Rooftop Immersive Studio has announced a deal with AMC Networks International Southern Europe to aggregate and distribute VR content. The comapnies said the deal is the first step towards consolidating a lasting and dedicated partnership. Rooftop Immersive Studio will aggregate VR content on a monthly basis from a wide pallet of genres with a focus […]
A study from Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley says that 39 per cent of US consumers surveyed believe that Netflix offers the “best original programming”. This time last year the same study found that 33 per cent of viewers rated Netflix as Number 1 in original programming. The bank’s study surveyed 3100 adults aged […]
Spotify, the popular music streaming app, will pay out $112 million (€96m) in a settlement agreement, following two lawsuits that claimed songwriters hadn’t been paid enough in exchange for their music appearing on the service. The class action originally came from David Lowery, a musicians’ rights advocate from the band Camper Van Beethoven, and Melissa […]
UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, and Disney’s Direct-To-Consumer and International segment along with ESPN, have announced the full scope of the historic multi-year agreement that makes ESPN-branded media platforms the exclusive digital and television home of the UFC in the US, further expanding streaming rights to UFC on ESPN+ and building upon the agreement […]
US pay-TV network EPIX will be available to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers across the country from June 13th. EPIX’s offering of live and on demand programming, including original series and over 2,000 feature films like Fences and Arrival and big movie franchises James Bond, Star Trek and Rocky, will be available across all Xfinity TV […]
BT Sport will televise live the first ever Power8 Sprints, being held on July 22nd in Bristol. Power8 Sprints is a new rowing event that will see crews from eight cities go head-to-head, in a knock-out tournament, with the winners of the men’s and women’s event crowned Power8 Sprints champions. Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, London, Manchester, […]
ESPN Caribbean and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a new five-year agreement for exclusive multimedia rights to the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 2018 to 2022. As part of the agreement, ESPN will air live coverage in the Caribbean of all international and domestic cricket played in England and […]
As the football world gears up for the showdown between Liverpool and Real Madrid in this weekend’s UEFA Champions League Final, data from digital platform security specialist Irdeto reveals that a total of 5,100 unique illegal streams were detected redistributing games over the Internet during this year’s Champions League knockout stages. Of this total, 2,093 […]
UK football fans will be able to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League final on BT Sport in 4K Ultra HD (UHD) for the first time as part of a trial on Virgin TV. Coverage of the game, which will be contested between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Kiev on Saturday May 26th, is the […]
The BPI, the UK record labels association, has welcomed the announcement from the Government that it will bring forward legislation in the autumn to improve safety and reduce harm online. The BPI will press the Government to use the opportunity to bring in new measures to boost the UK’s fast-growing creative industries, which now contribute […]