Advanced Television

Rights

Spain: Premier League pirate raid success

Spain’s Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Force) has successfully raided a store in a shopping centre in the Málaga resort of Calahonda, owned by an ISP suspected of hosting a large-scale illegal IPTV streaming business, thanks to a collaborative effort with Premier League and content security specialist Irdeto. Investigations revealed that the ISP in […]

February 9, 2017By Colin Mann

Report warns of age verification risk

Research by independent consumer switching advice site Broadband Genie has revealed the majority (81 per cent) of the British public support the government’s latest crackdown on adult websites as part of the Digital Economy Bill, which will require operators to verify a user’s age before allowing them to access the content. Adult websites in the […]

February 9, 2017By Colin Mann

EPIX launches on Apple TV

Premium entertainment network EPIX has confirmed that the EPIX app is now available on Apple TV (4th generation) to all authenticated subscribers. EPIX on Apple TV offers subscribers access to EPIX’s breadth of premium content, including its critically-acclaimed original series Berlin Station and Golden Globe nominated Graves; original documentary programming such as America Divided; thousands […]

February 9, 2017

EU agrees content portability

With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]

February 8, 2017By Colin Mann

BBC releases iPlayer boxsets

Hit Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will become the first of a new run of boxsets on BBC iPlayer. All episodes of each show will remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast. The full series will then be available to watch as a boxset for 30 days. The […]

February 8, 2017By Colin Mann

5 arrested in Kodi box swoop

Five people have been arrested in a crackdown on the sale and distribution of illegal TV set-top devices in the North West of England and Wales. The multi-agency day of action on February 8th saw the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and the […]

February 8, 2017By Colin Mann

OSN secures Disney MENA exclusivity

Back in 1994 when the then Orbit bundle of pay TV channels was the very first digital broadcaster on the planet, it was justifiably proud of its exclusive relationship with Disney. That relationship is firmly back in position with a new wide-ranging deal with OSN (which merged with rival Showtime back in 2009). The new […]

February 8, 2017By Chris Forrester

Russia: 87% think sharing pirate content is legal

Findings from an online consumer survey from digital platform security specialist Irdeto suggest that 87 per cent of Russian consumers polled believe that producing or sharing pirated video content is not against the law and 66 per cent think that streaming or downloading pirate content is also legal. This is in stark contrast to the […]

February 7, 2017By Colin Mann

FandangoNOW in HBO digital download deal

Premium on-demand video service FandangoNOW has struck a new relationship with HBO Home Entertainment to make HBO content available for purchase via digital download on FandangoNOW. Individual episodes and seasons of HBO content will join FandangoNOW’s collection of 40,000 new release and catalogue movies and TV shows. FandangoNOW is distributed on an install base of […]

February 7, 2017

Stan to stream Cartoon Network in Australia

Australian streaming service Stan has agreed a content deal with Turner’s Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network is the most popular kids channel in the Asia-Pacific region, and Stan subscribers will now have access to its huge range of series. The partnership between the two entertainment brands will also see the premiere of the eighth and final […]

February 7, 2017By Nik Roseveare