South Africa’s media regulator ICASA wants certain key sporting events to be classified as of significant public interest and made available to free-to-air broadcasters. However, the sporting rights-holders are not happy, arguing that the proposals extend beyond the current situation – where the national teams are involved – to non-international league games and perhaps to […]
English cricket fans can now watch highlights of the first ever European Cricket Championships on Sports Channel Network – the free to air channel available on Freeview, YouView and App - and follow the story of how Dutch champions Rotterdam became Kings of Europe. Rotterdam beat the top German side Findorff in an action-packed final […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, which is now transmitting 12 hours a day of 8K content on its satellite BS service, is working hard to make that content available to viewers at home. NHK sources speaking at IBC in Amsterdam said the major problem they had to overcome was that of digital compression. NHK’s ‘Super Hi-Vision’ […]
Electric street racing single-seater series the ABB FIA Formula E Championship has further accelerated its audience growth across the board in season five and still remains the sport of choice for young fans, with 72 per cent of followers on social channels under the age of 35. Consumer growth figures at the end of the […]
Media and entertainment technologist Imagine Communications, has confirmed that a new generation of its Landmark Sales solution will improve advertising management for the UK’s largest commercial television network ITV. In an extension of Imagine’s longstanding relationship with the network, earlier this summer, ITV completed an upgrade to the more modern, efficient and technically-advanced Landmark II […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA), the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a national free-to-air broadcaster in Australia, have announced a multiyear partnership to broadcast live NBA and WNBA games to a nationwide audience. Beginning with the 2019-20 NBA season, SBS will broadcast two live, regular-season NBA games per week […]
STV, the Scottish broadcaster, has announced a new partnership with pay-TV sports broadcaster, Premier Sports , and their free-to-air sister channel, FreeSports. Through this new deal, the STV Player will become the first partner to host a live stream of 24-hour sports channel, FreeSports, providing an ‘always on’ sports offering on the STV Player. Sports […]
ZEE5 Global has announced that it is making its top news channels available free for streaming in select countries in APAC, MENA and Africa. Audiences in these countries will be able to access 15 news channels and watch content like world headlines and business, sport, entertainment, and other trending news free of charge in seven […]
Recognising that the TV industry is in an age of changing viewing habits, Charlotte Moore, BBC Director of Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One at the Edinburgh TV Festival and spoken about the BBC’s approach to commissioning new programmes. In the last year, BBC One has brought audiences Bodyguard, Line […]
Organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan have suggested that Asia’s first tournament will set new standards in rugby broadcast production, providing a record global footprint and attracting new fans and showcasing the sport in higher quality than ever before, with 8K coverage being offered to the Japanese domestic market via NHK, and […]