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 […]
Officers from UK IP protection trade body the Federation of Copyright Theft (FACT) and Police Scotland executed two search warrants at addresses in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to hundreds of licensed premises. Licensed premises can purchase TV boxes which then illegally stream TV, sport and […]
The 92 Premier League and Football League clubs generated more than £4 billion in revenues for the first time in 2014/15, a new record, according to the 25th Annual Review of Football Finance from the Sports Business Group at Deloitte. In addition, clubs’ capital expenditure reached £305 million (€394m), the most ever invested in a […]
The opening tee shot of The Open will be shown live for the first time as part of Sky Sports’ round-the-clock coverage of golf’s pre-eminent Major. Sky agreed a five-year deal to take over live coverage of the tournament from the BBC starting in 2017, but the BBC withdrew from its coverage deal a year […]
Sky Deutschland is likely to succeed at the upcoming Bundesliga football TV rights auction with three to four of the five packages on offer going to Sky, but is likely to have to pay an extra 60 per cent to 80 per cent for the matches, adding a significant cost to Sky-D which up until […]
In an attempt to avoid subscribers from cancelling the service in Summer, Vodafone has decided to extended its free football promotion offer until the end of the year. Vodafone is sending letters to its subscribers advising them that the current €6 per month offer for its football package will be into force until 2017. The […]