Sky Sports and The R&A have extended the agreement for the live coverage of The Open through to 2024. The Open, golf’s original championship and the only men’s major championship played outside of the US, will be part of a comprehensive schedule of live golf shown by Sky Sports, including more than 100 tournaments in […]
Netflix and King Features Syndicate, a part of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication, have jointly announced a new animated series The Cuphead Show!, based on Studio MDHR’s award-winning video game Cuphead. The game earned global paudits with its hand-animated style based on classic Fleischer cartoons from the 1930s, along with crazy boss-brawls, and challenging gameplay. The […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has acquired drama series Pennyworth for the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Latin America. From Warner Horizon Scripted Television, the DC origin series Pennyworth follows Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon – The Imitation Game), a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security […]
A study has found that worldwide illegal streaming of the English Premier League (EPL) delivers £1 million (€0.89m) in uncaptured sponsorship media value per match. The study – produced by sponsorship valuation firm GumGum Sports in partnership with digital piracy authority MUSO at the behest of
Netflix has lined up arguably its most ambitious movie to date, having acquired action-thriller Red Notice. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will front the action-thriller, supported by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The film was originally set to be released by Universal Pictures, but Netflix has now taken over the production of the film […]
VOD365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, has struck a content deal with global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group for over 300 hours of programming to appear on their kids entertainment channel Ketchup TV and documentary channel Planet Knowledge. The partnership will […]
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) is the latest sports organisation to accuse beoutQ of blatant piracy. The CAF licenses its games only to Qatar’s beIN Sports, but that doesn’t seem to create a headache for Saudi Arabia’s piracy operation beoutQ which has telecast the 2019 Total Africa Cup tournament. CAF said that all 36 […]
Premier Sports, the UK sports broadcaster, will have exclusive live coverage of every Arsenal preseason fixture as the Gunners gear up for the 2019/2020 Premier League season. Arsenal begin their US tour versus MLS side Colorado Rapids on July 16th. Arsenal will then take part in the International Champions Cup against German giants Bayern Munich, […]
Sky and pop culture brand E! Entertainment Television has acquired Seasons One and Two of Temptation Island from Banijay Rights, for the UK and Ireland. Hosted by Mark L. Walberg and produced by Banijay Studios North America, the hit US series will follow four dating couples who test the strength of their relationships as they […]
Sky will make the ICC Cricket World Cup final available on free-to-air television should England make it to the showpiece event at Lord’s on Sunday July 14th. Such a prospect had been raised by a number of cricketing figures, including members of the England team. England beat New Zealand to secure a place in the […]