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Research: Aggregation, all-inclusive rights appeal to sports fans

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favourite teams and leagues. Data from Hub Entertainment Research’s Evolution of Sports: What’s the Score? Wave 5 study finds that the growing number of services carrying games is also making sports harder for fans in the US to find. Hub’s bi-annual sports study tracks how […]

March 9, 2026

Data: Women’s football sponsorship sees growth across Europe

Ampere’s latest sponsorship data shows that the number of women’s-only sponsorship deals across Europe’s top domestic leagues has increased by 53 per cent since the 2022/23 season, reaching 181 deals. Growth has been recorded in every major European league except France’s Première Ligue, signalling a broad-based shift in brand appetite. Key findings: The highest growth […]

March 9, 2026

Switzerland rejects plan to cut TV licence fee

Citizens in Switzerland have voted against an initiative to reduce the annual licence fee to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) – the country’s national public broadcaster. The fee, which has already been cut in recent years, currently costs 335 Swiss francs (€372) per household per year. The initiative, backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]

March 9, 2026

Barb adds pre-campaign planning to Barb Ads Hub

Barb, the UK audience measurement specialist, has added pre-campaign planning functionality to Barb Ads Hub, its new analytics system for full-cycle ad campaign planning and reporting. The inclusion of pre-campaign planning means Barb Ads Hub is now the single port of call for all UK advertising buyers and sellers’ pre- and post-campaign planning needs. Users […]

March 9, 2026

Report: Telcos missing opportunity to improve networks using AI

Telcos must look beyond their own organisations to maximise the benefits of AI, the WBBA has advised in a report launched at BDC Barcelona 2026. Surveying over 340 telecoms professionals, the State of AI in Telecoms report has found that while AI adoption is accelerating, most operators continue to focus on internal efficiency and cost […]

March 9, 2026

MPs to quiz YouTube on children’s content

Senior executives from YouTube will face questions from MPs on what the company is doing to ensure young people can find high-quality content on its platform, which, according to Ofcom, is now the most used app or site by children of all ages. The evidence session on March 10th is part of the Culture, Media […]

March 9, 2026By Colin Mann

Samsung ranked global TV market leader for 20th consecutive year

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has ranked as the world’s No.1 TV brand for the 20th consecutive year, based on revenue share. Samsung had held the top position in the global TV market since 2006, and, according to market research firm Omdia, the company recorded a 29.1 per cent share of the global TV […]

March 9, 2026

SpaceX: Over 11,000 satellites launched

March 7th saw SpaceX launch 25 satellites from its Vandenberg Space Force complex. There’s another 25 due to launch on March 10th also from Vandenberg, and a further 29 craft from Cape Canaveral on March 12th. These totals will take the overall total of satellites launched by SpaceX to 11,493, of which some 10,015 either […]

March 9, 2026By Chris Forrester

Joyn grows net reach by 24.8% YoY

Joyn, the German streaming platform, continued to grow in February 2026 in terms of key figures. For the fifth consecutive month, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s streamer climbed above the 10 million mark and achieved a net reach of 10.3 million. Compared to February 2025, Joyn’s net reach grew by 24.8 per cent. There was also strong […]

March 9, 2026

Amazon Leo urges FCC to block Musk’s 1m satellite plan

Amazon Leo has filed a formal petition calling on the FCC to deny SpaceX’s 1 million-satellite proposal for orbiting data centres using the Sun to charge batteries and the cold of space to cool on-board processing. Amazon argues that the SpaceX 1 million satellite project would take “centuries” to deploy. Amazon Leo says: “Deploying the […]

March 9, 2026By Chris Forrester