Discovery and Swisscom have extended their long-term partnership. The entire Discovery portfolio and newly acquired premium live sport on Eurosport, most notably exclusive Friday night Bundesliga football, will be accessible to Swisscom viewers, delivering on the Discovery commitment to bring more premium content to consumers. In a significant expansion of the relationship, Swisscom and Teleclub […]
The BBC and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed a new five-year, strategic partnership that brings live cricket back to BBC TV for the first time in 21 years. The deal, which runs from 2020 to 2024, sees the BBC become the exclusive, free-to-air home for cricket. Cricket will take centre stage across […]
HBO is in late stage talks to provide content for Hulu, according to a report in The New York Post. US streaming service Hulu, which offers TV and movies alongside live TV content, is owned by Twenty-First Century Fox, Disney and Comcast. Hulu is aiming to successfully close negotiations in time for Season 7 of […]
Sky Sports has agreed a new five-year partnership with the England & Wales Cricket Board that includes live rights to international and county cricket from 2020 – including every match from the new T20 competition – and what it describes as a “ground-breaking” commitment to drive participation and further interest in the game. Sky beat […]
With a new season of Game of Thrones less than three weeks away, research from comparison site Finder.com.au suggests that Australians are once again likely to become the world’s most prolific pirates of the show. The only legal way to watch the show at the same time as the rest of the world will be […]
ESPN has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Brazil for the three seasons 2019/20 to 2021/22. One season into the current three-year cycle, the new deal will see ESPN Brazil hosting Premier League football on its channels for at least the next five seasons. Financial terms of the deal have not […]
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, has launched the TAG Pirate Mobile App Tool, a new shared resource to help members prevent their advertising from appearing on mobile apps that distribute pirated content, such as copyright-protected music, movies, TV shows, and games. […]
Content protection and data-analytics solutions specialist MUSO has raised £2.5 million (€2.8m) in Series A funding from Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s current capabilities around sales and marketing, as well as bolster its technology and operations infrastructure and support. While most anti-piracy technology providers focus on content protection and […]
US service FOX Sports is partnering with Facebook to stream UEFA Champions League matches via Facebook Live during the 2017-18 season. Under the terms of the deal, FOX Sports will stream UEFA Champions League matches in the United States on the FOX Sports Facebook Page, and in Spanish on the FOX Deportes Facebook Page, beginning […]
Social network giant Facebook is in discussions with Hollywood studios and agencies with a view to producing TV-quality shows targeting the launch of original programming by late summer 2017, according to the Wall Street Journal. In meetings with major talent agencies including Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency, William Morris Endeavor and International Creative Management […]