WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has confirmed that the AT&T unit – comprising HBO, Turner and Warner Bros, created following the telco’s acquisition of Time Warner – is to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service. Existing OTT and SVoD platforms operated by AT&T are DirecTV Now, HBO Go and HBO Now. “Today we announced plans to launch […]
Zee Entertainment and fast-growing telco Reliance Jio have renewed, and expanded, their content sharing agreement. The deal brings to an end a carriage dispute which erupted in September over fees. In the process, media giant Zee will make its entire library available to Jio’s massive 227 million cellular subscribers. The deal includes content from each […]
According to the IFPI – the organisation that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide – 86 per cent of music listening is through on-demand streaming, but more than one-third of consumers obtain music through infringing methods. The IFPI’s Music Consumer Insight Report 2018 examines the ways in which music consumers aged 16-64 […]
The PGA of America, CBS and ESPN have reached an historic and comprehensive 11-year multimedia agreement for the television, digital and OTT rights to the PGA with wall-to-wall, live full-field 72-hole coverage of the championship, beginning in 2020 at Harding Park. CBS, ESPN and ESPN+ will combine to deliver more than 175 cumulative hours of […]
The Invictus Entertainment Group (Invictus Films, Invictus Europa and Avispa Films) has agreed a content distribution partnership with blockchain-enabled video entertainment marketplace BitMovio. With a hybrid blockchain architecture, BitMovio is designed to provide a transparent marketplace enabling independent film producers and professional streamers to have complete control of their content distribution, flexible and instant monetisation, […]
Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has launched its Piracy by Industry Dashboard, which will give trade bodies and government-level organisations access to month-by-month piracy data across all their industries. This rolling insight will allow trade bodies to gain a more accurate view of piracy and enable them to regularly assess the effectiveness of their […]
DAZN, the live and on-demand sport streaming service, has landed the exclusive rights to the prestigious Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup (EPCR) for the next four seasons. Starting from the 2018/ 2019 season, DAZN becomes the exclusive home of over 70 EPCR matches per season live and on-demand for DAZN users in […]
In a keynote address delivered to leaders from multiple countries at the Austrian EU Presidency Conference hosted by the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has highlighted how greater online accountability is fundamental to a safe, thriving digital ecosystem that supports creativity and innovation. “The Internet […]
At The Races and Sky Sports Racing will be the exclusive, new non-terrestrial broadcast home of Hong Kong racing in the UK and Ireland until July 2022, At The Races and The Hong Kong Jockey Club have announced. Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season will feature a record £120 million in prize money and will be broadcast […]
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has successfully secured the Premier League broadcast rights for the three seasons from 2019/20 to 2021/22. Under the agreement, Sky Deutschland will have exclusive live broadcasting rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. “Sky has an excellent track record of delivering high-quality football content to fans in Germany,” Premier […]