As 2017 draws to a close, Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top trends for the technology industry for 2018. Juniper has identified 2018 as the year in which OTT players including Amazon and Facebook turn sporting events into the next content […]
BAMMA, the European Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) entertainment brand, has announced a broadcast deal with ITV. The deal will see BAMMA become the first MMA promotion to broadcast on the ITV network with live coverage of BAMMA 33: Scope Vs. Lebout from Newcastle on ITV4 on December 15th. BAMMA Managing Director Ashley Bothwell commented: “With […]
DHX Media, a global children’s content and brands company, has licensed more than 450 half-hours of children’s content to Tencent, a provider of internet value-added services, such as entertainment and social media, in China. In this multi-year deal, DHX Media’s new Teletubbies and Inspector Gadget series, as well as Twirlywoos, Super WHY!, Animal Mechanicals, and […]
When it comes to watching sport on TV, football is by far the most popular choice. More than one in four people (28 per cent), said they enjoy watching watch football on TV in Ampere Analysis’s exclusive survey of 28,000 consumers across 14 markets. That places it nine
As Telecoms Ministers meet in Brussels, trade body Cable Europe is renewing calls for a regulatory framework which fosters private investment in high-speed broadband networks and improves the competitive potential of operators vis-à-vis traditional and over-the-top players. Ministers will today December 4th discuss progress made under the Estonian presidency on issues which should realise the […]
Mediaset Spain, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro, has acquired the TV rights to the Football World Cup 2018 to broadcast all 64 matches FTA in the country. Mediaset also aired matches from the previous World Cups in 2010 and 2014. Mediaset made a bid for all the 64 matches – not just the 27 […]
The European Commission has presented measures to ensure that intellectual property rights are well protected, thereby encouraging European companies, in particular SMEs and start-ups, to invest in innovation and creativity. The EC said the initiatives would make it easier to act efficiently against breaches of intellectual property rights, facilitate cross-border litigation, and tackle the fact […]
Mexican multiplay telco América Móvil has entered into an agreement with the International Olympic Committee for the broadcast and exhibition through digital and pay-TV platforms of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and Paris in 2024, the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018 and Beijing in 2022, and the Youth Olympic Games […]
The IAAF has reached an agreement with ESPN Media Distribution and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the sale and distribution of media rights for selected events in the IAAF World Indoor Tour (WIT) from 2018 to 2023. Together, ESPN and the EBU will represent the global media rights (excluding each event’s host territory) to […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the case of VCAST Limited v RTI SpA that the making available of copies of television programmes saved in the cloud must be authorised by the holder of the copyright or related rights, as the service constitutes a retransmission of the programmes concerned. […]