Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the Lexus Melbourne Cup exclusively live in the UK and Ireland this year after signing a long-term deal with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). The Lexus Melbourne Cup is Australia’s richest handicap race and one of the world’s most iconic races. The new partnership with VRC gives Sky Sports Racing […]
A Milan judge has upheld the suspension of the awarding of TV rights for Italian Serie A football to Spanish company MediaPro following an appeal by pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia, the current holder of the rights. In his ruling, Judge Claudio Marangoni said
Netflix has revealed its 2018 recommendations for TVs that it says are faster and easier to use than ever. “From surveying our members, we know that people buying a smart TV care most about price, picture quality, screen size, and ease of use,” write Brady Gunderson, Director of Product Management at Netflix and
Discovery’s President & CEO, David Zaslav took a swipe at the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, telling analysts that the factual – and now sports – producer were not renters of programming. Speaking on the company’s Q1 Earnings Call, Zaslav said: “We own the vast majority of our content across regions, platforms and formats, […]
AMC Networks has launched a mobile app branded MicroCanales (micro channels) to promote its 14 pay-TV channels in Spain with short-form content available on IOS and Android mobile phones. MicroCanales will show programmes, TV series, documentaries and films from AMC’s 14 channels; TV series from Sundance TV, documentaries from Odisea and Canal Historia, childrens programmes […]
UKTV has agreed a multi-show deal with Disney UK which will see new and returning series air exclusively in the UK on the W and Alibi channels later this year. UK premieres include: crime drama Harrow, starring Ioan Gruffudd; three series of US comedy American Housewife, and The Assets – a series based on series is […]
In the week leading up to the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, BBC Three and US-based network Vox will be co-producing three short-form videos. For this new collaborative partnership, BBC Three and Vox will release videos that explore the questions you’ve always wanted to know about the Royal Wedding but have […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, James Barnes Bar and Jagtar Singh Nijar of O’Kane’s in Glasgow, Linelly Limited and Linda Davidson of Fox’s bar in Edinburgh and Claire Gorman of Cheers Bar in Cambuslang have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,420) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming […]
UK consumer champion Which? and pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness have collaborated to launch the new Film Finder tool, which connects audiences to the broadest range of films and TV shows available in the UK, whilst also driving engagement with legal services. The Film Finder, integrated within the Which? website, is […]
At The Races (ATR) will broadcast the 2018 edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships exclusively live in the UK and Ireland. In addition, Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the 2019 and 2020 events exclusively live following the launch of the new HD, dedicated racing channel, as the successor to ATR, in January 2019. Under […]