Social video continues to expand rapidly across the Nordic region, reports Mediavision. This spring, more than seven million people aged 15-74 consumed social video on an average day – an approximate 30 per cent rise compared to spring 2024. Facebook and Instagram maintain the highest daily reach in the Nordics, closely followed by TikTok, all […]
Following publication of the UK Government’s Creative Industries Sector Plan, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons, said: “It’s crucial that the Government has a comprehensive strategy in place that allows the creative industries to unlock their full potential and drive innovation and growth for […]
Telia Norway has entered into a partnership agreement with BritBox, the British streaming service owned by the BBC. This autumn, Telia’s TV customers in Norway will have access to BritBox via Telia Play. “We are very pleased with the new partnership with BritBox,” commented Torgeir Røynstrand, head of Telia Norway’s fixed-line division for the residential […]
A Delaware bankruptcy court on June 23rd approved the long-term acquisition by AST SpaceMobile (AST) of Ligado’s L-band spectrum over North America. The judge, Thomas Horan, was brief in saying: “I am going to grant the motion today. The motion is granted”. The motion in question was that AST would pay $568 million (€490m) to […]
The SPFL has agreed changes to its long-term broadcast deals with Premier Sports and Sky Sports to allow two post-split bottom six matches to be shown live on Premier Sports from season 2025/26. The SPFL and Premier Sports signed a five-season contract in 2024 for the broadcaster to show 20 live William Hill Premiership matches […]
Virgin Media O2 has launched two new FAST channels, providing customers the opportunity to watch an array of new content at no extra cost. Available to Virgin TV customers directly via their set-top box, the new FAST channels offer viewers 24/7 access to binge-worthy TV favourites. Virgin TV customers will gain access to: British Screen […]
LALIGA Extratime, La Liga’s own annual sports industry event, took place at The Meliá Kuala Lumpur hotel last week. La Liga CEO, Javier Tebas, opened the event with a speech that emphasised the importance of the fight against audiovisual fraud. Piracy causes global losses in terms of new revenues of more than 28 billion dollars […]
Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, has announced the addition of Connected TV (CTV) coverage into its Ad Intel product. Adding CTV coverage to Ad Intel, Nielsen’s source of advertising intelligence, allows marketers and advertisers to understand the media landscape so they can effectively plan campaigns. This enhancement enables ad spend to […]
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) continues to grow in appeal to communications service providers (CSPs) around the world, with the ability to offer speed-based tariff plans – enhanced by 5G capabilities – proving particularly attractive, the June 2025 Ericsson Mobility Report shows. While about 80 per cent of the global CSPs sampled by Ericsson currently offer […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Google with ‘strategic market status’ (SMS) in general search and search advertising under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime. The CMA has also published a roadmap of potential actions it could prioritise were Google to be designated. Early priorities include: requiring choice screens for […]