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Telefónica, DAZN score La Liga rights

Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has confirmed the allocation of its domestic broadcasting rights to Telefónica and DAZN for a combined €5.25 billion, securing coverage of Spain’s top-tier football competition from the 2027/28 season through to 2031/32. The agreement, equivalent to €1.05 billion per campaign, was formalised November 28th during a tender process overseen […]

November 28, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Ofcom: “BBC should play to its strengths”

Ofcom has published its annual report on the BBC, assessing the corporation’s performance in meeting the needs of viewers and listeners during the period April 2024 to March 2025. The report also includes the findings of Ofcom’s second ‘Periodic Review’ of the BBC. Drawing on extensive audience research, industry data and stakeholder information, the report […]

November 28, 2025By Colin Mann

Australia: Content quota for streamers becomes law

Australia’s federal parliament has passed legislation that will enforce content quotas for major SVoD platforms such as Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video. The national government announced it would roll out such quotas earlier this November, which require streaming services with over 1 million domestic subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure […]

November 28, 2025

Brazil: Anti-piracy action takes down 535 websites

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) has carried out the eighth phase of Operação 404 (Operation 404), an action aimed at combating crimes against intellectual property on the Internet. This is the largest international mobilisation in the country, with the participation of Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and the UK. Mexico and the US […]

November 28, 2025By Colin Mann

Paramount+ partners with Arsenal

Paramount+ has become an Official Partner of Premier League football club Arsenal. The global partnership will see Arsenal players, club legends and supporters come together to celebrate some of Paramount+’s most popular series such as Yellowstone, Landman and MobLand. Arsenal will also work with Paramount+ on a series of social media campaigns, and supporters will […]

November 28, 2025By Nik Roseveare

BBC Sport agrees La Liga digital clips deal

BBC Sport has secured a new deal to bring football action from La Liga to fans across the UK with a multi-year digital rights agreement for BBC Sport’s social and digital platforms. Starting immediately, audiences will be able to follow the best moments from one of the top-flight Spanish league with BBC Sport delivering key […]

November 28, 2025

Magic Light creates The Gruffalo & Friends idents for BBC

Magic Light Pictures, along with Triggerfish Animation studios, have created new festive idents exclusively for BBC One and BBC iPlayer featuring celebrated characters from the adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s picture books that have become the heart of the BBC’s Christmas offer. This year’s animated film, The Scarecrow’s Wedding is celebrated with an ident starring lead characters Harry […]

November 28, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ESA secures €22bn in funding

Even though some programme approvals are still pending, the European Space Agency (ESA) wrapped up its two day Ministerial meeting in Bremen, Germany, by announcing it had received commitments from its 27 member states which total €22.1 billion for the next three years. The sum is the largest-ever with the ESA noting: “Confirmed support for […]

November 28, 2025By Chris Forrester

Report: Disabled people underrepresented in broadcasting jobs

Disabled people remain significantly under-represented across TV and radio and data on class representation remains poor, according to an Ofcom study on the make-up of the broadcasting industry workforce. The media regulator’s ninth annual equity, diversity and inclusion in broadcasting report shows that disabled people continue to be significantly underrepresented across the industry, accounting for […]

November 28, 2025

Channel 4 reports record Hollyoaks viewership

Channel 4’s ‘digitally supercharged‘ Hollyoaks has continued its ratings momentum, with the channel’s flagship soap achieving a series of audience milestones during its 30th anniversary week. In a standout achievement, the episode broadcast on October 22nd, the Brookside crossover episode, has become Hollyoaks’ best-performing episode for consolidated Individuals viewing (645k) since October 2021, and its highest consolidated share […]

November 28, 2025