QYOU scores Dutch sports deal

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has ordered 225 episodes of a show made up of shortform sports content from Dublin-based subscription TV service The QYOU.

Delivered over the next two years, the half-hour Q-Sport show will air on the Ziggo Sport channel in the Netherlands.

It represents the first commercial roll-out of bespoke programming for a third-party linear television operator for The QYOU, which launched its own channel on Beijing-based pay TV operator Star Times in October 2014.

The QYOU describes itself as a curator of internet video for subscription TV services, and this latest project will draw content from sports including surfing, football, BMX and skateboarding.