Channel 4 will air the next Summer and Winter Paralympics following its well received coverage from Rio. A letter of intent signed with the International Paralympic Committee covers the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang in South Korea, and the summer Games in Tokyo two years later, as well as the London 2017 Para Athletics Championships. […]
Copyright provides broad protection for artists and creators, but these rights are not without limit. In the United States, for instance, the US Copyright Act permits the ‘fair use’ of copyrighted works without infringing under certain circumstances. The copyright laws of other nations include similar exceptions and limitations, and overwhelmingly employ the comparable concept of […]
Amazon has announced the highly-anticipated launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video, every Friday for 12 weeks from November 18th, exclusively for all Prime members. The first ever episode of The Grand Tour […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed a new three-year deal for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, which will see two of the UK’s biggest television formats continuing on Britain’s most watched commercial channel until at least 2019. The agreement, with Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK, extends ITV’s successful, long-standing relationship with Simon Cowell […]
Following the EC’s publication of its copyright reforms, a number of industry observers and trade bodies have reacted to the proposed changes, with many expressing concern at the ramifications for the content industry. According to John Enser, partner at media law firm Olswang, the proposed reforms show the European Commission’s desire for cross-border harmonisation, but […]
The Copyright Alliance, a diverse group of US creative industry companies, advocacy groups, labour unions, associations, and programmers that raised concerns in April and May about the Federal Communications Commission’s initial proposal to regulate the set-top box market, citing concerns about its potential harmful impact on copyright and content creators’ ability to be compensated for […]
Turner networks TNT and TBS will be the exclusive US basic-cable homes for the Star Wars movie franchise after signing a multiyear deal with Walt Disney Studios. The deal, announced includes the network premieres of last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which will air in early 2018) and the upcoming Rogue One: A Star […]
The European Commission have released their latest proposals altering the rules governing copyright. Of chief importance to commercial broadcasters across Europe is the proposed Regulation that lays down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes (“the Regulation”). Commercial […]
The Deutsche Bank TMT conference in London heard that the TV rights auction for UEFA’s Champions League series of football games is likely to be delayed from now (this September’s expectation) to the Spring or even Summer of 2017. William Field, founder of Prospero, who has advised UEFA, Premier League and others; and Robin Jellis, […]
NBCUniversal has reached a long-term agreement with AT&T to extend the NBCUniversal portfolio of networks across all AT&T DirecTV products in the US including, DirecTV NOW and DirecTV Preview, AT&T’s new streaming services. AT&T expects to launch DirecTV NOW in the fourth quarter of this year. Through the agreement, AT&T DirecTV and U-Verse customers will […]