UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat is to carry UKTV’s Dave and Home, two of the UK’s best-known and highly-regarded television channels on the platform August 1st. Dave will be available on channel number 157 and Home on 166. Dave is one of the UK’s most-watched non-PSB channels and hosts a mix of comedy and […]
Twitter is in talks to stream the US PGA Championship after Sky lost its exclusive broadcast for the golf tournament, according to a report in the FT. It comes as the social media service looks to grow its user base through live sports. Recently Twitter has partnered with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to […]
Having confirmed on June 26th that it was in discussions regarding such a move, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has entered into a definitive agreement with Promotora de Informaciones, S.A (Prisa) to acquire Prisa’s 94.7 per cent stake in Media Capital SGPS, SA (Media Capital). Media Capital is a leading Portuguese […]
French multi-play operator Orange has announced a series of content initiatives and a strengthening of its partnership with pay-TV platform Canal+ designed to bolster their competitive response to emergent market player Altice. A major and longstanding player in the field of content, Orange is confirming and strengthening its strategy with the creation of Orange Content, […]
The European Parliament Industry and Culture committees has voted in favour of an unwaivable right to fair remuneration for authors and performers for the making available of their works. Supported by the European audiovisual authors’ community, such a remuneration right would ensure that screenwriters and directors receive royalties when their works are exploited on on-demand […]
CNN and Hulu have struck a new content deal for six series and two films produced by the network. This is the first such deal between CNN and Hulu for CNN Films, the network’s brand for non-fiction documentaries, and the second deal with CNN Original Series, the network’s brand for non-fiction series content. “We are […]
SuperSport has acquired pay-TV media rights in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for the next two Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. This renewed partnership with the International Olympic Committee will take in the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Games in […]
HBO has struck a deal with Hulu that will see its content and services offered as an add-on for the US streaming service. HBO, along with Cinemax, can now be added to Hulu’s existing subscription. HBO will cost $15 (€13.14) per month and Cinemax will cost $10 per month, on top of Hulu’s subscription fees. […]
UPC has secured the distribution rights for the German football Bundesliga for its MySports channel by entering into a partnership with Sky Deutschland. The deal kicks of with the upcoming season. Steffi Buchli, Director of Programming, MySports: “I am thrilled that as a new sports channel we can now also offer our customers this highlight […]
A group of major Russian television channels expects to pay up to $40 million (€35.2m) to buy the rights for broadcasting 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed, according to Russian news agency TASS. “We have been announced the figure of $110 million for the World Cup broadcasting rights,” […]