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Sky Sports to air women’s title fights for free

Sky Sports will make Fight Night women’s boxing on November 14th available to watch for free. Taylor’s lightweight bout against Spaniard Gutiérrez – as well as Terri Harper’s WBC super-featherweight defence against Katharina Thanderz and Rachel Ball’s WBA bantamweight title fight with Jorgelina Guanini – will be available to everyone from 7pm on the broadcaster’s […]

November 10, 2020By Nik Roseveare

​Eutelsat launches Sat.tv EPG

Eutelsat Communications has successfully launched Sat.tv, its enhanced Electronic Programme Guide for FTA channels. The service is already operating at the 7/8° West position, serving over 56 million Arabic-speaking homes across the Middle East and North Africa and is being progressively deployed at other Eutelsat video neighbourhoods. Sat.tv runs on low-cost set-top boxes and is […]

November 3, 2020

OneFootball brings FTA Ligue 1 to Brazil

Digital football media company OneFootball has announced a new digital-first, Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting partnership for the French Ligue 1 in Brazil. With immediate effect, and for the entirety of the 2020-21 season, OneFootball is now the exclusive Brazilian broadcasting partner of Ligue de Football Professionel (LFP) and their top-flight competition Ligue 1. The partnership will […]

November 2, 2020

MPs to quiz Amazon, YouTube

Executives from Amazon and YouTube will face the Digital, Media, Culture and Sports Committee of the UK parliament on November 3rd to give evidence on the UK’s broadcasting environment, its trends and their views on its future. The rise of on-demand programming online has given rise to questions over how public service broadcasting fits into […]

October 30, 2020By Colin Mann

Freeview Play rolls out Accessible TV Guide

Freeview has started the roll-out of its Accessible TV Guide, available on Channel 555 through Freeview Play devices. Freeview says this is the first time that a dedicated solution to make television easily accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments has been made available on a UK TV platform. Freeview’s Accessible TV Guide will […]

October 30, 2020

Channel 4 “will emerge from crisis stronger than ever”

Channel 4 has published its Annual Report 2019,  describing the year as “a transformational year for the organisation as it delivered the biggest structural change in its history – opening new bases in Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol – and continued to grow its digital viewing and revenues at pace”. Channel 4’s digital views on All […]

October 29, 2020

FreeSports brings Karate Combat to UK & Ireland

Premier Media Broadcasting has acquired the rights to Karate Combat’s second season in the UK and will air the weekly Friday night fights on FreeSports. Karate Combat Season 2 features bouts between the world’s top athletes in four virtual worlds rendered in real-time using Unreal Engine, the video game engine behind Fortnite. “The UK and […]

October 23, 2020

Report: Covid forces Arab FTA channels to alter ad-rates

A report from Arab Advisors Group analysed the impact of Covid-19 on the advertising rates of 20 free to air satellite TV channels broadcasting in the Arab World. Arab Advisors Group established comparison basis to determine the initial impact of Covid-19 on the channels and corresponding media groups in the Arab World. Covid-19 affected media […]

October 21, 2020

Eleven Sports delivers Thai League football

In association with Zense Entertainment and the FA Thailand, Eleven Sports will work with Mycujoo to deliver coverage of the Thai League to fans in Thailand for the remainder of 2020. The streaming service will be in operation in the coming weeks and will offer supporters access to every game from the Thai League 1 […]

October 19, 2020

YouTube confirms F1 livestream

Having earlier announced its intention to offer live streaming of the Formula 1 Aramco Grosser Preis Der Eifel 2020 in Germany on the Formula 1 YouTube Channel, the platform has confirmed its coverage plans. The livestream starts at 11am CEST on October 9th with the first practice session. Fans will be able to watch the […]

October 8, 2020By Colin Mann