The Overwatch League and Twitter have agreed a new multiyear deal to bring highlights and livestream content from the popular online shooter video game to the social media platform, starting with the Overwatch League All-Star Weekend, happening August 25th – 26th at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles. Twitter will make it easier than ever for fans […]
Netflix has acquired the rights to show The Great British Bake Off in the US. Last year’s series, the first to air on Channel 4 after they outbid BBC to acquire the show rights, will be made available on the streaming service from August 31st. The upcoming series, which starts in the UK on August […]
Saudi Arabia has banned beIN Sports, which is the legitimate holder of various TV broadcasting rights to transmit over the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has cancelled beIN Media’s licence to operate which – in effect – means the only way viewers in the Kingdom can watch beIN Sports transmissions is via the widely condemned beoutQ […]
The amount of time Americans spend with media continues to increase, largely the result of the widespread connectivity and available content platforms. In just the few months since the end of the third quarter of last year, US consumers 18 and older increased their time with media by more than a full half hour, according […]
YouTube is increasing its original content production and is set to launch some 50 original shows next year. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, head of originals EMEA Luke Hyams confirmed that the YouTube Premium service will debut “dozens of original shows” throughout 2019, including sci-fi horror series Origin, starring Harry Potter actor Tom Felton […]
WWE Superstar and Hollywood actor John Cena is set to feature in a new prank show, Double Take, which will launch exclusively on Facebook Watch – the social media giant’s streaming service – next month. Each episode will see hypnotist Chris Jones pranking unsuspecting fans as he sets up elborate meetings with their favourite celebrity. […]
Opensport, the independent OTT platform owned by investment funds, will stream La Liga, Champions League and the best matches from the French, German and the Enlgish top-flight leagues for €19.99 a month in Spain. The company has reached an agreement with Movistar to distribute the football content online. Opensport will offer several packages: El Partidazo […]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has urged the dominant Internet platforms to take action to confront a growing list of online problems, including election meddling, hate speech, and piracy. Delivering a keynote address, A Declaration for Accountability in Cyberspace, at the Tech Policy Institute’s (TPI) Aspen Forum – his […]
Directors UK is calling for broadcasters to commit 0.25 per cent of their commissioning spend for all programme making to fund career development and industry access schemes to close the gender gap, in response to research revealing a drop in the number of women directors working in UK television. The recommendation comes from a report […]
The Premier League, the top flight of the professional football game in England, has strongly condemned what it describes as “illegal broadcast piracy emanating from Saudi Arabia”. All 20 Premier League matches played during the first two weekends of the season were broadcast illegally on the beoutQ service, which it is alleged steals content from […]