Premier Sports is ready to deliver another campaign of Investec Champions Cup rugby in 2025/26 and has unveiled a 40-strong TV team line-up to showcase 80+ EPCR live games on its channels. All the action kicks off on December 5th with rugby’s finest commentators, presenters and pundits set to take centre stage as the tournament […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new edition of the report, Audiovisual fiction production in Europe – 2015-2024 figures. The report analyses the volume of TV and SVoD fiction films and series produced in Europe, where they originate from, which ones are international co-productions, and who […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has received a second round of bids, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix according to Reuters, in an auction that could conclude before the end of the year. Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix all worked on improved offers for the media giant ahead of the December 1st deadline for second […]
Amplified, a specialist in human-led media measurement, and the Video Futures Collective (VFC), an alliance of Australia’s video streaming platforms, have released the results of a market-wide, industry-endorsed study of attentive viewing in streaming video advertising. The study found that almost 80 per cent of a streaming video advert is viewed attentively on average, versus […]
Research from Omdia presented by Omdia Head of M&E Maria Rua Aguete at Content London reveals that Spain is now Europe’s leading free ad supported streaming TV (FAST) market, with 35 per cent of online adults watching FAST services each month. This places Spain ahead of the UK (26 per cent), Germany (25 per cent) and […]
The Nordic TV and streaming market is predicted to reach €10.7 billion in turnover in 2025, according to research from Mediavision. The market, which includes subscription revenues, advertising revenues, and public service, thereby grows by 2 per cent compared to 2024 (at constant exchange rates). At the same time, the revenue is being redistributed. Revenues […]
Video streaming software and services provider, Accedo, and OTT platform provider, Magine Pro, have signed a binding agreement to carve out and merge their respective SaaS businesses Accedo One and Magine Pro into a new jointly owned company. The merger will create a global player in SaaS solutions for OTT streaming, by combining Accedo One’s […]
A study by global tech strategist Juniper Research has found satellite provider revenue from direct-to-cell (D2C) will exceed $370 million (€279.9m) in 2026, up from $100 million this year. This substantial single-year growth of more than 260 per cent is fuelled by growing partnerships between mobile network operators (MNOs) and satellite operators, which are rolling out […]
Whale TV has announced the arrival of Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime, on Whale TV enabled smart TVs. The addition of Crunchyroll further strengthens Whale TV’s growing content line-up, giving subscribers access to a variety of mediums and genres. “Anime is a rapidly growing entertainment category worldwide, that is evolving from a niche into […]
Declan Ganley, CEO at Rivada Space Networks, says his firm has won a long-running dispute with Chinese-backed entities over Rivada’s rights to satellite spectrum. He commented: “I received good Thanksgiving day news from my excellent legal teams in Liechtenstein and Germany.” Ganley added: “[The decision is] a crushing victory over Chinese backed lawfare as we […]