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 […]
A minimum of 190 Premier League games will be televised live in the UK from start of the 2019-20 season. Premier League chairmen voted unanimously for the package, with the rights set to go out to auction within the next few weeks. A new package of Saturday night games is set to be offered to […]
The BBC’s commercial division is looking at stumping up £500 million (€560m) to take full control of its UKTV joint-venture with Scripps Networks Interactive, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph citing industry insiders. BBC Worldwide would be the acquirer, and the newspaper says the BBC would seek funding from private investors. The move comes about […]
Amazon has acquired the UK broadcast rights to the US Open in a five-year deal. The news comes on the back of the company securing a five-year agreement to broadcast matches from the ATP World Tour beginning in 2018 and makes Amazon, which includes the BBC iPlayer and Eurosport Player on its service, the only […]
A series of product safety tests on popular illicit streaming devices entering the UK have found that 100 per cent fail to meet national electrical safety regulations. The findings are a result of a joint initiative between UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and safety awareness body Electrical Safety First which […]
Independent research commissioned by anti-piracy organisation Creative Content Australia (CCA) shows the growth of online screen content theft has been arrested and remains static, with 21 per cent of adults 18–64 admitting some form of piracy. CCA Executive Director Lori Flekser released the organisation’s ninth wave of independent research to delegates at the Screen Producers’ […]
Eurosport has reached agreement to broadcast the US Open across Europe, excluding the UK and Ireland where Eurosport had historically sub-licensed the rights, for a further five years. The new deal, which runs until 2022 and gives Eurosport exclusive rights to the tournament, underlines the broadcaster’s commitment to showcasing the very best in premium and […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]