DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced that the DAZN app will go live on Sky UK’s platform in 2024, sitting alongside other streaming services such as Prime Video and Disney+. Sky customers will be able to sign up to DAZN’s service on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q, giving access to a range […]
TV listings website On TV Tonight, widely used in the US, Canada and Australia, has announced the launch of the newly rebranded MyTelly.co.uk in the UK. MyTelly.co.uk is an all-in-one UK TV Guide, helping viewers find out where to watch TV and movies legally. MyTelly.co.uk provides an easy to access one-stop site to search for any […]
BBC’s Strictly special was the most watched show in the UK on Christmas Day in 2023 with 5.3 million viewers (excluding The King’s Christmas broadcast). BBC dominated the ratings with nine out of the top ten most watched shows as audiences tuned into the BBC across the day for a range of new episodes of […]
UK’s Zegona, owner of Vodafone Spain, has asked Brussels for access to surplus assets from Orange-MásMóvil under the same conditions as the Romanian operator Digi. According to Expansión, Zegona has requested that European authorities grant a similar deal to Digi’s with both merging companies so that Vodafone can gain broadband and mobile customers from Orange […]
Lionsgate is demerging its studio business into a company that will trade on the Nasdaq in a deal that values the business at $4.6 billion (€4.18bn), including debt. The acquisition by Screaming Eagle Acquisition. a special purpose acquisition company, will create Lionsgate Studios, owner of franchise properties including the The Hunger Games, John Wick (pictured) […]
Polish national broadcaster TVP has suspended its Info 24 hour news channel this week as new Polish prime minister Donald Tusk tries to ‘clean house’ at an institution widely thought to have become a creature of the previous government. The new government’s culture minister, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, has dismissed the heads of public television, radio and […]
Formula E has announced multi-year extensions to their media partnerships with L’Équipe in France and Mediaset in Italy. A minimum of 11 races and nine qualifying sessions in Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will air live on L’Équipe’s main linear FTA channel, la chaine L’Équipe, with the remainder airing near […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband by satellite service says it has more than 2.3 million active customers – up 300,000 from three months ago. However, Starlink declines to call these users “subscribers” which would – at least – confirm there was a commercial relationship in place. Starlink says that it is available on all seven continents and […]
A study by wealthofgeeks unveils that from June 2022 to June 2023 the 50 richest content creators – across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram – earned a $700 million (€635.8m), with a collective following of 2.92 billion – thus averaging $239.68 per 1,000 followers. The study offers insights into earnings, follower count, efficiency, and platform preferences, […]
NBA game viewership in the US across ESPN and ABC is up 16 percent from last season, according to Nielsen. The 29 game broadcasts are averaging 1,712,000 viewers, compared to 1,469,000 last year. Game viewership across ESPN and ABC is also up 26 per cent in the P18-34 demo and up 37 per cent amongst […]