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Orbex Denmark filing for bankruptcy

Orbex’s Danish subsidiary, Orbital Express Launch ApS, is set to file for bankruptcy, with its facilities officially having closed on January 20th and some 90 employees losing their jobs. The UK parent is also financially stretched and has signed a ‘letter of Intent’ to sell its assets to space logistics business The Exploration Company. Orbex […]

January 23, 2026By Chris Forrester

DRM-based digital radio arrives in South Africa

February 13th will see the launch in South Africa of Digital Radio using the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) format. Aldred Dreyer, chairman of the DRM South Africa Group, the organisation that’s spearheading the development, roll-out and promotion of DRM radio in the country, has confirmed the trial will commence which follows the granting of a […]

January 23, 2026By Chris Forrester

Ericsson Q4 sales up 6% YoY

Ericsson has reported that Q4 2025 sales increased by 6 per cent YoY, beating analyst estimates. Market areas Europe, Middle East and Africa and South East Asia, Oceania and India all grew, whilst Americas was broadly stable and North East Asia declined. Reported sales were SEK 69.3 billion (€6.5bn). Full year sales increased by 2 […]

January 23, 2026

Mega Movie Week returns to Nordics for 2026

Members of The Digital Entertainment Group: Nordic Committee (DEGN) have announced the first edition of Mega Movie Week in 2026. For the second time, film lovers across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland will be able to enjoy promotional prices on VoD across ten days (January 23rd to February 1st). The latest edition of Mega Movie […]

January 23, 2026

Sky appoints Clark as Commissioning Executive for SNL UK

Lisa Clark joins Sky as Commissioning Executive on SNL UK, working with the unscripted entertainment team under Phil Edgar-Jones to help shape the series for Sky audiences. Clark has served as Executive Producer on hit shows including BAFTA-nominated series Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Top Gear and Daisy May & Charlie Cooper’s NightWatch, as well […]

January 23, 2026

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January 23, 2026

Survey: UK households push back on streaming price hikes

More than half of UK households (59 per cent) are worried about streaming annual price increases according to the latest EY Decoding the Digital Home Study. The survey of 2,000 UK consumers, which reviews attitudes towards technology, media and telecoms (TMT) found that most consumers believe streaming platform price hikes (65 per cent) are unfair […]

January 22, 2026

Italy: SVoD users dip as FAST grows

Despite the increasing popularity of streaming in Italy, the number of unique users for SVoD services decreased by 1.3 per cent in September 2025 compared to the previous year, totalling 15.7 million. Data from the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom) for the first nine months of 2025 reveals that Netflix remains the leader with 8.3 […]

January 22, 2026From Branislav Pekic in Rome

France: Linear TV dominates but on-demand gaining

On-demand content consumption is firmly established in the French TV market according to Médiamétrie’s latest study, 2025 TV/Video Year. In 2025, French viewers devoted 61 per cent of their daily video time to live television, while à la carte video, including AVoD, SVoD and online videos (including social networks) represented 39 per cent of their […]

January 22, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

French telcos confirm Altice talks

A consortium composed of Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Free-iliad Group has confirmed ongoing discussions with the Altice Group in connection with a potential transaction to acquire a large part of the telecommunications activities of the Altice Group in France. “Due diligence works have been initiated in early January 2026,” the consortium said in a statement […]

January 22, 2026By Colin Mann