Global sports streaming platform DAZN is preparing a move to acquire live NFL rights in the US, according to its chief executive, Simon Denyer. “We’re definitely interested in looking at the NFL rights. Our strategy is to be a major player in sports rights via OTT, and the US and Canada have the highest penetration […]
Vodafone Spain is offering its TV series package, Seriefans, for free in its convergent packages in a move to slow the loss of subscribers to rivals due to a lack of football. The company is also improving its convergent offer with more data and the integration of Amazon Prime Video. Until September 30th, those with […]
Sky Sports and The R&A have extended the agreement for the live coverage of The Open through to 2024. The Open, golf’s original championship and the only men’s major championship played outside of the US, will be part of a comprehensive schedule of live golf shown by Sky Sports, including more than 100 tournaments in […]
Freeview Play viewers can now choose from over 20,000 hours of on demand content, all for free, strengthening Freeview’s hold as the UK’s fastest growing TV platform. The news comes following the addition of My5 on Freeview Play devices, which launched in June. My5 joined BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, UKTV Play, CBS Catchup […]
HBO Asia, its Vietnam agent Q.net and their platform partner FPT Play have announced that streaming service HBO GO is now available in Vietnam on the FPT Play app. HBO GO allows subscribers unlimited access to stream HBO’s vast library of HBO Original content (series, movies and documentaries) from the US and Asia, Hollywood blockbusters, […]
Virgin Galactic, the much-delayed space tourism and would-be satellite launch supplier, is selling 49 per cent of itself to what has been described as a ‘shell company’ Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp (SCH). The business has been set up by a former Facebook boss, Chamath Palihapitiya. SCH is itself a partnership, between Social Capital and […]
The Kudelski Group, an independent provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has announced the appointment of Andrew Howard as CEO of Kudelski Security, the Group’s cybersecurity division. Howard is currently Kudelski Security’s Chief Technology Officer. He will be taking over as CEO from Rich Fennessy effective August 1st. In this role, Howard […]
Digi-Capital’s new Games Investment Report Q3 2019 shows that after a record $5.8 billion games investment in 2018, VC and strategic games investors poured another $3.8 billion into games companies in the first half of 2019. This makes the last 18 months games fundraising equal to the previous five years’ games investments combined at $9.6 […]
Netflix and King Features Syndicate, a part of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication, have jointly announced a new animated series The Cuphead Show!, based on Studio MDHR’s award-winning video game Cuphead. The game earned global paudits with its hand-animated style based on classic Fleischer cartoons from the 1930s, along with crazy boss-brawls, and challenging gameplay. The […]
FIFA has announced that the FIFA eWorld Cup will return to London later this year, confirming that this season’s pinnacle event will once again take place at The O2 from August 2nd to 4th. Having already played host to last year’s final, which saw Mosaad Aldossary crowned world champion, 32 of the world’s best EA […]