US cable giant Comcast and Amazon have confirmed that the Prime Video service will launch over the next week on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform, giving millions of people access to an entertainment experience that now features seamless access to Prime Video originals, thousands of premium shows, movies, and live events right alongside all of the […]
MTG’s esports companies Turtle Entertainment (ESL) and DreamHack have signed a broadcasting deal with TV 2, a national TV network in Denmark, that will bring over 700 hours of premium esports content to TV viewers in Denmark throughout 2019. • Denmark’s TV 2 acquires rights to broadcast Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments organised by ESL and […]
The content security sector is being further consolidated with the news that mobile and connected devices security solutions specialist Inside Secure has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire network-connected devices revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix in an estimated $125 million dollar deal. Commenting on the proposed transaction, Amedeo D’Angelo, Chairman and CEO of […]
Executives at Sky Sports have revealed further details of the relaunch of the At The Races horse racing service as Sky Sports Racing, set to go live on January 1st 2019, making it the 11th Sky Sports channel. Matthew Imi, CEO of At The Races, said that fully becoming part of the Sky family would […]
Netflix has paid $100 million (€88m) to keep the globally-popular Friends sitcom in its streaming library for another year. News recently emerged that Netflix’s current deal with Warner Bros for the show’s rights would expire on January 1st 2019. It is believed that Netflix responded swiftly to combat the negative amount of coverage the story […]
A Netflix-style SVoD platform for live sports can exist, but faces high hurdles, according to analysis from GlobalData. Live sports are an essential part of any pay-TV package, and are one of the key reasons why many people have not yet cut the cord and gone exclusively OTT. However, if a Netflix-style sports-oriented SVoD service […]
The Spanish TV group Mediapro has consolidated its position in the French TV market following the awarding by the French professional football league (LFP) of the domestic media rights for its second tier Ligue 2 for the 2020-21 to 2023-24 seasons. Through BeIN Sports, Mediapro will pay €64 million for the four year agreement to […]
Amazon is reportedly seeking a location in Spain, probably in Madrid, to set up its first big production hub in Europe following the example of Netflix. El Español reports that the company has been negotiating with several Spanish producers and a decision will be taken over the coming weeks. The production hub, the first outside […]
Crashing out of the EU will create huge disruption for the UK’s international broadcasting sector, its workforce, and its suppliers, the Commercial Broadcasters Association, the industry body for multichannel broadcasters in the digital, cable and satellite television sector, and their on-demand services, has warned. In the weeks prior to the UK hitting a cliff edge, […]
The UK Media Landscape: M&A Index from digital analysis service Broadcast Intelligence reveals a stark increase in the rate of investments in the UK film and television media market over the last five years. The number of deals has increased by 136 per cent from 2013 to 2017, with a 10 per cent year-on-year increase […]