Discovery and BBC Studios have concluded a series of agreements, reigniting their historic relationship with a significant multi-million pound global content partnership spanning a library of premium factual series to power a new global streaming service, and a bespoke development deal for BBC Studios’ iconic genres of natural history, animals, adventure, science, travel, space, history […]
WWE and Atresmedia have agreed to deal to air WWE’s flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown in Spain. Every weekend strating April 6th, Megawill air a two-hour version of Raw on Saturdays and SmackDown on Sundays, both with Castilian Spanish commentary. “We are truly pleased to continue our successful association with WWE. With this expanded line-up of content and programmes, […]
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of UK commercial public service broadcaster ITV, has refuted a suggestion that the proposed BritBox SVoD service it is planning in partnership with the BBC was “far too late” to market and “completely dwarfed by recent announcements from California,” suggesting that its distinctive British programming offered something that other services did […]
Marking the first AMC UK original production, An Accidental Studio, a new feature-length documentary examining the history of HandMade Films is to premiere in first window on AMC internationally, being available in the UK on May 4th at 9pm, exclusively to BT customers. Featuring never-before-seen interviews with key players, the documentary captures an extraordinary moment […]
Sportskeeda, the all-sports site in India owned by Absolute Sports, has added content from Karate Combat, the new full contact martial arts league, which has become a verified partner. Sportskeeda, which has over 45 million monthly uniques, will carry Karate Combat’s past fights and future events, capitalising on a boom in combat sports across India, and global […]
The European Parliament has voted in favour of the new Copyright Directive designed to bring tangible benefits to citizens, all creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators, and cultural heritage institutions. Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip and Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel welcome the outcome in a joint statement: “We […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA is once again teaming up with international research and strategy consultancy MTM to launch the 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum. The global research programme will explore the biggest challenges facing pay-TV service providers and content owners today, and how they can identify new opportunities to transform and future-proof […]
Following advanced—television.com’s report of the success of an investigation into a global illegal IPTV streaming business, further details have emerged of participants’ role in the anti-piracy operation. Led by the Spanish National Police (Cuerpo Nacional de Policía) in collaboration with police forces in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Europol, the Premier League and Irdeto, 14 locations […]
After negotiating over the weekend, AT&T and Viacom have announced that they had reached an agreement to renew their US carriage agreement. Details of the deal were not revealed and it isn’t clear how much Viacom will be paid, or which networks will be on AT&T’s outlets, including DirecTV. In a classic stand-off, Viacom stood […]
Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has revealed that there were more than 189 billion visits to piracy sites throughout 2018. MUSO’s global piracy data platform tracks piracy in film, TV, music, publishing and software. Throughout 2018, TV was by far the most popular content for piracy, with almost half (49.38 per cent) of all […]