Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty of £375,000 on religious channel, The Word Network, for breaching broadcasting rules on multiple occasions. Having received viewer complaints – and in one case following routine monitoring – the media regulator launched investigations into the following programmes: Stem Cell Activators, broadcast on July 24th 2023; Various episodes of Peter […]
SpaceX cracked another pair of records on December 7th. It used one of its Falcon 9 boosters for the 32nd time, itself a spectacular achievement. The booster (1067) was used on a launch from Kennedy Space Center and part of the cargo of Starlink satellites is the 3,000th to be launched this year – and […]
Staff at Hub Entertainment Research have shared their 2026 predictions for the media and streaming industry. Hub is forecasting increased investment in niche sports, bigger TV/streaming bundles; a push from YouTube onto TV screens; Prime Video improving its content search; and Netflix making a gaming focus – and perhaps absorbing HBO. A boom in niche […]
United Group, the telco and media company in Southeastern Europe, has successfully completed an offering of its euro-denominated notes maturing in January 2032 for a total principal amount of €400 million. The issue price of the notes was par, and the notes have a fixed rate coupon of 6.25 per cent per annum. The notes […]
The British Film Commission and Italian Film Commissions joined forces under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the aim of recognising and enhancing the collaboration between the UK and Italian screen industries, as well as incentivising and promoting inward investment film and high-end TV production across the two territories. Building on the MoU signed […]
November 2025 marked 15 years of the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly readout on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming. Starting in 2026, the streaming giant says it will continue publishing monthly performance data on the ISP Speed Index site, but these updates will shift to a […]
Autentic has launched its new FAST channel Wheels & Steel on Samsung TV Plus in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium, with further rollouts on additional platforms and confirmed launches in North America scheduled for the coming months. The English-language channel showcases the world of heavy machinery, precision engineering and raw power from colossal construction equipment and mega machines to […]
Point Topic has released its latest forecasts for fixed broadband subscribers by technology. They are based on on the Global Broadband Subscriber figures for up to Q2 2025. By 2030 Point Topic is projecting a total of 1.54 billion subscribers to a fixed broadband connection in the 30 largest broadband markets in the world, compared to […]
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced the election of two newly elected Board Directors, K. Aravamudhan, Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Legal, JioStar and Vivek Couto, Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Director, Media Partners Asia. AVIA says “their extensive experience and deep understanding of the media landscape will bring valuable insights to AVIA’s […]
Journey, the multidimensional experience agency, has acquired the UK-based Dimension Studio, a creative technology company specialising in virtual production for film and episodic TV, animation, location-based entertainment and live experiences. Journey aims to redefine the experiences that connect people, brands and culture. From immersive storytelling at the Empire State Building, to reimagining opera in The Adventures of Kavalier […]