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Scotland: Free La Liga & Serie A games on STV

The STV Player, the Scottish VoD service, will show top flight European football through a partnership with Eleven Sports. The partnership will see two live matches from two of the biggest leagues in world football shown free-to-air in Scotland every weekend. Richard Young, Commercial Director, Eleven Sports UK, said: “Our free-to-air partnership with STV fits […]

November 26, 2018

Victoria Beckham launching YouTube channel

Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has announced she is launching her own YouTube channel.  The former Spice Girl – and wife of retired footballer David Beckham – said the channel will offer beauty tutorials, styling tips and more. In a video posted on Twitter, Beckham said: “I am starting my own YouTube channel, that will be […]

November 26, 2018

Singapore: Illegal app blocking orders

Singapore’s High Court has ordered the city-state’s Internet Service Providers to block access to popular illegal applications that are frequently sold pre-loaded on Android TV boxes. Such TV boxes are also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs). These apps, which flagrantly infringe copyright by acting as gateways to websites streaming pirated content, are preloaded on […]

November 23, 2018By Colin Mann

Singtel TV scores Premier League rights

Singapore’s Singtel TV is set to bring the next three seasons of the Premier League to Singapore fans. Running from August 2019 to May 2022, the latest rights deal will make Singtel TV the official broadcaster of the Premier League in Singapore for 12 consecutive years. “We are pleased to continue offering fans front row […]

November 23, 2018

TVPlayer adds FOX channel

TVPlayer, the UK streaming platfrim, has added the FOX channel in HD as part of its subscription packages and is immediately available to all new and existing customers on the Premium and Premium+ packs. FOX is a premium entertainment channel, delivering a line-up of popular shows to watch live and on catch-up including The Walking Dead, American […]

November 23, 2018

Discovery adds 5 networks to TV Everywhere apps

Discovery has announced that HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network and Cooking Channel have been added to Discovery’s suite of TV Everywhere ‘GO’ apps on all platforms in the US. The networks join the twelve existing Discovery GO apps and bring more than 22,000 titles to the platform, increasing the number of titles across […]

November 22, 2018

Barclays: £200m SVoD fund

Barclays Corporate Banking is doubling its SVoD fund to support UK TV producers to £200 million (€224m). The £100 million fund was launched in March 2017 in response to the rapidly evolving TV production landscape, with the rise of subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video changing the way that original programming is […]

November 21, 2018

BT Sport, EE demo live 5G broadcast

BT Group’s EE and BT Sport have demonstrated the first live broadcast with remote production over 5G – an approach BT Sport will use to increase the coverage available to viewers with more matches and faster highlights. The pair partnered to showcase the capability by delivering a live, two-way broadcast over 5G from Wembley Stadium […]

November 21, 2018By Colin Mann

Thailand pay-TV suffering massive piracy

Thailand viewers are enjoying pay-TV, but many are seemingly not paying for the service. A report from AVIA (Asia Video Industry Association) and gathered by market research company YouGov, says some 45 per cent of so-called pay-TV subscribers are actually watching via a pirate box or on-line pirate App. AVIA says that ‘Illicit Streaming Devices’ […]

November 21, 2018By Chris Forrester

World TV Day celebrates “quality of TV”

TV professionals around the world are today (November 21st) celebrating World Television Day. As part of the annual United Nations initiative, a 30 second-spot is being shown by broadcasters on air and online across the globe. The topic of the 22nd edition of this global celebration is quality content. The quality of TV programmes is […]

November 21, 2018