According to John Bird, Principal Consultant at Futuresource Consulting, the impact of on-demand on linear viewing and the rising cost of sports rights are two of the main reasons behind the well-publicised and highly acrimonious pricing row between Sky and Discovery Communications which was settled shortly before the broadcaster’s 12 thematic genre channels were set […]
A Brisbane man faces legal action from Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel after streaming the Danny Green v Anthony Mundine fight live on Facebook. Darren Sharpe attracted more than 150,000 viewers to his Facebook live stream who thereby avoided the A$59.95 (€42.67) pay-per-view charge. Foxtel identified his and other live Facebook streams, as well as pirate […]
World Rugby has announced details of an extensive broadcast partnership with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that will see it exclusively showcase World Rugby’s biggest 15s properties. Under the deal, ITV will perform the role of UK rights holding broadcaster for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan and Rugby World Cup 2023. The agreement also features […]
CreativeFuture, the grass-roots coalition which unites those who value American creativity and innovation in the fight against content theft, has welcomed a proposal from the House Judiciary Committee, led by Congressman Goodlatte and Congressman Conyers, that “identifies important reforms to help ensure the Copyright Office keeps pace in the digital age”. “On behalf of creatives […]
In common with other major UK ISPs, Sky is supporting the government-backed Get It Right from a Genuine Site initiative which aims to support Britain’s creative industry by informing people about legal sources of content, with the aim of reducing the illegal sharing of copyrighted material. It advises users that if they have any questions […]
UK quad-play operator Virgin Media is bolstering its TV programming with another US TV drama from DirecTV – Full Circle. The three-series box set is exclusive to Virgin TV customers and comprises of 30 episodes in total. The first series is available to watch on demand on Virgin TV now, with the second and third […]
It has been an impressive year for UK television exports, according to the latest UK Television Exports Report, with sales to international markets in 2015/16 rising to £1.326 billion (€1.544bn), a 10 per cent increase from £1.205 billion in 2014/15. The report also shows a sizeable increase in activity in the Chinese market, which is […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI and telecommunications operator TIM have signed a strategic movie distribution agreement. The deal will provide subscribers to VoD platform TIMvision with access to movie premieres of all 20 films released by Rai Cinema/01 on cinema screens in recent months. The movie deal will kick off with Giuseppe Tornatore’s La corrispondenza and […]
Digital payments platform PayPal has released the second wave of its Digital Goods Economy Survey, which looks at the attitudes, habits, and behaviours of the digital media consumer across the digital video (including Movie/TV series) and digital music industries. These findings complement
Portugese pay-TV platform Meo has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to show NBA action in the country. A new channel, branded NBA TV, will offer live games from the NBA, the Women’s NBA and NBA D-League championships, as well as specials, documentaries and sports desk programming dedicated to the sport. NBA TV will also be […]