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DocuBay partners with CloudWalker Smart TVs

DocuBay, the SVoD platform from IN10 Media Network has partnered online Smart TV brand CloudWalker. The partnership will enable CloudWalker users access to DocuBay’s premium library, comprising of HD and 4K documentary features across several genres. Commenting on the partnership, Akul Tripathi, COO at DocuBay, said: “We are confident that Smart TV audiences will be […]

December 18, 2019

Rambler sues Twitch for €2.5bn for Premier League piracy

Rambler Group, Russia’s third-largest internet company, is suing streaming service Twitch for 180 billion roubles (€2.47bn) over pirate broadcasts of English Premier League football games. Rambler alleges its exclusive broadcasting rights were breached by the service over 36,000 times between August and November. It is now seeking to permanently ban the Amazon-owned platform – traditioanlly […]

December 17, 2019

Africa: WWE channel launching on DStv

WWE and SuperSport, the African sports broadcaster,have announced a multi-year extension to continue delivering WWE’s weekly flagship programming live in more than 50 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, while expanding the partnership to include a dedicated WWE channel on DStv. The new WWE channel will air Raw, SmackDown and NXT live each week and will feature premium WWE programming […]

December 17, 2019By Nik Roseveare

ESTV eSports on Samsung TV Plus

ESTV, the dedicated channel for eSports and gaming personalities, has announced its availability on Samsung TV Plus, a free ad-supported video service accessible on Samsung Smart TVs. ESTV joins a growing list of TV channels on the Samsung TV Plus service which delivers free, instant access to high-quality programming across millions of 2016-2019 Samsung Smart […]

December 17, 2019

Blue Ant Entertainment on Singtel

Blue Ant Media, an international content producer, distributor, channel operator, and video gaming content companyhas  announced that its general entertainment channel, Blue Ant Entertainment, will be available on Singtel TV and Singtel TV GO from December 23rd. Singtel TV customers can watch Blue Ant Entertainment’s wide range of content including reality, drama, award shows, celebrity […]

December 17, 2019

Pirate Bay launches Baystream

The Pirate Bay, the long-running illegal online index of pirated content, has launched a new streaming service, branded BayStream. The BayStream offers a library of top movies and TV shows available to stream (rather than download) that seeks to rival legitimate platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. BayStream is not the first […]

December 16, 2019

Guilty pleas in major US streaming case

A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll, one of the biggest illegal television show and movie streaming services in the United States, and to his working as a computer programmer with co-defendants to help build Jetflicks, a similarly large […]

December 16, 2019By Colin Mann

Australia: Foxtel, Discovery extend content deal

Foxtel and Discovery have completed a new multi-year agreement covering premium factual, lifestyle and entertainment content from flagship brand Discovery Channel as well as TLC, Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet. The deal also includes the launch of a new channel Investigation Discovery (ID) the #1 US true crime network, which finds a new home in […]

December 16, 2019

ZEE5 now on the Huawei App Gallery

ZEE5 has partnered with smart device provider Huawei to makes ZEE5’s Android App available on the Huawei App Gallery, thereby reaching the platforms 570+ million global monthly active users across international markets. Huawei app gallery users can now access ZEE5’s library of more than 100,000 hours of on demand content, 60+ live TV channels, latest […]

December 16, 2019

Insight TV preps Poland launch

Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster, content creator and format seller, is continuing its European expansion with a debut in Poland in the new year. Insight TV will be launching on one of Poland’s major cable operators TOYA in January 2020. In preparation for the launch, Insight TV has been working with TOYA Studios to […]

December 16, 2019