ITV2 has axed coverage of the iTunes Festival after four years. Although the rights were relatively cheap and useful for advertising sales, coverage failed to pull in significant ratings for the channel. iTunes has reportedly suggested that it would have liked ITV2 to invest more money into the shows and increase its online support for […]
Football viewership for the Spanish La Liga is expected to receive a boost in Singapore after ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia’s biggest sports content provider, secured live and exclusive rights to broadcast the La Liga in Singapore for the 2012/13 to 2014/15 seasons, bolstered by improved kick-off times to suit local audiences. ESS will provide […]
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), led by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has joined together with the FBI and six major American movie studios to launch an updated anti-piracy warning to be displayed on new releases. The anti-piracy warning will begin appearing in selected DVDs and […]
Come Dine with Me was the most screened TV format in Europe (4,126 hours) in 2011, according to a report that covers 50 major formats across 16 countries. The TV Formats in Europe report calculates that the hourly total of Endemol’s Big Brother has fallen considerably since 2009, with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? […]
Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun and MD of BSkyB, has dismissed the tender process announced by the Premier League last week as a “racket” that would do nothing to reduce what he claims are anti-competitive conditions that disadvantage broadcasters such as his own new Sports Tonight business. The founder of the small sport-focused […]
Dish Network viewers will soon not be receiving AMC’s Mad Men top-rated series because of a heavyweight war of words between Dish and AMC’s owners over a long-standing grievance. Mad Men is produced by AMC, and AMC Networks also carries other high-profile shows such as The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. The problems go back […]
Google Play, the app store formerly known as the Android Market, has reached a major app download milestone – having hit the 15th billion download. Apple is still ahead of Android when it comes to app downloads, having hit the 25 billion mark back in March. Apple crested through the 15 billion download milestone, back […]
Avail-TVN, the digital media services company, has formed a partnership with AdGorilla to bring TVC+ Latino – a new linear channel offering Spanish-language programming from the most-watched networks in Mexico – to US audiences. AdGorilla represents TVC+ Latino, handling sales, licensing and advertising for the new channel, and has tapped Avail-TVN to deliver this exciting […]
The English Premier League (EPL) has made available to interested parties the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for its UK Live audio visual rights spanning seasons 2013/14-2015/16. The ITT describes the packages of rights the Premier League is now inviting bids for: Live rights to a total of 154 matches – split into seven packages. A […]
Rob Salter, Category Director of Entertainment for UK supermarket giant Tesco, has suggested that lessons can be learned from the physical supply chain as the industry transitions to digital, with the retailers role concentrating on connected services. Salter, a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Future of Entertainment Summit, told organiser Futuresource Consulting that the current […]