Canal+ Group has acquired the English Premier League Audiovisual Rights in France and the renewal of the Premier League Audiovisual Rights in Poland. Canal+ channels and NC+ channels will offer all Premier League football matches starting in 2019 until 2022. According to the pay-TV operator, winning back the Premier League rights reflects the Group’s drive […]
In spite of pressure from competitors, Swisscom says it was also able to expand its TV business in Q3. The number of TV connections rose by 57,000, or 3.9 per cent over the last 12 months, to reach more than 1.5 million. In the third quarter, the figure grew by 9,000. The Swiss telco reported […]
The BBC has revealed that Sir David Attenborough’s latest series, Dynasties, will be available in Ultra HD on iPlayer from November 11th. Each episode of the series, which follows individual animals including lions, chimpanzees, and emperor penguins, at the most critical period in their lives, will be available to stream through the iPlayer following their […]
Damian Kavanagh, the Controller of BBC Three, has been named Managing Director of Tiger Aspect, the Endemol-owned producer of shows including Peaky Blinders and Fortitude. He will take up the role in the new year. Kavanagh leaves the BBC after four years in charge of BBC Three, which migrated online in 2016. He has been […]
Marking its third specialist OTT service, US TV network CBS has launched ET Live, a free 24/7 direct-to-consumer streaming network dedicated to all things entertainment. Developed in close collaboration between CBS Interactive and CBS Television Distribution’s entertainment news magazine Entertainment Tonight, ET Live expands the Entertainment Tonight brand beyond television, catering to entertainment super-fans with […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has expanded its long term commercial partnership with Fox Networks Group (FNG). As a result of the deal, viewers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden will be able to watch hundreds of hours of shows from National Geographic on NENT Group’s streaming service Viafree, including programmes from the National Geographic Channel […]
Craig Piligian, producer and CEO of Pilgrim Media Group and Clark Bunting, former president and general manager of Discovery Channel and founder and CEO of new media company Digital Circus, have teamed up to secure an all-media and live programming rights deal for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. The pair will collaborate on […]
Arianespace says it is not affected by the loss last month of the Soyuz-MS10 launch incident, which resulted in two crew members having to be returned to Earth after the emergency. Arianespace has confirmed its next launch with a Soyuz rocket will take place next week on November 7th, for a scientific mission (with a […]
SportsFix has partnered with ROKKI in providing the latest Asian sports content to all AirAsia’s destinations. Starting this month, all AirAsia guests on ROKKI-enabled flights will be able to watch certain SportsFix’s Asian sports content on their personal mobile devices. Premium sports content will be made available on 49 planes equipped with ROKKI, which guests […]
The DTG, the UK’s collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has published its D-Book 11, the only universally deployed technical standard for TV and DTT in the UK. The D-Book is updated annually with the collaboration of industry, underpinning Freeview, YouView, Freesat, EE TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV. D-Book 11 changes and […]