Sky Italia has reached an agreement with UK-based group Perform that will enable the pay-TV broadcaster to offer Serie A football matches to its subscribers. This means that Sky Italia subscribers will get access to three weekly Serie A matches (116 per season) purchased exclusively by online streaming service DAZN and the entire Serie B […]
The social media attention span is seeing millennials drift away from live sports viewing but coverage innovation and data will bring them back, that’s the message of Hype Sports Innovation which through its SPIN programme in mentoring and backing hundreds of start-ups. Speaking at the launch of a new partnership with Maccabi Haifa FC, Dr […]
Findings from the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, the survey of pay-TV industry executives globally carried out by content protection and TV solutions specialist NAGRA, and MTM, an international research and strategy consultancy, suggest that the pay-TV industry in Asia Pacific is experiencing significant challenges, driven by the proliferation of high-quality OTT services and widespread piracy. […]
UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 has confirmed that it is to progress with advanced negotiations with six cities across the UK as part of the process to select its new National HQ and two new Creative Hubs. The announcement follows the second stage of the pitch process over June and July 2018 in which […]
TV4 Entertainment, a global player in streaming channels, has announced the creation of a new subsidiary: Digital Health Networks. The new venture will operate a portfolio of global streaming channels and an original content studio dedicated to individual mental and physical health and wellness. Digital Health Networks (DHN) will offer inspirational content, real stories and […]
The failure of Virgin Media and UKTV to reach agreement on the carriage dispute between the pair saw the programmer’s 10 channels (including the five free-to-air channels such as Dave) replaced on Virgin TV at 00:01 on July 22nd. “We are as disappointed as our customers that we have had to replace UKTV’s channels,” commented […]
The English Premier League has been granted what it describes as a “significant” High Court Order that will enable it to disrupt and block illegal streams of its content across the whole of the next football season. On July 19th 2018, Justice Arnold granted an Order that will require the UK’s major Internet Service Providers […]
There is growing industry concern about the nature of any transitional deal between the UK and the EU, and what that deal will mean for Ofcom-licensed broadcasters whose channels are exported to the EU. Television companies face challenging decisions about where, when or if to re-license in order to continue broadcasting to the EU, possibly […]
Global sports provider Eleven Sports has secured exclusive rights to the 2018 PGA Championship in the UK and Ireland. The centenary edition of the golf major, which runs from August 9th to 12th at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis Missouri, will be the official launch event on Eleven Sports. There will be three […]
Following the signing of a new, long-term deal with NBCUniversal, Sky Sports Racing has revealed that it will hold the exclusive broadcast rights to the Kentucky Derby, which will air live in the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports Racing has also extended its current multi-year agreement for network coverage of the other two legs of […]