The UK government has revealed that a new code of practice setting out new anti-piracy measures and procedures is expected to be published in June. The suggestion came in the government’s response to the Film Policy Review Panel’s report – A Future For British Film: It begins with the audience… The response, prepared by the Department for Culture, Media and [...]
Eurosport will show all 31 games of this summer’s European Football Championship in Poland and the Ukraine time delayed under agreement reached with the European Football Association. The deal covers both standard and high HD on Eurosport and Eurosport 2 in 58 countries. As selected games will be repeated, the broadcaster will transmit a total of 230 hours from the [...]
Sky Italia has acquired the TV rights for the FIM MotoGP World Championship starting from the 2014 season, which will be offered across all Sky technology platforms, including FTA TV, pay TV, Internet, mobile and Sky Go. Thanks to an agreement with Dorna, the company organising the championship, Sky Italia will have the exclusive right to broadcast all 18 races [...]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has acquired the television broadcasting rights to England’s Barclays Premier League in Sweden and Denmark from the start of the 2013/2014 season until the end of the 2015/2016 season from the Premier League. The rights include coverage of all 38 rounds of the Barclays Premier League, comprising matches played in close [...]
Australian telco Optus has confirmed that it will appeal against a landmark decision that prevents its customers from streaming delayed sports matches on their mobile phones. Optus’s TV Now service allows customers to record free-to-air television – including AFL and NRL matches – from their smartphone or computer and watch it with a delay of just two minutes. In February, [...]
Football viewership for the Spanish La Liga is expected to receive a boost in Singapore after ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia’s biggest sports content provider, secured live and exclusive rights to broadcast the La Liga in Singapore for the 2012/13 to 2014/15 seasons, bolstered by improved kick-off times to suit local audiences. ESS will provide coverage across all platforms through [...]
Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun and MD of BSkyB, has dismissed the tender process announced by the Premier League last week as a “racket” that would do nothing to reduce what he claims are anti-competitive conditions that disadvantage broadcasters such as his own new Sports Tonight business. The founder of the small sport-focused TV channel claims BSkyB’s deal [...]
Dish Network viewers will soon not be receiving AMC’s Mad Men top-rated series because of a heavyweight war of words between Dish and AMC’s owners over a long-standing grievance. Mad Men is produced by AMC, and AMC Networks also carries other high-profile shows such as The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. The problems go back to a decision made by [...]
The English Premier League (EPL) has made available to interested parties the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for its UK Live audio visual rights spanning seasons 2013/14-2015/16. The ITT describes the packages of rights the Premier League is now inviting bids for: Live rights to a total of 154 matches – split into seven packages. A Free-to-Air Highlights package – including [...]
Rob Salter, Category Director of Entertainment for UK supermarket giant Tesco, has suggested that lessons can be learned from the physical supply chain as the industry transitions to digital, with the retailers role concentrating on connected services. Salter, a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Future of Entertainment Summit, told organiser Futuresource Consulting that the current industry issue providing the most [...]
