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Roku launches Howdy mobile app in US

Roku has announced that Howdy, its SVoD service, has launched a mobile app in the US. The app is available immediately on the iOS App Store and Google Play, offering a seamless viewing experience with on-the-go access to Howdy’s library of content. “At a time when most things are getting more expensive, Howdy is designed to make premium, […]

April 1, 2026

Tingry named Canal+ Chief data & AI Officer

Anne Laure Tingry has been appointed Chief data & AI (artificial intelligence) Officer at Canal+, reporting to Maxime Saada, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Canal+, and joins the group’s Executive Committee. As the global media and entertainment group steps up its focus on artificial intelligence, Tingry will be responsible for leading Canal+’s […]

April 1, 2026

Data: SpaceX takes 97% of US launch activity

Analysts at Bryce Tech have examined launch activity around the planet during Q4 2025. Bryce says that during the three-month period SpaceX had a 97 per cent market share of the US market and 83 per cent globally. China came a very distant second with 8 per cent of global launches, and Russia took 4 […]

April 1, 2026By Chris Forrester

ITV News unveils un-broadcast footage of Princess Diana

A new episode of the ITV News digital-first history brand Reporting History, published today (April 1st), has shared previously un-broadcast footage of Princess Diana’s trip to Angola in January 1997, in support of a worldwide ban on the use of landmines. Starring Steve Scott, the Africa Correspondent for ITV News at the time, the episode […]

April 1, 2026

ITV acquires Up The Jammers docuseries

ITV Sport will follow Barrie Drewitt-Barlow’s dive into the world of football, in new series Up The Jammers coming to ITV4 and ITVX this April. The entrepreneur has purchased Essex-based Maldon and Tiptree Football Club in a mulit-million pound deal, and the cameras have followed every step of the journey in his first year of […]

April 1, 2026

McCauley named Head of Development at Poison Pen

Poison Pen Studios, Ben Stephenson’s ITV Studios-backed transatlantic scripted label, has announced that Fern McCauley has been appointed as Head of Development. McCauley moves over with immediate effect from her role as Head of IP Acquisitions at the label. McCauley’s appointment comes as the studio prepares for the launch of two new dramas on ITV […]

April 1, 2026

NEM Dubrovnik announces first lineup of speakers and keynotes

Just over two months remain until the next edition of NEM Dubrovnik, the region’s largest CEE TV market. As over the past 13 years, professionals from FTAs, pay-TV channels, streamers, production and distribution companies, media and marketing agencies, and other TV industry specialists will come together from across Europe and beyond, to explore the latest […]

April 1, 2026

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder returns to BBC, Netflix this May

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will return to the BBC on May 27th, with all six episodes of Season 2 launching on BBC iPlayer ahead of their transmission on BBC One and BBC Three. Based on the bestselling novels by Holly Jackson, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is produced by Moonage Pictures, part […]

April 1, 2026

Data: Short Drama among fastest-growing subscription apps

AppsFlyer, the marketing cloud, has released the State of Subscriptions for Marketers 2026, an analysis of subscription trends across platforms, categories and geographies. The data reveals a clear shift in what consumers are paying for, how they are paying for it, and where in the world they are doing it. Short Drama (bite-sized serialised video […]

March 31, 2026

Forecast: Online video, TV revenues over $1tn By 2030

According to data presented by Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director at Omdia, at the FED Show in Madrid, global traditional TV and online video revenues are set to exceed $1 trillion (€0.87tn) by 2030, marking a structural shift in the media and entertainment industry. Omdia forecasts that total revenues will grow from $775 billion […]

March 31, 2026