Sky Deutschland has acquired the broadcast rights to show 25 games from this summer’s Football World Cup in Russia in UHD. The deal struck with SportA, the sports rights agency of German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, gives SkyD the exclusive right to a choice game live in UHD on all tournament days. The live […]
Global digital media motorsport company Motorsport.tv has agreed a new distribution deal with North American sports OTT provider fuboTV. Motorsport.tv will be adding its premier North American racing packages to fuboTV’s ‘Adventure Plus’ package, extending its signature motorsport series to a new subscriber audience of more than 150,000 sports fans. Launched in 2015, fuboTV’s OTT […]
Two bar licensees from Wembley in North London have been found guilty in their absence of a collective eleven offences each of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Rakesh Patel (Manager of Diu Bar) and Mineshkumer Valgi (Designated Premises Supervisor) were each found […]
Content protection technology specialist ContentArmor has confirmed that its video watermarking solution is compatible with Dolby Vision HDR. ContentArmor and Dolby have collaborated to enable interoperability between both technologies, from content distribution workflows to end users’ visual experience. Forensic watermarking applications improve the ability of content owners and distributors to detect and mitigate the misuse […]
Despite pre-bout warnings from two UK IP protection bodies of the risks associated with illegal streaming ahead of the March 31st fight between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker, digital platform security specialist Irdeto has identified 339 streams that illegally redistributed the fight. Many of these lower quality, illegal streams put consumers at risk of a […]
In a further sign of the need for one-time rival TV services to co—operate in the face of competition from international streaming giants, Italian commercial broadcasters Sky Italia and Mediaset/Rti have signed a dual commercial partnership that they say will benefit both Sky and Mediaset Premium’s existing customers, while enabling Italian viewers to enjoy Sky […]
European broadband cable industry trade body Cable Europe has warned that cable operators may not be able to provide the full range of portability services permissible from April 1st because of the complexities surrounding copyright clearance for ‘online’ content. Cable Europe welcomes the move which it suggests will enable European consumers to reap the benefits […]
Trade bodies the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) are launching a new industry-wide, content security initiative. The Trusted Partner Network (TPN) aims to help prevent leaks, breaches, and hacks of film and television content by elevating the security standards of the industry’s production and distribution supply […]
One of the UK’s leading intellectual property (IP) protection organisations has joined forces with the national police unit which leads the response to tackling IP crime to warn users of the risks of illegal streaming ahead of the March 31st fight between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker. UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against […]
Amazon has acquired two new television series exclusively for Prime Video as part of a new deal with Disney EMEA. Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, a story about two teenagers who are awakened to newly acquired superpowers, will be available on Prime Video in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy in June, a day […]