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Premier League wins Irish ISP blocking order

With the 2019/20 English Premier League set to kick off in the coming weeks, a court order means that Irish people will find it much harder to locate illegal TV streams of live games. Football Association Premier League Ltd has been granted Ireland’s first order which compels Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block live streaming […]

July 16, 2019By Colin Mann

Fox News Digital delivers record multi-platform views

FOX News Digital finished Q2 2019 with its highest quarter of multi-platform views, securing 4.8 billion views and finishing at number one in the news competitive set, according to Comscore. Also for the quarter, FOX News Digital bested CNN.com in the multi-platform minute category with nearly 11.8 billion minutes spent, compared to CNN.com’s 8.5 billion. […]

July 16, 2019

Study: Italy sees drop in content piracy

Content piracy is still a problem in Italy, although the number of illegal acts in 2018 dropped by 8 per cent compared to the previous year. This is the conclusion of a study by Ipsos on behalf of Italy’s Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content (FAPAV). The rate of piracy stood at […]

July 15, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

FTA Cricket World Cup final attracts 8.3m viewers

Sky and Channel 4’s shared FTA coverage of the Cricket World Cup final on July 14th – which saw England beat New Zealand in the competition’s first ever ‘super over’ – drew a combined TV audience of 8.3 million. Sky’s Chief Executive UK and Ireland Stephen van Rooyen said: “Congratulations to England and everyone who […]

July 15, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Wimbledon hit by beoutQ piracy

The Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament has for the second consecutive year become a victim of the illegal Saudi Arabia piracy operation beoutQ. Organiser and rightsholder the All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (AELTC) condemned the widespread illegal availability of The Championships. In a statement, the AELTC said the exclusive rights of its broadcast […]

July 15, 2019By Colin Mann

BBC scores Women’s Euro 2021

The BBC has secured exclusive rights to the 2021 Women’s European Championship in England. There will be extensive coverage of every game of the tournament across television, radio and online. The BBC showed this summer’s Women’s World Cup, with a record-breaking 28.1 million people watching the tournament on television. England’s semi-final loss to the USA […]

July 13, 2019

Study: Traditional TV far from dead

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a professional services firm, and digital media consulting company, Vorhaus Advisors, have released their inaugural Digital Strategy Study, which analyses the state of media and content consumption. Through a comprehensive consumer survey focusing on topics including connected TV, SVoD, mobile and eSports, the report identifies a number of key trends that […]

July 12, 2019

Fuel TV, WSL extend distribution agreement

Fuel TV and the World Surf League (WSL) have struck a new distribution agreement that will see the rest of the WSL’s 2019 Championship Tour (CT) and select Qualifying Series (QS) events broadcast live on Fuel TV in China and EMEA. “We’re thrilled to have the WSL back on Fuel TV” said Fernando Figueiredo, CEO […]

July 12, 2019

Snyder creating anime series for Netflix

Netflix has announced that Hollywood director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, Suicide Squad) will create an all-new anime series set in the world of Norse mythology. He will also serve as executive producer. Jay Oliva (Batman The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League The Flashpoint Paradox) is creating the series alongside Snyder and will serve as the showrunner, […]

July 12, 2019

Qatar welcomes WTO challenge to ‘Saudi piracy’

Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the significant progress in Qatar’s dispute settlement proceedings against Saudi Arabia in the World Trade Organization (WTO), but warns that firm action must be taken quickly against the alleged beoutQ content piracy operation and Arabsat before the Saudi-based pirate operation and Riyadh-headquartered satellite provider destroy the global […]

July 11, 2019By Colin Mann