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Australia: Optus streams UEFA football on YouTube, Twitter

Optus Sport, the exclusive home of the Champions League and Europa League in Australia, is trialling a new arrangement that will give football fans the chance to watch selected matches via Twitter and YouTube. The arrangement will see Optus Sport transmit a total of 10 matches between February and April 2019 on the Optus Sport […]

February 11, 2019

AMC, Deutsche Telekom extend partnership

AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE) and Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have signed a multi-year renewal of their distribution agreement. The deal builds on the companies’ long-term partnership by providing carriage of AMCNI CNE’s full portfolio of  networks to Slovak Telekom’s Magio and Digi Slovakia and […]

February 11, 2019

UEFA to launch OTT service

Aleksander Čeferin, President of European football’s governing body UEFA, has confirmed that it is to launch a streaming service. In an acceptance speech following his unanimous re-election at the 43rd Ordinary UEFA Congress, Čeferin informed delegates that UEFA would launch its own OTT platform, provisionally named UEFA TV, in the next six months. It is […]

February 8, 2019By Colin Mann

Sky Sports to show Bellator MMA 2019 tour

Sky Sports will be the only place in the UK and Ireland to watch the US, London and Dublin shows of the Bellator MMA 2019 tour, starting later this month. This one year deal with Bellator ensures that all US fights on the tour, as well those in London and Dublin, will air exclusively on […]

February 8, 2019

Netflix acquires Sundance winner

Netflix has acquired worldwide distribution rights to award-winning documentary Knock Down the House, which chronicles the campaigns of four female progressive candidates including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against powerful incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. The Sundance Institute this wek announced Knock Down the House as the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes […]

February 8, 2019

FloSports scores Rugby Europe Championship rights

FloSports, a specialist live digital sports and original content, and Rugby Europe, the governing body responsible for the management of international competitions for the 48-member unions across Europe, have announced a partnership to provide live and on-demand coverage of the 2019 Rugby Europe Championship in North America, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa exclusively […]

February 8, 2019

Childs steps down as UKTV CEO

UKTV announced that Darren Childs has decided to step down from his role as CEO. Childs’ name has been mentioned in connection with the role of chief executive at the English Premier League, following the withdrawal of Discovery Communications executive Susanna Dinnage, who had been appointed to replace Richard Scudamore. He leaves as it seems […]

February 7, 2019

European creatives call for fair remuneration rules

As the negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion, European and international authors and performers’ organisations from all sectors are urging the EU negotiators to strengthen the much-needed Article -14 providing for fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers, and to adopt Articles 14, […]

February 7, 2019By Colin Mann

Intel True View offers immersive fan experience

Three leading clubs in England’s top-flight football tournament the Premier League are offering fans the possibility of watching a season-defining moment, then reliving it from any angle including from the perspective of their favourite player as they run up to take a penalty or make an improbable goal-line clearance. In partnership with Arsenal FC, Liverpool […]

February 7, 2019By Colin Mann and Nik Roseveare

Smithsonian Channel launching in UK

Smithsonian Channel is continuing its international expansion by launching in the UK – its first European service – on February 12th. Already available internationally in Canada, Singapore and Latin America, British and Irish viewers will have access to the network’s award-winning programming in HD on Virgin (Channel 295), Sky (Channel 195) and Freesat (Channel 175), […]

February 7, 2019