United Media, part of United Group – the Southeastern European telco – has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for the acquisition of a 50 per cent equity stake in Alpha TV, a FTA TV station in Greece, from Primos Media. The remaining 50 per cent of Alpha TV is owned by Motor Oil […]

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) and Xumo, Comcast’s and Charter’s streaming platform joint venture, have announced the Lucky Dog FAST channel has launched exclusively on Xumo Play. The Lucky Dog Channel features a new, original series, Lucky Dog: Best in Show. The series spotlights some of the most extraordinary dogs featured on the original series, […]

England Rugby and World Rugby have announced RugbyPass TV as the exclusive broadcast destination for supporters to watch live coverage of England XV v France XV at Allianz Stadium later this June, as well as the England senior men’s test match against the USA in Washington DC in July. The matches will be free to […]

Narrative Entertainment has signed a FAST deal with Samsung TV Plus to bring its kids’ POP channel to Australia and New Zealand. The channel is live now. The launch of POP will mean global franchises such as Totally Spies and Yu-Gi-Oh Sevens are available on FAST for families down under. “It’s well understood that viewing […]

Everyone TV, the organisation behind UK free streaming platform Freely, has struck a deal with streaming company Roku. In another step forward for Freely’s expansion, the platform – backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 – will now become available on the next generation of smart TVs powered by the Roku operating system. […]

Autentic has announced the launch of the English-language version of Terra Mater WILD. Following its strong performance in German-speaking territories, the nature and wildlife FAST channel from Autentic and Terra Mater Studios is now available in English on Samsung TV Plus in the UK, with further rollouts coming soon. A Spanish language version of the […]

Anti-piracy coalition the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed its expansion into protecting Italian-language content with the addition of its newest member, Rai Com S.p.A. (Rai Com), Italy’s public national broadcaster operating eight TV channels and three radio channels worldwide. IBCAP will provide monitoring and takedown services for all of Rai’s channels, including […]

Pluto TV, the FAST platform, and All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN), the global sports television network dedicated to women’s sports, have announced a content partnership to make women’s sports freely accessible to viewers globally. AWSN is available now exclusively on Pluto TV in the UK, Canada and the Nordics, with a simultaneous launch in the […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential cuts planned for the forthcoming Spending Review, which will set the Government’s contribution for the following few years. The letter highlights […]

wedotv, the free streaming TV platform, has announced a distribution agreement with sooka, the Malaysian streaming content provider, to bring four of its signature FAST channels to its platform. The deal marks wedotv’s second major expansion in the Southeast Asian market following its launch earlier this year in Indonesia through Dens.tv. Now, via sooka, Malaysian […]