CNN International will be syndicating its news, business, feature and entertainment content to Newstag, an award-winning ‘mobile-first’ video news service. The agreement grants Stockholm-based Newstag the right to share and distribute two hours of CNN video content per day on its mobile and online platforms alongside current affairs and entertainment content from other professional content […]
Netflix has acquired the global rights to Ricky Gervais’ movie-length spinoff of The Office. Gervais revealed the news on SiriusXM’s Opie with Jim Norton Show today, commenting: “This is exciting news and this is top secret, so I’m going to say it now. Netflix has bought out the rest of the world again.” The spinoff, entitled […]
In a further move to provide outstanding Olympic Games coverage to more people and on more screens than ever before, Discovery Communications has made a long-term partnership with ORF, the public broadcaster in Austria, that will ensure every event of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be available for […]
Spaniards will only be able to watch 23 football matches from Euro 2016 (out of a total of 51) on TV as no broadcaster has managed to reach a deal with UEFA to broadcast the whole tournament. Despite Mediaset and beIN Sports negotiating with UEFA over the last few weeks no deal has been reached […]
The news that Sky Deutschland has won the pay-TV broadcast rights for the 4 out of the 5 potential Bundesliga DFL football packages delivered a “strongly favourable outcome” for the broadcaster, observers agree. Moreover, the structure of the auction, which awarded the 5th group of games to Eurosport, was seen as being very beneficial to […]
Sky Deutschland has secured a new agreement ensuring that it will remain “the undisputed home of Bundesliga football” through to 2021. Following a successful outcome to the German Professional Football Association’s (DFL) tender process, Sky will air 572 live matches a season from 2017/18 to 2020/21 across all platforms. The new deal means Sky will […]
Fox channels outside the US have picked up worldwide rights to the FX Productions and Marvel Television series Legion. The series is slated for an early 2017 day and date premiere in more than 125 countries, including in the US where it will premiere on FX Networks. The FX Networks first season order was announced […]
Canadian pay-music operator Stingray Digital Group is being sued by digital music operator Music Choice which is alleging infringements of four of its patents. Music Choice is owned by Sony, Comcast and Time Warner amongst others and is alleging that Stingray is abusing its patents covering onscreen displays of music and song-related visuals and related […]
Eurosport is reportedly close to agreeing a deal that would see it become the first commercial broadcaster to be allowed to air live UK coverage of Wimbledon this summer. The Discovery-owned pay-TV channel has finalised details with the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which holds the rights to the Wimbledon tournament, to broadcast the tournament […]
French broadcast regulator the CSA has raised concerns over the exclusive distribution agreement reached between Canal Plus and beIN Sports. According to French news channel BFM which claims to have seen a leaked memo, the regulator has drawn up a list of issues. CSA is concerned that Canal+ would hold a near monopoly on top […]