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Super League set to stay on Sky Sports

The Super League appears set to sign a new three-year broadcasting agreement with Sky Sports. Sky has seen off competition from rivals BT Sport for the rights to show the top flight rugby league competition until the end of the 2024 season, according to The Daily Mail. The current TV contract runs out at the […]

November 25, 2020

Report: 38% of gamers have had online account hacked

Online games are becoming increasingly popular, with over 930 million players globally currently. However, with popularity comes cyber threats as a growing number of gamer accounts are lucrative targets to cybercriminals. According to the data from the Atlas VPN team, 38 per cent of gamers have been hacked at least once in the past while […]

November 25, 2020

Lanka Premier League on LIVENow

From November 26th, Cricket fans around the world can watch the inaugural Lanka Premier League as it joins the ranks of other high profile T20 leagues, and becomes available to watch on LIVENow. Five teams – Colombo Kings, Dambulla Vikings, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Stallions and Kandy Tuskers – will compete in 8 games during the […]

November 25, 2020

After We Collided launching on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video has announced that the, After We Collided, the hit romantic drama movie starring Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Dylan Sprouse, will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK, France, Italy and Spain. Coming just a few weeks after its theatrical release in the UK, Italy and Spain and for the […]

November 25, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Report: Record-breaking year for UK TV exports

The latest UK TV Exports report from Pact, the trade association representing the commercial interests of UK independent television, film, digital, children’s and animation media companies, shows that 2019/20 was another record-breaking year for UK TV exports, generating £1.48 billion, a 6 per cent year-on-year increase. Scripted drama – such as Chernobyl, His Dark Materials, […]

November 24, 2020

I’m A Celebrity pulls record audience for ITV

ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! launched with 14.3 million viewers – its biggest ever overall audience for the opening episode of the long-running series. The first show of the 2020 series, which ran on November 15th, consolidated to an audience of 13.8 million TV viewers [52 per cent audience share] over the […]

November 24, 2020

BBC Sounds now on Freesat

UK free-to-air satellite TV platform Freesat has confirmed the addition of BBC Sounds to its latest range of 4K TV set-top boxes and growing portfolio of apps. The BBC Sounds app gives access to over 80,000 hours of music, radio and podcasts, making it easier for listeners to discover and enjoy live radio, music and […]

November 24, 2020By Colin Mann

The Queen’s Gambit watched by 62m Netflix homes

Netflix, which is increasingly becoming less coy with sharing its viewing figures – at least when it has something to boast about – has declared its The Queen’s Gambit series as being a record-setting title. In a tweet, the streamer revealed: “A record-setting 62 million households chose to watch The Queen’s Gambit in its first […]

November 24, 2020By Nik Roseveare

AAPA calls for EU anti-piracy fight support

In anticipation of several key European Commission proposals such as the Digital Services Act and the EU IP Action Plan, trade body the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has shared its position on how to strengthen the fight against online piracy and the protection of intellectual property rights at the European Union level. The Alliance welcomes […]

November 24, 2020By Colin Mann

Spain: Orange, DAZN air Premier League in bars & cafes

Orange has signed an agreement with DAZN to make the new linear channel DAZN fútbol available in its television offer for venues, such as bars, cafes and restaurants. DAZN fútbol will broadcast live and exclusive coverage of the Premier League in Spain. This is the first commercial premises deal closed by DAZN in Spain, which […]

November 24, 2020