Millions of football fans’ mobile phones are being used by La Liga to spy on bars and other public spaces to uncover whether they are pirating TV football signals, according to a report by eldiario.es. La Liga is using its app – which currently has over 10 million downloads – to access mobile phone microphones […]
FTA commercial broadcaster ITV, which has held the rights to show the Rolad Garros tennis Grand Slam tournament since 2012, will now take its coverage into the next decade under a new agreement, which encompasses the showpiece event from 2019 until 2021. ITV4 will continue to broadcast comprehensive coverage of the French Open each year, […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has revealed it will operate as a separate organisation from July 1st, prior to its proposed listing on Nasdaq Stockholm later in the year. This follows the decision earlier this year to initiate a process to split MTG into two companies. NENT, the Nordic entertainment provider, is launching its corporate […]
Electronic manufacturer Samsung and La Liga have renewed their content agreement for the next three years. The alliance will allow La Liga to integrate its content, brand and services into a number of Samsung devices such as mobile phones, virtual reality helmets and Artificial Intelligence apps. “We are pleased with this agreement because Samsung will […]
Viacom International Media Networks UK (VIMN UK) has announced the launch of Paramount Network, the new free-to-air UK destination offering scripted drama, comedy and movies. Launching on July 4th, the channel with specifically target “Generation X, Millennials and fans of cinematic storytelling, iconic moments and non-stop action”. The channel will be scheduled and programmed by […]
Skylink has added more channels to its OTT service Skylink Live TV. The DTH platform, which is owned by M7 Group and available in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, has added two new channels, namely Film+ and Minimax, for subscribers to the ‘Smart’ package, bringing the total channel count to 32. Subscribers to the Multi, […]
Fox Networks Group UK has acquired from CBS Studios International the hit US drama NCIS: New Orleans seasons 4 and 5. The series follows criminal investigations involving military personnel in ‘The Big Easy’ – a colourful city known for its music and decadence that also harbours a dark side. Season four will premiere July 20th […]
Although rumoured at an earlier stage to be among the bidders for the main packages of live rights to English Premier League football, Amazon has been successful in securing one of the secondary, 20-match packages that remained unsold when the successful bids were announced. BT, which already secured rights to 32 games, picked up a […]
BT Sport has won the rights to a further 20 Premier League football matches in the UK, taking the total to 52, for three years from the start of the 2019/20 season. These games add to the 32 Saturday matches which BT Sport won earlier this year, and were part of two, unsold secondary packages […]
In addition to announcing that Amazon Prime and BT had been successful in securing the two outstanding live rights domestic packages, the Premier League has confirmed that its member clubs have agreed a new formula for sharing any future increase in international broadcast revenue from season 2019/20 onwards. The League currently distributes all international broadcast […]