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Sky launching Sky-Fi channel

Sky Cinema is bringing customers a collection of classic and celebrated sci-fi films this September, offering some of the genre’s biggest titles on a dedicated ‘Sky-Fi’ channel. Launching on September 9th, for a month, customers will be able to watch some of the most iconic franchises from the sci-fi genre. The dedicated channel is available […]

September 5, 2017By Nik Roseveare

Rovio to launch IPO

Rovio Entertainment, a global games-first entertainment company and creator of the Angry Birds brand, has announced its intention to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) and a listing of its shares on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki. Rovio is a games-first entertainment company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games and acts as […]

September 5, 2017

NAGRA supports StarHub IP transition

Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has completed the end-to-end integration of Singapore operator StarHub’s multi-network pay-TV services into the operator’s brand new Hubtricity facility. As lead system integrator on the project, NAGRA delivered the seamless migration of the operator’s 280 channels spanning cable, IP and OTT networks into Hubtricity, marking StarHub’s transition […]

September 5, 2017

London licensees fined for pirating Sky Sports

A licensee has been found guilty of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Jagdish Karsan Devshi of the Moonbay Restaurant in Wembley, London, entered a plea of guilty to the charges and was fined £1,026 (€1,118) per offence and ordered […]

September 4, 2017By Colin Mann

Star India pays over €2bn for IPL TV rights

Star India has agreed to pay 163.48 billion rupees (€2.15bn) for the TV and digital rights to Indian Premier League for the next five years, the country’s cricket board has confirmed. Sony, the only other bidder for the TV rights, offered 110.5 billion rupees but lost out to Star’s consolidated offer for the global rights […]

September 4, 2017

BT revamps BT TV app

Following the redesign of the BT TV YouView user experience earlier this year, BT has this week launched a new look BT TV app for smartphones and tablets. The BT Player experience is also available for laptops. The new app is available to all BT TV customers at no extra cost and lets them watch […]

September 4, 2017

Blaze content for My5

Channel 5’s VoD catch-up service, My5, has agreed a deal with A+E Networks UK to offer content from the Blaze channel. My5 is home to the most popular programming from across the Channel 5 network of channels – 5STAR, 5USA and Spike. These offer programme titles such as Blind Date, Big Brother and Lip Sync […]

September 4, 2017

SFR Sport 4K on Samsung Smart TVs

SFR Sport 4K is now available for the first time in UHD via the SFR Sport app, available on all Samsung Tizen TVs. Samsung Smart TVs now allow live content to be streamed OTT in UHD without a set-top box or additional equipment. According to Samsung, the move with SFR Sport marks a new television […]

September 4, 2017By Colin Mann

UFC, FITE TV new distribution partnership

UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, has announced a new digital partnership with combat sports network FITE TV, to broadcast the global brand’s Pay-Per-View events on its streaming platform to customers throughout the United States. The partnership launches on September 9th, in conjunction with UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg, live from Rogers Place in Edmonton, […]

September 4, 2017

Germany: Magine TV, Foxxum launch linear TV experience

A new Smart TV app developed by Foxxum is set to be launched across all devices using a Foxxum TV Store, which includes products from Blaupunkt, Haier, Hisense, JTC, Medion, Metz, Orion, and Sharp in Germany. Magine TV allows the streaming of all well-known German TV channels, from public to private broadcasters and pay TV, […]

September 4, 2017