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ITV to become home of England men’s football

ITV will show live, exclusive, free to air coverage of all England men’s football matches outside major tournament finals from September 2024 through to June 2028, in a new deal with UEFA. The deal covers all European Qualifiers, UEFA Nations League ties and friendlies between major tournaments. The first qualifying campaign will be England’s bid […]

September 18, 2023

Moley to make FTA debut on POP

Animated adventure series Moley, will premiere exclusively on UK free TV on POP from October 2nd. The show takes audiences to the vibrant city of MoleTown to tell the story of Moley (voiced by Warwick Davis), the charismatic, buoyant Mole living in a burrow deep beneath Windsor Castle. Produced by Two Daughters Entertainment, Moley consists […]

September 18, 2023

Italy: wedotv launches on Eutelsat’s Hotbird

AVoD and FAST channel programmer and distributor, wedotv, is expanding its distribution strategy to include satellite platforms, with the launch of a new wedotv FAST channel platform for audiences in Italy via Eutelsat’s Hotbird satellites, at 13° East. Starting this month, wedotv will add a lineup of 30 FAST channels, including its own proprietary FAST […]

September 15, 2023

Eutelsat, NationalChip deliver Sat.tv features

Eutelsat Communications and silicon chip maker NationalChip are bringing an enhanced Free-To-Air satellite TV viewing experience to millions of homes around the world, thanks to the integration of the Sat.tv services in a chipset that is widely used in set-top boxes around the world. Over 1,000 FTA TV channels broadcast by Eutelsat are viewed by […]

September 15, 2023

Al Jazeera on Freeview

Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, in partnership with Global Distribution Services and Synapse TV, have launched on Freeview (channels 267 and 268) in the UK. Global Distribution Services is a content aggregator specialising in FAST channels, pay TV, and digital monetisation. Synapse serves as its technology provider known for its FAST Server-Side Ad-Insertion […]

September 13, 2023

Samsung TV Plus adds to sports line-up

Samsung Electronics has announced a new roster of sports channels on Samsung TV Plus. The autumn lineup includes Red Bull Media House, The PGA Tour, DAZN Ringside and DAZN Women’s Football. Launched across the UK, Samsung Smart TV and Galaxy device owners can gain unlimited access to content in the professional worlds of football, golf, […]

September 13, 2023

Gracenote streamlines FAST channel distribution

Gracenote, the global content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has unveiled a new programme developed to help content publishers and broadcasters of all sizes get their Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels and programming distributed by major streaming platforms more easily. Leveraging advanced data enrichment services, the Gracenote FAST Programme aims to help Gracenote customers […]

September 12, 2023

England rugby league internationals on BBC

BBC Sport will air live and exclusive coverage of five internationals involving three England rugby league teams this autumn, including a rematch of the 2022 Wheelchair Final between England and France. Tom Halliwell’s World Cup winners will return to action for the first time since their 28-24 triumph against the French in a rematch against […]

September 8, 2023

Research: FAST viewing up 70% YoY in US

Inscape, provider of ACR data from millions of VIZIO smart TVs, has revealed that the consumer shift in streaming is here to stay and the media industry should expect this trend to continue to accelerate. A rise in availability and consumer usage of streaming apps and free ad-supported TV (FAST) services has made streaming the […]

September 7, 2023

Narrative launching POP, Tiny Pop FAST channels

The UK independent TV broadcaster, Narrative Entertainment, will launch POP and Tiny Pop FAST channels on Samsung+ and Netgem from September 13th. The channels will replace the current POP Kids FAST channel, which will also be rebranded to POP on LG, Hisense and Rakuten. These ad-supported free live channels extend the offering of the POP […]

September 6, 2023