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Disney+ adds 3.8m subs in Q4

The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and full year ended September 27th 2025. Q4 revenues were at $22.5 billion (€19.3bn) – comparable to Q4 fiscal 2024 – and increased 3 per cent for the year to $94.4 billion from $91.4 billion in the prior year. Total segment operating income decreased […]

November 13, 2025

Report: 58% of UK homes have fewer than 3 streaming subs

Samba TV has released its State of Streaming: UK Q4 2025 report. The data spotlights a maturing UK streaming market defined by genre loyalty and careful content curation, both from platforms and from budget-conscious households. Over half of UK households have fewer than three streaming subscriptions, according to the report. UK households demonstrate selective subscription behaviour, […]

November 13, 2025

Channel 4 sees 222m streaming views in October

Channel 4 reports that it was once again the fastest growing of the leading commercial streamers in October. Retaining top spot for a second month running, October saw Channel 4 set industry benchmarks while setting records including an all-time high for youth streaming, according to Barb data. Channel 4 set a new streaming high of […]

November 13, 2025

Spain: Tivify launches Fibra TV

Spanish streaming platform Tivify has announced the launch of Fibra TV, its new broadband and mobile service that includes access to more than 250 television channels at no extra cost across all plans. Fibra TV operates on the MásOrange network, offering a range of broadband and TV bundles with speeds of 300 Mb (€26/month), 600 […]

November 13, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

ISDs seized in Johannesburg raid

Police in Lenasia, Johannesburg, have confiscated hundreds of illegal streaming devices valued at some R546,000 (€25,600). The seizure included Android TV boxes that were preloaded with pirated content from MultiChoice and other streaming services, as well as remotes, cables, USB sticks, a laptop, and a cellphone. The raid was carried out by the Hawks, a […]

November 13, 2025By Colin Mann

Wicked is Roku’s first global Roku City takeover

Roku City will get a Wicked-ly enchanted new look when Universal Pictures paints the iconic cityscape green and pink, in celebration of the November 21st cinematic release of sequel movie Wicked: For Good. For the first time ever, this Roku City takeover will span the globe, across the UK, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the US, […]

November 13, 2025By Nik Roseveare

TrillerTV to launch Willow by Cricbuzz

Flipps Media has announced the launch of Willow by Cricbuzz, a subscription streaming service delivering some of the world’s best cricket directly to fans across the US and Canada. The standalone subscription offering joins the SVoD lineup on TrillerTV, the sports media platform of Flipps Media, and is available immediately. Willow by Cricbuzz features more […]

November 13, 2025

ITV launches Live Addressable +; TikTok partnership

ITV has announced the launch of its new addressable advertising product – Live Addressable +. Launched on stage at the ITV Palooza, ITV’s flagship commercial event, this development brings addressable targeting options to ITV’s live linear broadcast channels for the first time. Exclusively bookable via Planet V,  Live Addressable + will apply ITVs full suite […]

November 12, 2025By Nik Roseveare

MPs to question BBC editorial guidelines

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold an evidence session with members of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee – BBC Chair Samir Shah and BBC board members Robbie Gibb and Caroline Thomson. The hearing is likely to take place in the next few weeks, with […]

November 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Amagi powers launch of Kogan TV+ in Australia

Amagi, a cloud-based SaaS technology solutions provider for broadcast and streaming TV, has announced that Kogan Australia, one of the country’s leading e-commerce brands, has launched Kogan TV+, a new Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platform that delivers premium content completely free. The launch of Kogan TV+ marks the company’s entry into the growing streaming […]

November 12, 2025