Fuel TV has joined the Netgem TV platform in the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar.
ESPN to bring LaLiga to the US
ESPN has entered into a long-term agreement with LaLiga that will make ESPN+ the new English and Spanish-language home for LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank in US for the next eight seasons.
Disney+ tops 100 million
The number of subscribers to Walt Disney Company’s streaming service Disney+ has reached 103.6 million.
Premier League rights to rollover for three years
The Premier League clubs have agreed to a proposal for three-year renewal of agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport.
Major boost for Ukrainian OTT service
Ukraine’s Oll.TV has added three foreign channels featuring content from leading studios to its offer.
SPI teams up with Digital Virgo
SPI/FilmBox and Digital Virgo have signed a distribution deal to bring FilmBox Africa and several other channels to multiple territories on the continent.
Discovery puts 4K content on Magenta
Discovery and Deutsche Telekom are to run non-fiction content on Telekom’s TV platform Magenta.
Vice Media prepares for blank check ‘IPO’
Vice Media group is preparing to go public with a so-called ‘blank check’ merger that would free it of the financial obligations it holds with the private equity firm TPG.
Tet eyes Russian language channel
The Latvian incumbent Tet has announced plans to launch a Russian language channel on May 21.
New sports channels for Slovakia
Slovak publicly owned RTVS and national commercial broadcaster Joj plan to launch new sports channels.