Adult Swim, Turner’s irreverent brand of young-adult comedy, has found a new home in Australia under a syndication agreement with Nine. Nine’s 9GO! channel will host a weekly one-hour, Adult Swim-branded, block of programmes every Sunday evening, starting July 10th. The Adult Swim block will feature hit shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey […]
Sky Sports has dropped the US Open tennis tournament from its schedule after 25 years. It usually makes a year-by-year sub-licence deal for the Grand Slam tournament from Eurosport and aired coverage on its own sports channels. Sky denies the decision is anything to do with the increased cost of Premier League football. Sky says […]
The meteoric rise of streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix may be having a chilling effect on illegal copyright infringement according to research commissioned by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) which has revealed a fall in online infringement and a steep rise in consumer use of streaming. Kantar Media’s Online Copyright Infringement Tracker, […]
Discovery Communications and the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) have today announced a new long-term partnership that will ensure viewers in Switzerland enjoy both broad access to the Olympic Games and the chance to follow every thrilling moment of the action on multiple platforms. The agreement will see the next Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018, […]
Netflix and The CW Network, a joint venture between CBS and Warner Bros, have announced a new multi-year content licensing relationship that allows Netflix to remain the exclusive US subscription television service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW. The new relationship spans all current CW series, as well as all future […]
Australian national broadcaster ABC has extended its relationship with Netflix as new managing director Michelle Guthrie confirmed her desire to allow the corporation’s content to reach audiences across all platforms. Streaming giant Netflix has now added more than 200 hours of content from 30 titles distributed via ABC Commercial to its Australian and New Zealand […]
ITV has acquired the rights to the TV adaptation of Lethal Weapon. The reboot of the classic buddy cop movies sees Damon Wayans take on Danny Glover’s role of Roger Murtaugh and Clayne Crawford fill Mel Gibson’s shoes as Martin Riggs. ITV director of television Kevin Lygo commented: “It’s rare that we find an acquisition […]
In what can be considered a shot across the bows of the BBC, News Corp’s UK and Ireland arm is to acquire radio-focused media group Wireless in a deal worth approximately £220.3 million (€263m), representing a premium of approximately 70.3 per cent. over the Closing Price of 185 pence per Wireless Share on 29 June […]
The FIA Formula E Championship – the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body – is to live-stream the 2015-16 season finale of the series in London’s Battersea Park, directly to Facebook using Grabyo. Grabyo is an official live streaming partner of Facebook, allowing rights holders to broadcast live events to the […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness and Entertainment One UK (eOne) has launched an exclusive David Brent: Life On the Road trailer that sees Ricky Gervais asking audiences not to pirate his new film in his typical deadpan style. Starring Ricky Gervais as himself, the 35-second exclusive piece to camera delivers […]