italy busts major IPTV pirate

The Italian Police has dismantled a major IPTV platform in Palermo that provided unauthorised access to pay-TV platforms Sky Italia and DAZN. A 35-year old was reported for violation of copyright law. At his home, the Police found the “source” of the illegal ZSat platform, consisting of 57 Sky Italia decoders, connected to Internet transmission […]

July 22, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

India: 79% of smartphone users watch OTT apps

techARC-Unomer has released some key insights about OTT entertainment app (live and VoD) penetration in India.  The insights are from Unomer AppMap, an in-depth analysis of smartphone and consumer data collected from over 5 million Smartphone users across the country. 4 out of 5 Smartphone users are having at least one OTT entertainment platform which […]

July 22, 2019

Gaming, eSports continue to lift MTG

Modern Times Group (MTG) has published its Q2 financial results, saying it continues to deliver on its strategic direction with sales growth increasing with 14 per cent in both investment verticals eSport and gaming. The Swedish media group reported eSports Owned & Operated (O&O) sales were up 15 per cent. Gaming sales were up by […]

July 22, 2019

Netflix contract agreement with SAG-AFTRA

Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Netflix have agreed to an industry-transformative contract covering dramatic live-action productions. The deal between the union and the global streaming service recognises performance capture as covered work and includes coverage of dubbing, which applies to all of Netflix’s foreign-language live-action and animated […]

July 22, 2019

Telestream completes Tektronix video combination

Digital media tools and workflow solutions provider Telestream has confirmed that the combination of Telestream and Tektronix’s video test, monitoring and quality assurance solutions for the broadcast and digital media markets into Telestream has been completed. “Customers should be comfortable that any investment in Telestream or Tektronix video monitoring technology is sound. If we are […]

July 22, 2019