BBC Studios in Africa has revealed that its anticipated landmark series, David Attenborough’s Dynasties, will be coming exclusively to BBC Earth from November 18th. To celebrate, BBC Studios in Africa will be premiering the first episode across two of its channels on DStv – BBC Brit (channel 120) and BBC Lifestyle (channel 174). This will […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has directed the BBC to conduct a ‘public interest test’ (PIT) to assess properly the value and potential impact on other broadcasters of a number of changes to the BBC iPlayer the Corporation wishes to make, having provided its plans to Ofcom for consideration. In order to protect fair and effective […]
UK pay-TV broadcasters Sky and Virgin TV have secured rights to air this year’s MTV EMAs 2018 in ultra-HD. The MTV EMAs 2018 celebrates musical artists from around the world and will broadcast live from Bilbao, Spain, across MTV’s 60 international TV channels and digital platforms. Sky will take the MTV EMAs UHD feed for […]
Oath and Roku have announced the launch of Yahoo on The Roku Channel, providing live and linear news content from Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, MAKERS and Yahoo Sports. This ad-supported array of programming will be part of The Roku Channel’s live news offering, which provides live and linear news to Roku users, available in […]
The BBC and Sky have called on the European commission to take action against BeoutQ, the Saudi Arabian streaming service they say provides UK viewers with illegal access to pay-TV content including Premier League football. BeoutQ STBs are available internationally, including the UK. The service has had a surge in popularity after making global headlines […]
According to US pay-TV services DISH and Sling TV, AT&T has made what they describe as an “unprecedented” move to pull HBO and Cinemax content from their subscribers, after making “untenable” demands designed specifically to harm customers, particularly those in rural areas, as well as damage competing pay-TV providers. They say that despite an opposing […]
Canal+ Group has acquired the English Premier League Audiovisual Rights in France and the renewal of the Premier League Audiovisual Rights in Poland. Canal+ channels and NC+ channels will offer all Premier League football matches starting in 2019 until 2022. According to the pay-TV operator, winning back the Premier League rights reflects the Group’s drive […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has expanded its long term commercial partnership with Fox Networks Group (FNG). As a result of the deal, viewers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden will be able to watch hundreds of hours of shows from National Geographic on NENT Group’s streaming service Viafree, including programmes from the National Geographic Channel […]
Craig Piligian, producer and CEO of Pilgrim Media Group and Clark Bunting, former president and general manager of Discovery Channel and founder and CEO of new media company Digital Circus, have teamed up to secure an all-media and live programming rights deal for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. The pair will collaborate on […]
SportsFix has partnered with ROKKI in providing the latest Asian sports content to all AirAsia’s destinations. Starting this month, all AirAsia guests on ROKKI-enabled flights will be able to watch certain SportsFix’s Asian sports content on their personal mobile devices. Premium sports content will be made available on 49 planes equipped with ROKKI, which guests […]