US streaming service Hulu has acquired exclusive US SVoD rights to two Studiocanal series – Below the Surface and Midnight Sun. Beatriz Campos, head of international sales at Studiocanal, said: “We’re extremely pleased to partner with Hulu in our first deal together. With the expanding popularity of foreign language series in this key market, we […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, the licensees of three premises in the North and Midlands regions of England have been found to be infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreements. Gail Asquith of Travellers Rest, Bradford and James McKeever of Winning Post, Worcester both had previous criminal […]
Having earlier admitted the possibility channels going dark on the pay-TV service, DISH Network has reached a multi-year carriage agreement with CBS Corporation for its owned and operated local stations, as well as CBS Sports Network, Pop, and Smithsonian Channel. The channels are currently being restored to DISH customers. “We are grateful to our customers […]
Popular music site Gigwise has partnered with pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness and its FindAnyFilm.com search tool as part of a site relaunch that includes a renewed focus on film alongside traditional music content. The partnership means that as well as a raft of new entertainment editorial, users will be […]
Netflix and Deutsche Telekom have announced an international partnership enabling all Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries to benefit from Deutsche Telekom’s partnership with Netflix. With this agreement, Deutsche Telekom brings its customers exclusive content of Netflix to all their screens. “We want to ensure the best content offering and TV experience for our customers and will work with […]
Trade body Cable Europe has levelled criticism at the European Parliament following a vote on the Copyright Regulation taken in the JURI Committee. The vote effectively excludes some technological platforms such as mobile and the Internet from the scope of the retransmission framework – a move which the industry body describes as “out of step” […]
Ampere Analysis has polled 28,000 internet users across 14 markets to evaluate their willingness to pay for sports content. Of those that enjoy watching sport (42 per cent), the vast majority would be willing to pay regularly to watch at least one of their favourite events. With interests ranging from soccer to the Olympics, tennis […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, pub licensee Robert Stewart of the Village Inn in Edinburgh has been found in contempt of court and in breach of interdict for infringing Sky’s copyright and showing Sky Sports programming in the premises on a second occasion, without a commercial contract with Sky. The ruling follows an […]
Motorsport.tv will showcase the entire video history of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, with more than 70 films to be published on the VoD site and broadcast on TV from January 1st 2018. The archive will include highlights of every race from 1954 onwards and Motorsport Network will become the exclusive home for […]
Amazon Prime Video has agreed a content deal with AMC that will see it receive first international rights to series from AMC Studios. The first new series covered by the deal is The Terror, a horror series produced by Ridley Sxott, whcih will launch in 2018. Amazon Prime will be able to stream the show […]