BT Vision has signed a distribution agreement with Discovery Networks UK to add Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Real Time to its line-up of linear TV channels. The three new channels will be available to BT Vision viewers shortly. The agreement with Discovery Networks UK also includes multiple hours of VoD each week. Marc Watson, […]
Telia, TeliaSonera’s subsidiary in Sweden, now includes HBO in its TV offering. Telia’s near 500,000 TV customers can watch new episodes of the channel’s popular series subtitled in Swedish within one day after the original broadcast. The price for HBO is 79 SEK per month and users can watch it on TV as well as […]
ESPN has reached an integrated sponsorship agreement with William Hill for its enhanced ESPN Goals mobile app in the UK. Now in its third season and featuring recently-introduced enhancements, ESPN Goals brings UK football fans action and goals from every single Barclays Premier League match – within just minutes of it taking place – for […]
As the Barclays Premier League season gathers momentum, ESPN has reached an integrated sponsorship agreement with William Hill for its enhanced – free – ESPN Goals mobile application in the UK. Now in its third season and featuring recently-introduced enhancements, ESPN Goals brings UK football fans action and goals from every single Barclays Premier League […]
French media company the TF1 Group and US programmer Discovery Communications have confirmed that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to forge a strategic alliance intended to create value for both companies across their numerous complementary business activities in three key areas: driving the growth of Eurosport; enhancing both companies’ pay-TV offerings in France; and […]
Astro Malaysia Holdings – Malaysia’s leading integrated consumer media entertainment group – has won the tender for broadcasting rights to the Barclays Premier League (BPL) in Malaysia for three seasons starting from the 2013/14 to 2015/2016 seasons. As part of this arrangement, all the 380 BPL matches would be shown live on Astro. “We are […]
PlayJam is to further widen its family appeal in a deal with Disney across EMEA, that will bring a range of branded content to the PlayJam Games Network. PlayJam will launch Disney game bundles comprising of titles based on a wide range of highly popular properties. Powered by PlayJam’s Platform, the games will feature within a […]
Synacor, a provider of TV Everywhere solutions and cloud-based services across multiple devices, has announced an expanded agreement with BendBroadband, a regional technology leader in broadband video, data and communication services, to offer additional TV Everywhere offerings to subscribers. With the new agreement, Synacor will provide TV Everywhere services and authentication for Hallmark Channel, Fox […]
Google has announced details of additional channels available on its Kansas City high-speed fibre network. Writing in the Google Fiber blog, Larry Yang, Product Manager, Google Fiber, said: “Whether you’re searching for stock tips or workout tips; whether you’re looking to check off your holiday shopping lists or looking for shows for the kids; whether […]
now TV, Hong Kong’s largest quad-play pay-TV provider, has confirmed it is finalising exclusive multi-screen rights to broadcast in Hong Kong the Barclays Premier League for three seasons commencing from the 2013/14 season. now TV expects to conclude the final agreement imminently, which will allow it to broadcast a total of 380 matches on now […]