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Australia: WWE, Foxtel extend content deal

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and Foxtel will extend their partnership into its 18th year with a new agreement to broadcast WWE programming live in Australia, including WWE’s flagship shows Raw and SmackDown as well as marquee WWE pay-per-views, including WrestleMania and the upcoming SummerSlam. “Foxtel is a long-time, valued partner who shares our vision and […]

August 3, 2017By Nik Roseveare

BBC experiments with voiceprints

The BBC has worked with Microsoft to build an experimental version of BBC iPlayer that uses artificial intelligence to allow individuals to sign in to BBC services using their unique voiceprint and to talk to their TV to select what they want to watch. Writing in the BBC Internet Blog, Cyrus Saihan, Head of Digital […]

August 2, 2017By Colin Mann

SpaceBelt Global Cloud Network secures content

High-speed global cloud storage network specialist SpaceBelt Cloud Constellation Corporation has unveiled SpaceBelt for Media & Entertainment, a service designed to support broadcast and production organisations seeking more efficient ways to move and store ever-growing amounts of proprietary content while keeping it safe from hijacking, theft, monitoring and sabotage. According to the Corporation, media and […]

August 2, 2017By Colin Mann

Multi-territory linear, multiplatform deals for VIMN

Viacom International Media Networks Southern and Western Europe, Africa and Middle East (SWEMEA) Cluster has secured what it describes as a string of important milestones and deals, covering linear, SVoD and multiplatform distribution in Europe and Africa. VIMN launched the MTV Play VoD mobile app in Germany and Austria. SVoD carriers Showmax and iflix will […]

August 2, 2017

IAAF multi-year rights deals with EBU, ESPN

On the eve of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships London 2017, the IAAF has reached a new, multi-year agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and ESPN Media Distribution for the sale and distribution of a broad collection of media rights, including the next three IAAF World Championships and IAAF World […]

August 2, 2017

HBO victim of content hack

A group of hackers claims to have obtained 1.5 terabytes of data – including scripts and future episodes – from premium network HBO. The group has reportedly already posted as yet unaired episodes of Ballers and Room 104 online and stated that more material would be released “soon”.  The group says it has also obtained […]

August 1, 2017

Netflix “$20bn in debt”

Netflix is more than $20 billion (€16.9bn) in the red and ‘bleeding cash’ according to a report in The LA Times. The streaming giant has more than doubled its spending this year and is expected to invest more than $6 billion on its slate of programming in 2017. Its negative free cash-flow of $258 million […]

August 1, 2017

Amazon Prime takes ATP tennis from Sky

Amazon Prime has won the UK rights to the ATP World Tour from Sky. The deal will make Amazon Prime Video the home for practically all top men’s tennis other than the four grand slams. Amazon has beaten Sky, whose five-year contract ends in 2018, with a bid thought to be worth as much as […]

August 1, 2017

Sky Sports Box Office to show Mayweather McGregor

Sky Sports Box Office is to screen the hugely-anticipated fight between undefeated former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather and current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The event sees the two worlds of professional boxing and UFC colliding at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th, and will be available to Sky customers on Sky Sports […]

August 1, 2017

Dave and Home channels launch on Freesat

Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has announced that UKTV’s Dave and Home have launched on the platform effective immediately. Dave is available on channel number 157, with Home on channel number 166. Dave is one of the UK’s most-watched non-PSB channels and hosts a mix of comedy and reality shows, including new and […]

August 1, 2017