ESPN+ is set to be the exclusive distributor of UFC pay-per-view events in the US through 2025, ESPN and the UFC. This will make ESPN+ the single point of purchase for consumers for top UFC events, and extends the partnership between the companies for two additional years. The deal begins at UFC 236 on April […]
Saudi Arabia is further relaxing the number of cinemas it is permitting. A report from the Kingdom’s General Commission of Audio-Visual Media (GCAM) media says it is working to authorise a further 45 cinemas by 2020. “The cinema sector in Saudi Arabia will see significant growth, especially with GCAM’s continuous efforts to facilitate and promote […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has won the media rights to cover the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games for India. The deal also covers the Winter Youth Games in Lausanne, also in 2020. Star India previously held the Olympic rights. SPNI will also carry the dedicated Olympic Channel. SPNI MD & CEO NP Singh said, “As […]
iflix, the Southeast Asian VoD service, has announced the launch of ZSPORTS – a premium sports linear channel – in multiple Southeast Asian markets, on iflixFREE and iflixVIP. Available in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar, the launch coincides with the coveted NCAA Division I Basketball Championships (colloquially known as March Madness) where […]
Consumer insights consultancy Netfluential has published a survey that reveals UK TV viewers believe that BT is doing more to televise women’s sport than other media platforms including the BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and Facebook. Conducted in January 2019 among a nationally representative sample of 10,000 people, the findings showed that more than half […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced the launch of Globecast Live: any event to any screen. This allows customers – both broadcast and B2B – to benefit from a fully integrated contribution and Digital Media Hub (DMH) content processing workflow. Combining its years of live content acquisition expertise – from major sporting […]
In the week that Spotify has launched an EU competition case against Apple for imposing unfair and discriminatory conditions on competing services in its app-store, European Publishers Council Chairman and CEO of de Persgroep, Christian Van Thillo, highlights that this same challenge is also faced by news publishers offering apps for media consumers. Van Thillo […]
VoD platform Rakuten TV has revealed pan-European expansion plans through partnerships with Samsung Electronics, LG, Philips and Hisense to introduce a remote control button on their Smart TV units in Summer 2019 directly linking to the Rakuten TV streaming service. The company is undertaking a dramatic step of growth, becoming more prominent across the devices […]
A study by GlobalWebIndex has revealed that nearly half of UK consumers (48 per cent) intend to watch the final season of Game of Thrones, which begins next month. The majority of fans plan to watch at home (88 per cent), with just over a tenth of the show’s fans (12 per cent) prepared to […]
The news that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had cancelled its MENA TV rights contract with beIN Media on March 12th has prompted Qatar-based beIN to launch a “major international legal dispute” with the AFC. beIN says that almost 18 months ago, Saudi Arabia “unlawfully and overnight forced beIN MEDIA GROUP (beIN), the legitimate pay-TV […]