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Italy: Widespread pay-TV piracy fines

Over 2,282 individuals in 80 Italian provinces have been identified and fined for illegal IPTV streaming of copyrighted content, particularly football. This follows a memorandum of understanding between the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom) and the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police). The fines, issued between March and April 2025, range from €154 to €1,032, based […]

May 19, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

BT close to selling TNT Sports stake to WBD

BT is reportedly in advanced talks to sell its 50 per cent stake in TNT Sports to US joint venture partner Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). A deal could be confirmed in the coming days, according to FT. WBD has an option to buy out BT’s stake before the end of 2026, the FT report added. […]

May 19, 2025

Lineker steps down at BBC

Long-serving BBC presenter Gary Lineker has confirmed that he will leave his role following the final episode of Match of the Day for the 2024/25 season on May 25th – 26 years after he took over from Des Lynam. The highest-paid on-air talent at the BBC will now no longer be part of the broadcaster’s […]

May 19, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Research: Over 23m SVoD subs in Nordics

The Nordic countries added approximately 3.7 million paid subscriptions during the last 12 months, reaching a total of over 23 million, according to data from Mediavision. Sweden leads the Nordic market, both in size and growth. Over the past year alone, more than 2 million new paid subscriptions have been added in Sweden, accounting for […]

May 19, 2025

MultiChoice concludes counterfeit STB case

South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice has reported that a civil case against Uni Li Cell has concluded, which involved 5,000 imported power supply units for use with MultiChoice decoders. The proceedings, under the Counterfeit Goods Act, saw Uni Li Cell and its sole director — who the company hasn’t named – following the seizure of […]

May 19, 2025By Chris Forrester

SpaceX buys Akoustis out of bankruptcy

SpaceX has acquired Akoustis Technologies which manufactures integrated devices using patented bulk acoustic wave RF filters. SpaceX, using subsidiary Tune Holdings, acquired the company out of bankruptcy. “Through the Transaction and in compliance with the sale order entered by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Tune Holdings has acquired substantially all of […]

May 19, 2025By Chris Forrester

Survey: Women in film continue to face career barriers

Despite a growing cultural spotlight on female storytelling and representation, Mastercard’s Women in Film research reveals that aspiring and current female filmmakers across the UK face stark career barriers yet remain hopeful for the future of the industry. Commissioned by in May 2025, the research provides a snapshot of the evolving landscape for female creatives […]

May 19, 2025

Viaplay acquires 16.5m own class B shares

Viaplay Group, the Nordics streaming group, has acquired a total of 16,500,000 own class B shares within the scope of the repurchase programme introduced by the Board of Directors with the purpose of securing the delivery of class B shares to the participants of the company’s long term incentive programme resolved upon by the Annual […]

May 19, 2025

Sunrise Q3 revenue down 3.3% YoY

Swiss telco Sunrise said reported Q1 2025 revenues decreased by 3.3 per cent year-on-year to CHF 722 million (€768.7m)’ largely attributed to lower device sales and a wind down of promotional TV bundles. Sunrise recorded continued net customer growth in Q1 2025, with +12,000 mobile postpaid RGUs (revenue generating units) and +5,000 broadband Internet RGUs. […]

May 19, 2025

Paramount launching Wrestling Central FAST channel

Paramount Global Content Distribution is launching an all wrestling FAST channel, branded Wrestling Central, which will go live soon on The Roku Channel in the US and Canada. The new channel will feature new weekly matches from WOW – Women Of Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) along with an extensive library of archive […]

May 19, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Viasat demos ‘direct-to-car’ from satellite

Viasat has tested sending signals from one of its satellites direct to BMW cars amongst other members of the 5G Automotive Association in Paris. The tests were designed to showcase emergency messaging and hazard warnings. The tests took place in Paris and also featured the first on-the-road, live-traffic demonstration of 5G-V2X Direct technology capabilities for […]

May 19, 2025By Chris Forrester
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