A nationwide survey of 2,000 people found that twice as many Britons spend quality time streaming boxsets than being cuddled up in the back row of the movies. With endless hours of content available via streaming services for a relatively small fee, it’s unsurprising that viewers are choosing better value for money at home. But […]
Alchimie, the content aggregator and dynamic distributor, has signed a three-year agreement with SFR, one of France’s largest telecom companies, to provide the mobile operator with 2,000 hours of documentaries to populate SFR’s factual VoD channels for its Power and Premium subscribers. Over three years Alchimie will provide SFR with a curated selection of documentaries from renowned international […]
The US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), in partnership with NERA Economic Consulting, has published a study, Impacts of Digital Video Piracy on the US Economy, detailing the economic impact digital video piracy has on the US economy. While the proliferation of streaming services provides consumers with unprecedented choice, content, and convenience, […]
WWE and PP Sports have extended their partnership with a new multi-year agreement to continue delivering WWE’s weekly flagship programming live and in Mandarin across China. In addition to airing Raw and SmackDown, PP Sports will continue to offer WWE Network as am SVoD service featuring all of WWE’s monthly pay-per-view events. As part of the extended agreement, […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery and sports-focused live TV streaming service fuboTV have agreed a new, multi-year carriage deal that will bring 13 Discovery networks to fuboTV’s live TV streaming service in the coming weeks. The deal extends the strategic relationship between the companies that began with the former Scripps Networks Interactive (acquired by Discovery) and included […]
French broadcasters are increasing their investment in local original productions to compete with Netflix’s five million subscriber base in the country, according to analyst firm Ampere Analysis. In 2018, the big five French players – France Télévisions, Canal+, TF1, M6 and Orange – spent €5.4 billion on content, with over 40 per cent of that […]
WWE and BT Sport have agreed a new multi-year exclusive pay-TV deal that will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available live in the UK and Ireland on BT Sport beginning January 2020. The rights were previously held by Sky. BT Sport will air both Raw and SmackDown exclusively live every week, delivering edge-of-your-seat action and […]
The 2019 Europol Intellectual Property Crime conference in Malaga was the venue where the winner of the 2nd Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) award was announced. The award is given to an individual or team from the public sector for a successful initiative to tackle audiovisual piracy. The winner was Chief Inspector Monica Dopico and the […]
SPI/FilmBox has acquired the exclusive linear and digital rights to the Esports Balkan League (EBL), the first professional esports competition in which the best eight teams from ten European countries compete in a League of Legends tournament for the championship title. This summer, viewers can watch EBL (League of Legends) live and exclusively, on SPI/FilmBox’s […]
Cloud video platform Blackbird has agreed what it describes as a significant six-figure, multi-year deal with A+E Networks. A+E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and Disney, will incorporate Blackbird within its media infrastructure for a range of key video workflows. The use of Blackbird is designed to deliver major productivity enhancements across A+E […]