Advanced Television

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Disney+ this August

Disney+ has announced that the Original limited series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, will premiere on August 20th on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland, on Hulu in the US, and Disney+ internationally, with two episodes at launch, then one new episode weekly. A limited series inspired by the story of how Amanda Knox […]

June 6, 2025

Low latency streaming trial begins on BBC iPlayer beta

Just ahead of its live coverage of the Wimbledon tennis tournament and Glastonbury music festival, the BBC has announced that it is commencing the first phase of a trial of low latency live streaming on its iPlayer service. “For the next few weeks, viewers using selected devices who have opted into iPlayer’s ‘beta’ mode may […]

June 5, 2025

Report: Advertisers achieve new levels of transparency and scale with CTV

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is helping brands gain confidence in CTV as an advertising channel through new business intelligence, market data and real-world campaign findings captured in a new contextual advertising report. Available now, the resource delivers actionable insights enabling brands to overcome the lack of transparency that hampers confidence in […]

June 5, 2025

SES, Intelsat deal set to win unconditional EU approval

SES looks set to gain unconditional European Union (EU) antitrust approval for its $3.1 billion (€2.7bn) deal to acquire rival Intelsat. The merger will receive the EU’s approval, reports Reuters, and the European Commission is scheduled to publish its own ruling by June 10th. The deal announced, first announced in April 2024, was recently given […]

June 5, 2025

Report: Tech sector emissions, energy use grow with rise of AI

Tech sector carbon emissions have continued their rise in recent years, fueled by rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructure, according to Greening Digital Companies 2025. The report, produced by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), tracks the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy use, and climate commitments of […]

June 5, 2025

Forecast: Music streaming market to surpass 1bn subs by 2027

Buoyed by surging consumer appetites, the global music market is charting a course towards new growth. Futuresource Consulting forecasts that music streaming subscriptions will exceed 1 billion by the end of 2027, climbing to 1.2 billion by 2029. Meanwhile, physical media continues to carve out a growing niche in this increasingly digital market. “Despite economic […]

June 5, 2025

Eutelsat, Orange announce multi-year LEO agreement

Eutelsat Group and Orange have signed an agreement enabling Orange to reinforce its position in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications, leveraging Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. Through this latest investment, Orange aims to strengthen its satellite solutions portfolio with LEO connectivity solutions providing high throughput, low latency, resilient and sovereign services to its enterprise and government […]

June 5, 2025

Why streaming platforms are becoming the new media empires

Not too long ago, we all had to plan our evenings around the TV. We had a guide in one hand, and at certain times during the week, we’d watch our favourite shows. If you weren’t there at the starting time, you missed it! Fast forward to today, and you can binge an entire season […]

June 5, 2025

Malaysia: wedotv launches FAST Channels on sooka

wedotv, the free streaming TV platform, has announced a distribution agreement with sooka, the Malaysian streaming content provider, to bring four of its signature FAST channels to its platform. The deal marks wedotv’s second major expansion in the Southeast Asian market following its launch earlier this year in Indonesia through Dens.tv. Now, via sooka, Malaysian […]

June 5, 2025

Canada: Disney+, Crave and TSN bundle offers

Bell Media and Disney Entertainment have announced new streaming bundle offers for the Canadian market that include Disney+, Crave, and TSN, slated to launch later this year. At launch, the new bundles provide savings for viewers when they combine services together, giving customers access to a vast selection of content, including HBO and Max Originals, […]

June 5, 2025