A number of broadcast industry trade bodies and observers have commented on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market proposals. Cable Europe welcomed the proposal to amend the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. The proposal, which forms a part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, reflects the changing nature of audiovisual services, of market players, technology and […]
The European Commission has proposed an update of EU audiovisual rules to create a fairer environment for all players, promote European films, protect children and tackle hate speech better, as well as presenting a new approach to online platforms. The proposals are part of a three-pronged plan to boost e-commerce by tackling geoblocking, making cross-border […]
Netflix has announced that from September it will be the exclusive US pay-TV home for all Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar movies released from 2016 onwards. Meaning, it will be the only place to find movies such as Captain America: Civil War, The Jungle Book and the upcoming Star Wars sequels and the Rogue One […]
France’s TF1 group and six leading broadcasting industry bodies – SATEV (press agencies), SEDPA (distributors), SPECT (content developers), SPFA (animated films), SPI (independent producers) and USPA (TV production) – have drawn up agreements they say represent a step change in relations between the different players in the creation of French audiovisual content. These agreements are […]
The changing UK film and TV piracy landscape is revealed in new figures released to coincide with the CREATe Industry Copyright Education & Awareness Symposium May 24th, where key stakeholders from across the creative industries will join representatives from government and academia to discuss industry best practice in winning the hearts and minds of consumers […]
Mediaset Spain has announced an agreement with UEFA to broadcast matches from the Euro 2016 tournament which gets underway in France on June 10th. The operator, which owns Tele 5 and Cuatro among other channels, will broadcast 23 of 51 games including all the matches featuring Spain, the defending champions. The cost of the rights […]
Portuguese telecommunications operators NOS and Vodafone signed a content distribution agreement that includes all national and international sport content rights currently owned or to be acquired by either of the parties. This deal, covering several sports seasons, ensures that both companies will make available to each other all football transmission rights, as well as all […]
End-to-end video entertainment provider Netgem has added video-on-demand streaming service Wuaki.tv and children’s platform Hopster to its global line-up. The partnership will see both OTT players made available across Netgem’s international network of channels and content partners for telecoms operators. The partnerships follow successful deployment to customers for Netgem-enabled EE TV in the UK, and […]
Fox Sports has confirmed the acquisition of the broadcast rights to the US Open Tennis Championships, which adds to the other three tennis grand slam tournaments – Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon – already exclusively broadcast across Asia on Fox Sports. “This is a great win for Fox Sports and we are pleased that […]
Research from external threat management specialist RiskIQ has identified over 450 pirate content sites serving Malware to people trying to download or stream illegal versions of Game of Thrones. This reinforces recent RiskIQ research showing that 6 in 10 consumers access pirated content and 75 per cent of this pirated content is often used as […]