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A+E Networks content sales in LatAm & US Hispanic markets

A+E Networks has secured a raft of new programming sales among LatAm and US Hispanic markets. “We are thrilled to continue to build partnerships which such top tier platforms across the Latin and the US Hispanic markets with compelling programming that resonates with and attracts viewers to the fold,” said Ellen Lovejoy, VP/Head of Content Sales, […]

January 21, 2019

Yahoo streams NBA mobile show

The Bounce, a live, weekly studio show centred around the NBA, will debut today (January 21st) on Yahoo. The built-for-mobile show will feature a “nightly pulse of the league” with a number on top analysts and basketball legends. It will air five nights a week — Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday — and will run through […]

January 21, 2019By Nik Roseveare

UK: £20m local creativity boost

Five locations across England will receive a share of £20 million (€22.68m) to invest in local culture, heritage and creative industries and help drive economic growth. In the first government investment of its kind, Grimsby, the Thames Estuary, Plymouth, Wakefield and Worcester will use the funding on local cultural plans which are tailored to the […]

January 18, 2019

Singapore to update copyright regime

The Singapore government has announced that it will be amending the Copyright Act to update its copyright regime in an effort to support creators and users  of video content. A critical part of the suite of amendments includes new enforcement measures to deter retailers from profiting from providing access to content through unauthorised sources such […]

January 18, 2019By Colin Mann

Analysis: Apple’s Samsung partnership ‘major strategy shift’

In research and consulting firm Futuresource’s perspective report, Battle for the Living Room,  published before Christmas, it stated that Apple was to make a big play in TV in 2019, highlighting that: “Apple’s Achilles’ heel to date has been its lack of reach on the big screen in the living room, where most premium content […]

January 18, 2019

Mega Movie Week to drive digital ownership

Trade bodies the Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) and the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) are launching Mega Movie Week, a category-wide campaign to drive consumer engagement with the growing digital transactional market, running for the week commencing January 21st, 2019. During Mega Movie Week, BASE and DEGE members, including BBC Studios, Entertainment One, […]

January 18, 2019

fuboTV adds Tennis Channel

US live streaming service fuboTV has announced the addition of Tennis Channel to its Extra tier and Sports Plus add-on package. Tennis Channel is airing 30 live hours and nearly 200 total hours of Australian Open tournament coverage from Melbourne. Coverage includes men’s and women’s singles play from the first day through the quarterfinals. The […]

January 18, 2019

beIN exposes beoutQ rights ‘theft’

A ‘reveal all’ website has been published by pay-TV operator beIN Media Group which it claims publicly exposes what it describes as the “industrial scale theft” of world sports and entertainment carried out by beoutQ – the Saudi Arabia-based pirate TV channel – and Arabsat – the Riyadh-headquartered satellite provider – for the past 18 […]

January 17, 2019By Colin Mann

Sinclair launches STIRR AVoD

US television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group is to launch STIRR, a free, ad-supported streaming service that will include access to some of the most popular national news, sports, entertainment and digital first channels, a robust video on demand (VoD) library and a new local channel featuring programming based on a user’s location, ensuring that […]

January 17, 2019

Research: 16% US homes share SVoD passwords

Research from analyst firm Parks Associates finds 16 per cent of US broadband households admit to sharing their passwords for their video service accounts with other people. Innovations in Authentication and Personalization Technologies reports that service providers will have a difficult time moving subscribers to new methods of password-free authentication. Only one-third or fewer of […]

January 17, 2019