DAZN has secured the rights to show the rematch between British boxers Tony Bellew and David Haye in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The fight, which takes place on May 5th from The O2 in London, and will be exclusively broadcast in Germany and Austria, and non-exclusively in Switzerland. DAZN subscribers will be able to follow the complete fight […]
The London offices of IMG and MP & Silva have been raided by officials from the European commission investigating potential sports rights cartels. European investigators entered the offices of IMG and on April 10th as part of simultaneous raids including 21st Century Fox subsidiary Fox Networks and Ziggo Sport, the Dutch subsidiary owned by Vodafone […]
Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has highlighted the importance of protecting the creative industries’ intellectual property. Delivering a State of the Industry Address at movie theatre trade show and congress CinemaCon, Rivkin expressed optimism for the industry, based on the MPAA’s continuing work to protect creativity, open […]
In a landscape still dominated by TV, the Asia Pacific online video industry is on a sure path to more than double its share of video industry revenues ex-China from 9 per cent in 2017 to 20 per cent by 2023, according to analysis from consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). The analysis covers
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) – the trade body which represents the interests of publishers and rights-owners of pre-recorded filmed entertainment – has confirmed that multiplay telco and broadcaster BT has joined its ranks as a member with immediate effect. BT joins an array of other digital platforms in helping to shape and […]
La Liga’s goal of selling its TV rights at a higher price for the next three seasons, both internationally and domestically, is not proving successful. The top-flight Spanish football league aims to get around €300 million across Europe and €1 billion per year as a total across international markets (up from €650 million) plus €1.3 […]
The French football league (LFP) looks set to auction the broadcasting rights for the 2020+ seasons in early June. The current TV rights expire in mid-2020 and are shared between Canal+ (which holds the majority of the rights) and rival beIN Sports. The most recent auction raised some €750 million, but it is widely reported […]
SVoD operators Amazon and Netflix have joined with Columbia, Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal City Studios, Universal Cable, Universal Television and Warner Bros to file a lawsuit against OTT service Set Broadcast, claiming it markets and sell subscriptions to Setvnow, a software application that is used as a tool for the mass infringement of […]
Françoise Nyssen, France’s Minister for Culture, has called for the establishment of a blacklist of infringing websites in the fight against audiovisual piracy. Speaking at a reception in honour of French films selected for the Cannes Film Festival, Nyssen noted France’s cinematic cultural heritage, but admitted that this predated the digital revolution, and it was […]
AIM, a not-for-profit trade body that represents the UK’s independent music industry, is partnering with content protection and data-analytics solutions specialist MUSO to give the independent sector access to a bespoke digital piracy protection service. AIM rightsholder members (independent labels and self-releasing artists) will receive access to a new, free-to-member digital piracy protection service, developed […]