France’s Canal+ is interested in creating a joint venture with Italian telco TIM for the acquisition of audiovisual rights and the production of original films and series. According to Italian media reports, the president of TIM and the CEO of Vivendi, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, informed the Board of Directors of the Italian telecom operator that he […]
In a move that will help it keep track of illegally-shared content on its platform, Facebook has acquired intellectual property start-up Source3. Announcing the deal on its official website, Source3 founders Patrick F Sullivan, Benjamin Cockerham and Scott Sellwood, said: “Today, we wanted to let everyone know that we’ve decided to continue our journey with […]
Music, video and games sales in the UK surged by 6.4 per cent in the first half of 2017 compared with same period of 2016, according to figures from trade body Entertainment Retailers Association. It marks a sharp acceleration on the growth seen in calendar 2016 when sales grew 3 per cent compared with 2015. […]
Russian premium pay-TV and SVoD platform AMEDIA TV and HBO have signed a new multi-year deal providing AMEDIA TV with the right to broadcast first-run HBO shows and HBO’s entire programming library, exclusively in Russia. The deal makes AMEDIA Premium HD, consisting of AMEDIA Premium and AMEDIA Hit channels and SVoD service Amediateka, the HOME OF HBO beginning in July 2017. All new HBO […]
Police in the UK Midlands city of Derby have executed a warrant as part of a crackdown on devices that illegally stream subscription services, in a joint investigation with intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft). The warrant took place on Tuesday July 18th as part of ongoing work to stop the use […]
Eurosport has sealed a new deal with the European Broadcasting Union and Amaury Sport Organisation that ensures cycling fans across Europe will be able to watch every minute of the Tour de France live on its channels for the next six years. The four-year agreement will see Eurosport broadcast every single stage of the 2020, […]
Sportsfix, the new Asean focused OTT live streaming sports platform, has acquired the rights to the Chinese Super League (CSL) in Malaysia. Sportsfix delivers local, regional and international sports content to mobile devices. “We are very excited to add the Chinese Super League as one of our key content partners. Our service is very focused […]
beIN Sports in Spain will broadcast, on an exclusive basis, all matches from the Champions League and Europa League over the next three years, starting in the 2018-2019 season. From next year, a weekly free-to-air match from the Champions League will be abolished, with all matches aired on a pay-TV basis through beIN Sports. beIN […]
After publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14th on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market enters into force June 20th, although it will not become enforceable until March 20th 2018. The Regulation centres on the […]
US streaming service Hulu and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution have announced an expansive agreement that will add nearly 3,000 episodes of hit comedies, popular dramas and iconic series to Hulu. In addition to granting streaming rights to every episode of long-running hits including How I Met Your Mother, Burn Notice, Bones and Glee, the […]