Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish media rights to 50 tennis tournaments from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). NENT Group’s coverage of an extensive range of WTA Premier and International category events begins with this month’s WTA tournaments in Shenzhen, Brisbane and Auckland, and concludes with the season-ending […]
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is to investigate Qatar’s allegations of intellectual property breaches against Saudi Arabia, dismissing the latter’s objection over what it said were national security concerns. The WTO has agreed “to establish a panel to rule on Saudi Arabia’s alleged failure to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights”. Qatar claims that […]
A group of 18 key industry players across the audio-visual and sport sectors have welcomed the recognition of the European Institutions of the importance of territorial exclusivity in the EU’s Online Broadcasting Directive but remain concerned about the introduction of the Country of Origin principle. In a joint statement, the signatories say: “We take note […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and SKY have extended their partnership into its 19th year with a new agreement to continue broadcasting WWE programming live in New Zealand, including WWE’s flagship shows Raw and SmackDown as well as all of WWE’s live monthly special events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. SKY 5 will […]
In advance of the Whyte vs. Chisora heavyweight boxing re-match scheduled for PPV broadcast on December 22nd, Kieron Sharp, CEO of UK intellectual property protection organisation Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has issued a reminder about the dangers of streaming it through anything less than official channels. “If you are watching it through anything other […]
Apple has secured the rights to the late Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts brand – the comic strip that is home to the famous Charlie Brown and Snoopy characters. Apple reportedly secured the majority rights to the iconic cartoon following a highly competitive bidding process. The deal will see Apple partner with DHX, a Canadian programming […]
BT Sport has confirmed that it will remain the exclusive home of UFC in the UK and Republic of Ireland into 2019 and beyond after agreeing a new multi-year broadcast rights deal. The contract, which begins in January, means all live UFC numbered and Fight Night events will continue to be shown on BT Sport […]
Video software provider Synamedia, the company created from the acquisition of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business, and backed by the Permira funds, has unveiled Credentials Sharing Insight, its first product launch in its new guise. Credentials Sharing Insight is designed to help streaming service providers combat the rapid rise in account sharing between […]
Fidji Simo, Head of Video at Facebook, has revealed that three months since its global launch, there are already more than 400 million people monthly and 75 million people daily who spend at least one minute on Facebook Watch. In a Blog Post looking back on 2018 and looking ahead to 2019, Simo described 2018 […]
Negotiators from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council have reached a political agreement on the proposed copyright legislation on TV and radio programmes. The new rules will make it easier for European broadcasters to make certain programmes available on their live TV or catch-up services online, and will simplify the distribution of […]