US pay-TV platform DISH is to deliver NBCUniversal’s 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea. DISH subscribers will also have access to 2,400 hours of NBCUniversal’s Olympic live, on-demand and streaming coverage—the most ever for a Winter Games. “For the first time, The Winter Olympics will […]
The Italian Football League (Lega Calcio) has awarded the Italian TV rights for the country’s flagship Serie A league tournament for the period 2018-2021 to Barcelona-based content producer MediaPro for €1.05 billion per year. According to Deputy Commissioner, Paolo Nicoletti, the bid exceeded the legal minimum and so the League will now inform the Competition […]
Viacom has closed a deal with Telefónica to make a wide range of its TV channels and content available for streaming by subscribers of the Movistar Play platform in Latin America. Under the terms of the agreement, the first of its kind to be closed by Telefónica for its mobile and broadband subscribers, Movistar Play […]
Pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness, in partnership with film education charity Into Film, has launched Staying Safe Online – Meet the Malwares, a short animation and educational resource aimed at teachers and young people, ahead of UK Safer Internet Day 2018. The educational resource is intended for use in schools to […]
The anticipated agreement between Telefónica and Netflix – to be officially announced by mid-February – is set to see Movistar’s pay-TV offer become more focused on cinema and TV series, to the exclusion of football on account of its high cost. Telefónica paid football rights owner Mediapro €2.4 million in 2016 for coverage, a high […]
The next round of auctions for the TV rights to live Premier League football opens next week, but BT’s CEO Gavin Paterson has downplayed their importance, saying the company has a ‘Plan B’ if the cost rises beyond what they’re willing/able to able. Asked if BT’s business model could work if it was shut out […]
HBO is licensing 50 of its TV series to Amazon Prime Video in Japan, making shows including Game of Thrones and True Detective free to members of the Prime service. Other major HBO titles, including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and The Wire — all of which have already screened on local cable channels — […]
With Discovery and its leading sports brand Eurosport on track to deliver the Olympic Winter Games to more people, across more screens than ever before, the broadcaster has developed a first-of-its kind methodology to measure audience behaviour across Europe. Discovery has unveiled three new metrics, which together will capture ‘Total Video’ – the new ‘TV’—across […]
The National Football League (NFL), America’s most popular sports league, has reached an agreement with FOX Sports to broadcast the next five seasons of Thursday Night Football beginning with the 2018 season. “This agreement is the culmination of over 10 years of strategic growth around Thursday Night Football, a period during which this property has […]
Leading Italian broadcasters RAI, Mediaset, Sky Italia and Discovery Italia have secured important deals for major sporting events. After six years, the UEFA Champions League returns to RAI with live and exclusive coverage of the best match of Italian teams on Wednesdays during 2018-2019. Thanks to a deal with Sky Italia, the holder of the […]