Middle East and North Africa pay-TV platform OSN has signed the first partnership deal in the region with Netflix, marking what it says is a “bold first step” for industry collaboration and integration. The partnership comes amid a shifting global media landscape that sees demand for relevant and exclusive content across multiple platforms continue to […]
A grouping of some 150 filmmakers writing under the auspices of the Société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs Producteurs have signed an open letter in support for European films. They are asking European institutions and EU member states to make the fight against piracy “an absolute and common priority” and have also requested the application of […]
Church spires across the UK will be used to boost digital connectivity in rural areas following an agreement between the Government and the Church of England. The accord, signed by the National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for the Environment, […]
Star India has issued a three-week disconnection notice onto DTH operator Bharti Telemedia, which offers its service as Airtel Digital TV. Star India is alleging that Bharti has failed to sign a distribution agreement and failed to pay subscription fees, or submit subscriber reports. “This is to inform the subscribers of Bharti Telemedia that signals […]
MultiChoice is increasing subscription fees by at least 4 per cent for its South African viewers from April 1st, and as much as 5.5 per cent for subscribers to its DStv ‘Compact’ cluster of channels, and 6 per cent for its DStv ‘Family’ and DStv ‘Select’ bundles. DStv’s top tier, all inclusive bundle will pay […]
YouView, the hybrid digital television platform, is powering more than three million set-top boxes and digital devices across the UK. The hybrid digital platform is the TV interface for BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Plusnet TV and Sony Android TV’s, integrating DTT and IP content through a visually driven user interface and cloud based data platform. […]
Eleven Sports has added to its football portfolio in Belgium with the acquisition exclusive Bundesliga rights, whilst also extending the partnership with Serie A for a further three years. The new agreement for Bundesliga starts from the 2018/19 season and will offer fans in Belgium the chance to enjoy all the big matches In the […]
Simplestream, a specialist in live and on-demand OTT services, has been chosen by Little Dot Studios, a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning content producer and broadcaster, to build a global VoD service for its Real Stories channel. Launched originally as a YouTube channel, Real Stories has grown to include over 300 high quality licensed and original […]
Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga is planning to launch an OTT sports channel in August. The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas confirmed the news in an interview with Expansion, saying: “La Liga will launch its own multi-sport Internet channel,” as a way to “better directly reach our fans”. The ethos of the channel […]
At first sight, Eutelsat’s half-year results (to December 31st) are poor, with revenues of €697 million being down 5.7 per cent on the same period last year and on like-for-like trading. The poor numbers extend to Eutelsat’s usually buoyant backlog of contracts in place, but this has tumbled 11.4 per cent (from €5.3 billion to […]