Viaplay has reported Q1 net sales of SEK 4,757m (€410.1m) and operating income before associated company income (ACI) and items affecting comparability (IAC) of SEK -317 million. Core operations (Nordics, Netherlands and Viaplay Select) saw 6 per cent organic net sales growth to SEK 4,459 million, with operating income before ACI and IAC of SEK […]

Following criminal referrals by the Premier League and anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the People’s Court of Hanoi has handed down Vietnam’s first-ever criminal sentence for online copyright infringement against Le Hai Nam, the operator of the illegal IPTV subscription service, BestBuy IPTV. BestBuy IPTV, which has been named in the […]

Prime Video has agreed a sublicensing deal with Viaplay to stream 38 live Premier Leagues (EPL) games per season in Sweden and Denmark until the end of the 2027/28 season. Starting with the 2024/25 campaign in August, Prime Video subscribers in the aforementioned countries will be able to watch Saturday 12:30pm kick-offs (1:30pm CET) from […]

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police executed a week of action, carrying out interviews across the country as part of a crackdown on the supply of illegal streaming services, with a focus on individuals selling modified Fire Sticks. The operation, in conjunction with FACT and the Premier League, targeted […]

In the battle for traditional and streaming TV subscribers, unique content is viewed as the silver bullet. But scripted originals no longer fit the bill: after years of peak TV spending, every platform has at least one. Sports, however, are still unique. If viewers want to watch the NFL, the NBA, or the Premier League, […]

A combination of live and on-demand content has boosted BBC Sounds listening with a record 5 million weekly users accessing the platform across the last two weeks of January and early February (January 22nd – Febraury 3rd) which included content associated with the final of The Traitors and big weeks in sport with strong interest […]

Sky Deutschland and the Premier League have extended their long-term rights partnership. The new agreement comes into force immediately and is valid up to and including the 2027/28 season. Sky Sport will continue to provide extensive coverage of the Premier League in Germany in the future and will show all 380 matches per season in […]

The Premier League and other sports governing bodies should commit to cutting the volume of gambling adverts in stadiums, MPs say, in a report that urges the Government to do more to minimise children’s exposure to gambling advertising. The report on gambling regulation from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of […]

Virgin Media O2 has released its Year in Review which presents a deep dive of trends, habits and behaviours across its broadband, mobile and TV services, revealing that 2023 saw new usage records. The pandemic and Covid restrictions might be a thing of the past for some, but its impact on how Brits are now […]

BT experienced a record-breaking day for overall volume of traffic across its broadband network on December 6th. Data traffic peaked at 30.1Tbps at around 9pm, with the spike driven by six Premier League games – including Aston Villa’s win over Manchester City, and Chelsea suffering defeat against Manchester United – being streamed live on Prime […]