Hulu and Magnolia Pictures have announced a new output licensing agreement that will grant Hulu the pay one window streaming rights to films released by the major film distributor. Through the deal, the films will become available to stream exclusively on Hulu following their theatrical run. Future releases will begin streaming on Hulu in the […]
BBC Worldwide has agreed a deal with Amazon that will give Amazon Prime members in India access to more than 600 hours of factual and pre-school content from the BBC. Amazon Prime launched in India in July 2016, and launched its Prime Video streaming service in December 2016. “In the last year or so, we […]
With Australia’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) now blocking their customers from a number of websites used to download copyrighted movies and TV shows for free, Roy Morgan Research has studied whose customers are most likely to pay for their downloads. According to the firm, 1.45 million Australians aged 14+ buy movies and TV show downloads […]
Sky Sports Mix has added another extreme sport to its schedule with Tough Mudder – a sporting event that sees contestants take on a series of hardcore obstacle courses. Sky Sports Mix will broadcast this year’s World’s Toughest Mudder adding to the schedule that has seen 33 different sports since the new channel launched to […]
The World Motor Sport Council has unanimously approved the change of control of Delta Topco Limited (the holding company of the Formula One Group and thus the owner of the Commercial Rights of the FIA Formula One World Championship) from CVC Capital Partners in favour of Liberty Media Corporation at an extraordinary meeting in Geneva. […]
A survey by digital platform security specialist Irdeto has found that 74 per cent of US consumers said that producing or sharing pirated video content is illegal. Conducted online by YouGov, the survey also found that 69 per cent of respondents think that streaming or downloading pirate content is illegal. While a majority of consumers […]
The 20 highest-earning football clubs in the world generated €7.4 billion (£5.5bn) of revenue in 2015/16, an increase of 12 per cent on the previous year, according to the 20th edition of the Football Money League from business advisory firm Deloitte. Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid complete the top three of the Money League, […]
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has switched his support away from Sony’s Crackle OTT service to Netflix. According to Variety, Seinfeld has cut a deal with Netflix which will show 25 episodes of his Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee starting later this year. Netflix will also get rights to the 59 older episodes already screened on Crackle. […]
In-flight entertainment supplier Global Eagle (GEE) has signed an agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to show telecasts of major games on its partner airlines and to cruise ship customers. The ICC has granted GEE worldwide rights to provide 1,140 hours of live cricket programming over a four-year period, from 2016-2019. The 2017 Champions […]
UK Internet users who download TV and films illegally may shortly receive letters or emails from their Internet Service Provider (ISP) regarding the use of their broadband connection ‘to share copyrighted material’. Users who use Torrent websites and software to download shows will be targeted, rather than anyone who streams videos. Letters will start being […]