LaLiga and Digital Virgo have signed a partnership agreement to introduce LaLiga Xtra,, which reach users on a global level offering a unique way of consuming content, through licensees in 18 countries. The agreement configurates the next phase of LaLiga Xtra, based on a licensing model, which will allow LaLiga to be focused on the content […]
The streaming offering from La Liga, LaLigaSportsTV, aims to reach €100 million in revenues annually and “become a strategic project” for La liga, according to Julio Fariñas, director of the La Liga OTT platform, speaking to El Confidencial. Today, the streaming service offers around 15 competitions both in pay and FTA TV, and between 80 […]
DAZN’s media rights strategy has fuelled continued growth and seen it soar to the tenth most-watched streaming video service in Spain for the first time, according to Consumer research from Ampere Analysis. It is also in eleventh place in Italy, where it holds exclusive rights to the majority of games for the flagship football league, […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, has shut down one of the largest football and live TV piracy operations in Latin America. The ACE action targeted futbollibre.net and televisionlibre.net, as well as 40 additional domains, all operated by an Argentinian man. This […]
The Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) has commended the Singapore High Court for granting an Order to block 30 illegal streaming sites and almost 150 associated domains responsible for the distribution of considerable quantities of illegally streamed content in Singapore. The Order was obtained by CAP members, BBC Studios, Discovery Communications, LaLiga, […]
Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has launched a premium version of its LaLigaSportsTV OTT operation in an attempt to monetise the service. LaLigaSportsTV Plus will offer exclusive content such as the National League of Indoor football, the Spanish Handball League, AFC Champions League and Russian Premier League for a monthly fee of €2.99 or […]
In a joint statement, beIN SPORTS, Canal+ International, Gabon Télévision, LaLiga, the Motion Picture Association, Startimes, Thema, TNT Africa and UEFA have condemned the illegal broadcasting by Gabon satellite operator SatCon. They stress that only those broadcasters who obtain broadcasting authorisation from the rights holders may carry the signals and content of these channels. “We […]
La Liga, Spain’s top-flight football league, and Microsoft are expanding their partnership focused on digitally transforming the sports experience globally. The companies will also collaborate on developing technology solutions to the media and entertainment industry through La Liga’s technology offering, LaLiga Tech. As La Liga’s global Tech and Innovation Partner, Microsoft will help develop new […]
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers has revealed a 64 per cent decrease in consumers accessing piracy websites over the past 12 months. The survey commissioned, by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted by YouGov, found that 22 per cent of online consumers currently use […]
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the Government of Saudi Arabia has actively promoted and supported the beoutQ pirate operation since the beginning. The WTO’s final judgement – published on June 16th 2020 – declares Saudi Arabia has wholly breached, and is breaching, its obligations under international law to protect intellectual property rights. […]