Discovery’s President & CEO, David Zaslav took a swipe at the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, telling analysts that the factual – and now sports – producer were not renters of programming. Speaking on the company’s Q1 Earnings Call, Zaslav said: “We own the vast majority of our content across regions, platforms and formats, […]
UKTV has agreed a multi-show deal with Disney UK which will see new and returning series air exclusively in the UK on the W and Alibi channels later this year. UK premieres include: crime drama Harrow, starring Ioan Gruffudd; three series of US comedy American Housewife, and The Assets – a series based on series is […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, James Barnes Bar and Jagtar Singh Nijar of O’Kane’s in Glasgow, Linelly Limited and Linda Davidson of Fox’s bar in Edinburgh and Claire Gorman of Cheers Bar in Cambuslang have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,420) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming […]
UK consumer champion Which? and pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness have collaborated to launch the new Film Finder tool, which connects audiences to the broadest range of films and TV shows available in the UK, whilst also driving engagement with legal services. The Film Finder, integrated within the Which? website, is […]
At The Races (ATR) will broadcast the 2018 edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships exclusively live in the UK and Ireland. In addition, Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the 2019 and 2020 events exclusively live following the launch of the new HD, dedicated racing channel, as the successor to ATR, in January 2019. Under […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is reportedly planning to pull out of buying football TV rights after the forthcoming tender for La Liga rights 2020-2023. The acquisition of football TV rights as an intermediary to resell them in the market is causing the group an increasing amoount of problems with the country’s telco operators. They have […]
Over 90 people representing law enforcement, rights owners, platform operators, media technology providers, broadcasters and other trade associations from Europe, the US, the Far East, Middle East and Latin America participated in the second AAPA (Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance) workshop on illegal streaming, held in London, recently. The workshop allowed for an exchange of views about […]
More Australians than three years ago are using Optus fixed broadband and mobile phone services following Optus’s purchase of the exclusive Australian rights to English Premier League football. Optus signed a three year broadcast deal for the Australian rights to the Premier League in late 2015 for A$63 million (€39.2m) per year and has this […]
Movie stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard star in an exclusive trailer for summer blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the latest film to support pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign. In the exclusive piece to camera, the pair emphasise how dinosaurs are the biggest creatures to […]
Responding to what they describe as the arrival of new international players in the drama market, in particular the SVoD market, and its disruptive effect on the European audiovisual landscape, European public service broadcasters France Télévisions, Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s RAI are taking what they say is a new era in their collaboration. In an […]