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Hollyoaks box set gets early release on All4

The Christmas and New Year special episodes of long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks are to be released as a box set on All 4, available from the December 20th. Four episodes in total will be made available early, including one Christmas hour-long special and one New Years Eve flash-forward hour long special. In November […]

December 13, 2019

DAZN beats Sky Deutschland to Champions League

Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to air Champions League football in Germany for the first time in 20 years after being outbid by sports streaming platform DAZN. Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland will no longer show matches from the elite football competition once its current contract with UEFA expires in 2021. DAZN will share the rights […]

December 12, 2019

ABS-CBN files $4m piracy suit

Filipino media and entertainment group ABS-CBN has filed a $4 million (€3.59m) lawsuit against a Texas resident and a streaming service for allegedly pirating its content through illegal set-top boxes. Anthony Brown and 1700 Cuts Technology were accused of selling the set-top boxes on Facebook, enabling buyers to access ABS-CBN’s live programming without paying appropriate […]

December 12, 2019By Colin Mann

France: Canal+ acquires Europa League football

French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has reportedly agreed a deal to broadcast the top fixture each game-week from the Europa League, or the new Europa Conference League tournament that launches in 2021, for the 2021-24 seasons. The deal will also grant Canal+ the rights to broadcast the finals of both competitions, giving it a total 16 […]

December 12, 2019

Report: Strong growth in live IP broadcasting

LiveU has published its annual State of Live report based on data gathered from its global customer base of thousands of users. The findings reflect the substantial growth in IP news and sports broadcasting with a 50 per cent increase in the number of LiveU units used to stream live events and 250 per cent […]

December 12, 2019

iPlayer glitch hits Samsung TVs

A software glitch is preventing the BBC’s iPlayer app from running on many of Samsung’s smart TVs. Affected owners are being advised to download a software update, but the patch does not work on some older models – reportedly models released between 2o11 and 2015 – which will have to wait until the new year […]

December 12, 2019

DocuBay signs partnership with Zeasn

DocuBay, the global documentary platform by IN10 Media, has announced a strategic alliance with Beijing-based Zeasn, a specialist in home digital entertainment services for Smart TV solutions. The partnership will make DocuBay available on millions of Zeasn-powered devices across Europe, South America, Middle East, and East & South Asia starting mid-December. Users will get easy […]

December 12, 2019

Discovery pulls out of OSN

Discovery has pulled all of its channels from Dubai-based pay-platform OSN “with immediate effect”. A statement from Discovery said: “Discovery regrets to advise that despite negotiating in good faith for several months it has been forced to cease broadcast of our channels on OSN. Channels going dark include Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Science and Investigation […]

December 11, 2019By Chris Forrester

Over 26m watch Netflix’s The Irishman

Netflix has revealed that over 26 million accounts watched its epic mob movie, The Irishman, in its first week of release. The streaming giant has also estimated that this figure will rise to 40 million accounts by the end of the year. The movie, which went live on November 27th, received widespread critical acclaim, with […]

December 11, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Love Island & Question Time generate most social media buzz

Data published by Kantar shows that once again, reality and entertainment television has driven the highest level of social media engagement over the past year, closely followed by current affairs programmes. Kantar measured engagement amongst UK viewers between December 1st 2018 and November 30th 2019, using the Kantar Social TV Ratings tool. Over the 12-month […]

December 11, 2019