Mark Clennell, the Designated Premises Supervisor of The Wheatsheaf in Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England, has been convicted in his absence of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky […]
Following legal action taken by pay-TV operator Sky, the Court of Session in Edinburgh has imposed a punishment of 14 days imprisonment against the former Designated Premises Manager (DPM) of the Clachan Bar in Whitburn, after he was found in contempt of court. Christopher McGregor Clacher, who was the DPM of the premises at the […]
Ahead of the Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin World Heavyweight title fight this weekend, a number of industry executives have warned about the pitfalls of pirating the fight – especially when live streaming on social media channels. Alongside this, as part of the continuing crackdown on illegal streaming Mr Justice Arnold, on September 20th, awarded […]
Eurosport will remain the exclusive home of MotoGP until 2021 in the Netherlands and Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. Discovery / Eurosport extended their agreement with MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports for both the linear and digital rights until 2021. In addition to MotoGP races, all Free Practice, Qualifying and Warm Up […]
Netflix is coming to Sky Q and with it a new Sky subscription pack: Ultimate On Demand. Ultimate On Demand will be the UK’s biggest on demand TV service, bringing together for the first time Sky Box Sets, which boasts 400 of the best UK and US series, and the full Netflix service with its […]
Declaring that the company has “an incredible collection of IP and brands” Viacom President and CEO Bob Bakish has said the programmer will continue to work with its competitors in combatting the threat of piracy, admitting that less attention was being paid to the issue than perhaps there should be. Speaking to members of the […]
Netflix has struck a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the streaming rights to thriller series Bodyguard to its members globally outside of the UK and Ireland and China from October 24th. Bodyguard is produced by World Productions, an ITV Studios company. The series is currently proving a ratings hit on BBC One. Episode […]
Nordic Entertainment Group has acquired the exclusive Danish rights to the 2020 UEFA Euro 2020 championship. The tournament will be played in 12 cities across Europe and all games will be shown live on NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay in Denmark. NENT Group will sublicence parts of the rights to DR (Danmarks Radio), including matches […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has announced comprehensive support for Android TV with an end-to-end content value protection ecosystem. Following successful Android TV deployments, including Euskaltel in Spain, Canal Digital in Norway, Linknet in Indonesia and SkyLife in Korea all benefiting from its advanced content security solution, NAGRA has now expanded the […]
Dr Abe Peled, incoming chairman of Synamedia, the company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds, has suggested that streaming piracy is the new scourge of pay-TV operators, with the business looking to introduce a service related to combating the threat. […]