Sky Sports will broadcast 16 fight nights a year live and exclusive from the US as part of a new deal with long-term partners Matchroom Boxing. The new agreement means that, in addition to the best of British boxing, Sky Sports viewers can watch fights from some of the biggest names in boxing from some […]
Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the Lexus Melbourne Cup exclusively live in the UK and Ireland this year after signing a long-term deal with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). The Lexus Melbourne Cup is Australia’s richest handicap race and one of the world’s most iconic races. The new partnership with VRC gives Sky Sports Racing […]
A Milan judge has upheld the suspension of the awarding of TV rights for Italian Serie A football to Spanish company MediaPro following an appeal by pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia, the current holder of the rights. In his ruling, Judge Claudio Marangoni said
Discovery’s President & CEO, David Zaslav took a swipe at the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, telling analysts that the factual – and now sports – producer were not renters of programming. Speaking on the company’s Q1 Earnings Call, Zaslav said: “We own the vast majority of our content across regions, platforms and formats, […]
UKTV has agreed a multi-show deal with Disney UK which will see new and returning series air exclusively in the UK on the W and Alibi channels later this year. UK premieres include: crime drama Harrow, starring Ioan Gruffudd; three series of US comedy American Housewife, and The Assets – a series based on series is […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, James Barnes Bar and Jagtar Singh Nijar of O’Kane’s in Glasgow, Linelly Limited and Linda Davidson of Fox’s bar in Edinburgh and Claire Gorman of Cheers Bar in Cambuslang have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,420) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming […]
UK consumer champion Which? and pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness have collaborated to launch the new Film Finder tool, which connects audiences to the broadest range of films and TV shows available in the UK, whilst also driving engagement with legal services. The Film Finder, integrated within the Which? website, is […]
At The Races (ATR) will broadcast the 2018 edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships exclusively live in the UK and Ireland. In addition, Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the 2019 and 2020 events exclusively live following the launch of the new HD, dedicated racing channel, as the successor to ATR, in January 2019. Under […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is reportedly planning to pull out of buying football TV rights after the forthcoming tender for La Liga rights 2020-2023. The acquisition of football TV rights as an intermediary to resell them in the market is causing the group an increasing amoount of problems with the country’s telco operators. They have […]
Over 90 people representing law enforcement, rights owners, platform operators, media technology providers, broadcasters and other trade associations from Europe, the US, the Far East, Middle East and Latin America participated in the second AAPA (Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance) workshop on illegal streaming, held in London, recently. The workshop allowed for an exchange of views about […]