Advanced Television

Spain: Movistar Plus+, EuroLeague extend broadcast deal

Euroleague Basketball has announced the renewal of its longstanding partnership with Movistar Plus+, securing the exclusive broadcast rights of the EuroLeague and non-exclusive rights of the BKT EuroCup in Spain through the 2030-31 season. This five-season extension, secured by Euroleague Basketball’s strategic partner IMG, signed a full year ahead of the current agreement’s expiration, ensures […]

July 11, 2025

Lola Cars, WBD announce collaboration

Lola Cars and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced a strategic partnership to produce content for motorsport fans as part of a new combined market approach. To kick off this collaboration, and in celebration of the theatrical release of DC Studios Superman movie, the Lola T001 driven by Zane Maloney and Lucas di Grassi for […]

July 11, 2025

Live casino streaming: The disruptive format breaking all the streaming rules

It’s easy to assume that all live streaming follows the same template, one camera, a steady feed, and passive viewership. But that assumption crumbles the moment you enter the world of live casino streaming. Here, content doesn’t sit still, but it reacts. It adapts and invites the viewer into something far more involved than traditional […]

July 11, 2025

Wavelength launches to unite creators & contextual social channels

The UNREEL Network and EXTREME International have come together under one brand – Wavelength – to create a social-first media and creator network. By uniting creators with social channel distribution at scale, Wavelength seeks to build a next-generation media company, led by CEO & Founder Alistair Gosling and Co-founder Benjamin Brown. Wavelength’s vision is to […]

July 11, 2025

Rebus season 2 confirmed for BBC

Rebus, the crime drama from Eleventh Hour Films, will return for a second season, penned by Gregory Burke and with Richard Rankin reprising his role as Detective Sergeant John Rebus. Based on the best-selling books by Ian Rankin and filmed in and around Edinburgh and Glasgow, the new season will continue to explore Rebus’s complex […]

July 11, 2025

ITVX, Disney+ announce content sharing deal

The Walt Disney Company and ITV have announced an initiative to carry each other’s streaming services, in the form of a promotional selection, billed as a ‘Taste of ITVX’ and a ‘Taste of Disney+’ respectively. Starting on July 16th, a curated, and regularly refreshed selection of shows and movies from Disney+ and ITVX will be […]

July 10, 2025

UK joining Eutelsat’s €1.5bn capital increase

Eutelsat has announced that the UK is to participate in the contemplated capital increase announced by Eutelsat on June 19th. This additional participation from another key reference shareholder will increase the total amount to be raised to €1.5 billion. His Majesty’s Government, via The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology of the UK […]

July 10, 2025

Roku launches What to Watch on UK TVs

Roku, the TV streaming pioneer, has announced the availability of What to Watch on all existing and future Roku TV models in the UK, giving viewers an easy way to find the content they desire while easing the overwhelm of too many choices. What to Watch offers personalised recommendations based on viewers’ habits, their current […]

July 10, 2025

Mediapro claims founder ‘misappropriation’

Mediapro, the Spanish audiovisual production and TV rights management company chaired by Tatxo Benet, has filed a lawsuit against its co-founder and former managing partner Jaume Roures, accusing him of misappropriation for refusing to transfer ownership of one of the group’s subsidiaries, Versatil Cinema. The lawsuit is a definitive break between Benet and Roures – […]

July 10, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

South Africa: ICASA outlines new rules for DTT

South Africa’s communications regulator ICASA has issued a draft set of digital terrestrial broadcasting regulations. ICASA has set out the frequencies which will be allocated for public broadcasting, commercial free-to-view, subscription and community broadcasting. The new rules, when implemented, will replace older legislation in place for more than 10 years although largely ignored because analogue […]

July 10, 2025By Chris Forrester