Tennis fans across the UK will be able to watch sporting icon Serena Williams compete at the Queen’s Club championships live and exclusively on the Tennis Channel, available subscription-free on Samsung TV Plus. Following confirmation of Williams’ participation in the tournament, Tennis Channel will be the only broadcaster in the UK showing all of Williams […]
NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group has launched Noticias Telemundo Suroeste, a new FAST channel featuring locally produced content from Telemundo-owned stations across the Southwest US. The 24/7 Spanish-language channel is available immediately on the participating Telemundo-owned stations’ digital platforms. Noticias Telemundo Suroeste is also part of Amazon Fire TV Channels, and will be soon added to […]
TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi, has released its Q4 2025 Video Trends Report, which reinforces that video serves as a historically resilient, high-priority category, even as the entertainment landscape grows increasingly fragmented and competitive. The report finds that even amid economic pressures that could impact discretionary entertainment spending, consumers in the US and […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold a further evidence session on June 10th as part of its enquiry into the BBC Royal Charter Review. The BBC’s relationship with online platforms and social media and the importance of impartiality will be among topics under discussion. MPs will […]
Hemisphere Media Group, the US media company targeting the US Hispanic and Latin American markets, has announced that its FAST channel WAPA+ is now available for free on Prime Video, expanding the reach of the company’s Puerto Rican-focused streaming offering to audiences across the US. WAPA+ carries the best-of programming from the Puerto Rican broadcast […]
AMC Global Media UK has announced at SXSW London a dedicated FAST channel for The Walking Dead Universe (TWDU). Launching this June across a number of UK FAST platforms, the channel requires no subscription, allowing audiences to drop in and discover the iconic Walking Dead franchise without the need to sign up or search. The […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has unveiled a new research report, The FAST Advantage, exploring how FAST is rapidly becoming a mainstream viewing behaviour across Europe, reshaping how audiences discover, engage with and access content. The findings from the report were presented by Cédric Dufour, CEO and President of Rakuten TV, at SXSW 2026 […]
Everyone TV, the organisation running the UK’s free-to-view television platforms, has published updated forecasts from 3 Reasons, the independent analyst and specialist in TV platform dynamics. As government considers the long-term future of TV distribution, the new projections add robust evidence to the ongoing debate on how viewers will access TV in the coming years. […]
Members of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons are to question media analysts and academics on the BBC Royal Charter Review as the CMS Committee continues its look at what needs to be done to make the BBC fit for the future. The committee’s BBC Royal Charter Review inquiry […]
Virgin Media O2 has announced the immediate launch of two new FAST channels – 8 out of 10 Cats and Pointless – offering Virgin TV customers even more entertainment at no extra cost. 8 out of 10 Cats (Ch250) and Pointless (Ch 251) are both available to stream 24/7 to all Virgin TV360 and Stream […]