Two licensees from Skelmersdale in the northwest of England have been found guilty of ten offices of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Sara Jones and Karl Jones of the Old Toby Inn in Skelmersdale have been ordered to pay £10,908 (€12,156) after […]
Sports have been key to the development of the pay-TV industry over the last two decades and more. The sheer size of the revenues rights holders generate from pay-TV is one factor slowing down the online migration of sports content, according to a report by IHS Markit. Rights holders are wary of moving from a […]
Channel 4 has announced that it will broadcast Ireland’s Guinness Series of autumn internationals for the next four years. The 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam champions face Argentina, the USA and current World champions New Zealand this November and all three matches will be shown live on Channel 4. This follows on from last December’s […]
The company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds is unveiled as Synamedia, preceding the transaction closure expected in first half of Cisco’s FY19. ‘Syna’ means ‘together’ in Greek, reflecting Synamedia’s ambition to bring together broadcast and OTT media services and […]
Spanish TV company Mediapro and its OTT service BbeIN Connect will air matches from Italy’s top-flight football league. Both have reached an agreement with the IMG agency, which manages Serie A International rights, to broadcast the matches. Mediapro will air one Serie A match per week through its DTT channel Gol and the beIN OTT […]
Freedom of the press is often cited as a basic requirement of a genuinely free and democratic society. And it is true that a universal early symptom of advancing authoritarianism is curbs on a free press: look at Russia, look at Turkey, look at any historical example of a totalitarian takeover of any previously free […]
CSI Sports’ 24/7 live sports channel, Fight Sports, has extended its media rights to Zhang Zhilei – the Undefeated World Ranked Heavyweight, WBO Oriental Heavyweight Champion, former Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist and potential future Heavyweight Champion. The long term agreement was reached between CSI Sports (parent of Fight Sports) and Jay-z’s Roc Nation (Zhang […]
Eleven Sports has agreed a three-year deal which will see them to broadcast the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in Portugal from 2019 until 2021. Eleven Sports will showcase all the complete track action, with Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying sessions, and Sunday races, through live, delay and repeat broadcasts. Eleven holds exclusive rights […]
The Overwatch League and Twitter have agreed a new multiyear deal to bring highlights and livestream content from the popular online shooter video game to the social media platform, starting with the Overwatch League All-Star Weekend, happening August 25th – 26th at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles. Twitter will make it easier than ever for fans […]
Netflix has acquired the rights to show The Great British Bake Off in the US. Last year’s series, the first to air on Channel 4 after they outbid BBC to acquire the show rights, will be made available on the streaming service from August 31st. The upcoming series, which starts in the UK on August […]