UTECA has taken legal action against RTVE over its advertising sales strategy for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, escalating a growing dispute between private broadcasters in Spain and the state-owned corporation. Some seven weeks before the tournament begins, the association of private television networks has filed for urgent precautionary measures before the Commercial Court in […]
A man from Milford Haven in South West Wales has admitted a series of piracy offences said to have caused an estimated £6 million (€6.9m) loss to pay-TV providers including Amazon Prime, BT Sport and Sky. Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court heard that Michael David Barrow operated over a five-year period, supplying aadapted Amazon Fire TV sticks […]
The House of Creators channel has launched on Samsung TV Plus in France, aggregating the content of some of the best French entertainment creators on connected TVs. House of Creators brings together eleven must-know talents from the French creator economy for its launch. “We’re betting on launching a generalist, family-friendly creator channel, perfect for watching […]
NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group has announced Telemundo Puerto Rico FAST channel featuring Telemundo Puerto Rico / WKAQ’s original entertainment and news programming – is available now on Prime Video in the US. “We’re pleased to expand the reach of our new streaming channel and bring WKAQ’s iconic entertainment programming and storied journalism to more […]
Eutelsat has announced the renewal of its partnership with PCTV, a aggregation and distribution company in Mexico and part of Megacable Holdings, for the continued distribution of its video services via the Eutelsat 117 West A (E117WA) satellite. With this agreement, Eutelsat further reinforces its leadership in Mexico by continuing to host key players from […]
Disney+ has announced the return of Rivals: The Official Podcast ahead of the second season of the celebrated Hulu Original series, Rivals, returning to Disney+ on 15th May. Hosted by journalist, broadcaster and Rivals superfan Pandora Sykes, the visual Podcast will feature a line up of cast, creators and celebrity fans of the series, offering […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that subscription streamers accounted for around half of Scripted Spanish-language TV commissions in key markets in 2025, underlining their leading role in Scripted content across Spain and Latin America. In 2025, Spanish accounted for 23 per cent of all non-English-language commissions from global streamers, with Netflix and Prime Video being […]
Spain’s top-flight football league LaLiga is claiming a record blow against audiovisual piracy, securing criminal convictions, damages and fines against one of the largest illegal IPTV networks. The criminal network had more than 2 million users and thousands of channels across three continents, including IPTVStack and RapidIPTV, through which it generated revenues of up to […]
In the first quarter of 2026, the number of paid streaming subscriptions in Sweden amounts to 11 million, reports Mediavision. This is a new record level and corresponds to an increase of nearly 2 million subscriptions compared to the same period last year. “The Swedish streaming market continues to grow rapidly in Q1 2026. New […]
Sky Sports will make both the opening match and final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 available free-to-air on Freeview via Sky Mix (channel 11). The opening match takes place on June 12th and sees England take on Sri Lanka in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Sky Mix will also house the group stage match between […]