Discovery Communications’ has concluded its twentieth free-to-air broadcast partnership. The new partnerships with Armenian Public TV and Radio Televizioni i Kosovës (RTK) along with existing agreements with national broadcasters across Europe are part of Discovery’s broad strategy to share the Games with more people, on more screens, than ever before. The new agreements cover free-to-air […]
Begian telco Proximus has reached an agreement with the Pro League for the broadcasting rights to the Jupiler Pro League (D1A) for the next three seasons. This new agreement means that Proximus TV customers will be to watch all of Belgian professional football (D1A and D1B) until 2020. Additionally, Proximus has announced that it has […]
OTT streaming service FilmOn X has reached settlements in its copyright dispute with the major US networks regrading whether Internet streaming services can use the same automatic copyright licence granted to ‘traditional’ cable companies, following a Ninth Circuit ruling in favour of the broadcasters. According to Ryan Baker of Baker Marquart, the attorney for FilmOn […]
Global TV operator SPI International/FilmBox has renewed its distribution agreement with FilmOn TV, part of the FOTV/Hologram USA group of companies. FilmOn will continue to carry several international thematic channels from the SPI’s portfolio including: FightBox HD, DocuBox HD, FashionBox HD, Fast&FunBox HD, 360TuneBox. In addition, the bundle of channels now includes Gametoon. Gametoon is […]
Following the April ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that the sale of a multimedia player which enables films that are available illegally on the Internet to be viewed easily and for free on a television screen could constitute an infringement of copyright, Nathan Betzen, Kodi community and project manager at […]
Twitter has signed a multi-year deal with the US National Football League (NFL) to live-stream pre-game coverage as well as a 30-minute show on the social media site. The show will be aired on Twitter five days a week during the NFL season, covering news, highlights and pre-game updates. Twitter already has a partnership with […]
France’s SFR has won exclusive rights to Uefa Champions League and Europa League football from the 2018-19 season beating off incumbents beIN Sports and Canal Plus. Sports newspaper L’Équipe reports SFR Sport will pay €350 million per season for the rights, which will run to 2020-21 seasons of both competitions. In a statement beIN said: “beIN Sports […]
MTG has acquired the exclusive Nordic media rights to the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Championship on a long-term deal well into the next decade. MTG’s free-TV and Viasat channels, and Viaplay streaming service, will now show even more live football all year round and for years to come. MTG has extended […]
The National Football League (NFL) and Perform Group have reached an agreement for Perform to market the NFL’s television broadcast rights in various global territories and the premium digital subscription product NFL Game Pass outside the US and Europe. The agreement will further drive global consumption of the United States’ most-watched sport amongst its avid […]
MTG has secured the Scandinavian media rights to the UEFA Champions League until 2021. MTG has held the media rights to the prestigious club football competition since it was launched 25 years ago in 1992. MTG has secured the rights on an exclusive basis in Sweden and Denmark, and has secured the rights to 108 […]