Former England international Daniel Sturridge is joining the Sky Sports football presenting team for the 2023/24 season, making his first appearance of the new Premier League campaign on August 13th. Throughout the season, Sturridge will share his insights and opinions alongside the likes of Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp, Izzy Christiansen, Karen Carney, Micah […]
South Africa based satellite TV provider, MultiChoice, will no longer accept new DStv subscriptions or reconnections in Malawi after it declared it will no longer provide the service in the country. This move comes after MultiChoice Malawi revealed plans to raise DStv rates in the Southeastern African country. However, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) […]
Latin American marketplace Mercado Livre has launched a streaming aggregator service for its 77 million customers in Brazil. Mercado Play results from a partnership with the Disney+, Star+, HBO Max, and Paramount+ streaming platforms. It provides free access to around 1,600 titles, with 6,000 hours of content, including movies, TV series, documentaries, and reality shows. […]
The media diets of viewers and listeners in the UK appear to be more diverse and fragmented than ever, according to broadcast regulator Ofcom’s latest annual report on the TV, online video, radio and audio sectors. As competition for the nation’s attention intensifies, Media Nations 2023 finds that the proportion of viewers who tune in […]
Results from a recent Kagan US Consumer Insights survey show that the use of digital entertainment among younger Americans (Gen Z adults and millennials) and older Americans (baby boomers and seniors) is profoundly different. Gen Xers tend to bridge the gap, which makes them part of everyone’s target market. Among the key findings: Baby boomers/seniors […]
Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, has announced new Search Behaviour targeting capability for the AdSmart addressable platform. Driven by wider industry demand to bring digital and TV campaigns closer together, Search Behaviour attributes allows brands for the first time to target audiences based on specific online search behaviours including frequency and intent. […]
Telefónica has acquired Spanish TV rights to UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Conference League and Youth League football until 2027 for €960 million (€320 million per season). Telefónica revealed the deal to the Spanish Stock market CNMV. A contract with UEFA is to be signed shortly. With these rights, Telefónica will be able to offer […]
Sky has obtained a UK High Court order that will make ISPs responsible for blocking piracy services illegally streaming sports and entertainment it owns rights to. The blocking order, granted last week, will require UK online platforms to stop people from illegally accessing streams across a range of linear channels — where viewers must tune […]
Sky has starting rolling out new features to Entertainment OS, its Sky Glass and Sky Stream operating system. Entertainment OS 1.2 brings viewers a new way to ‘manage all’ their curated Playlists, a faster way to ‘Restart’ any TV programme or film, and a new ‘continue watching’ rail for Netflix content. And with the Women’s […]
For the first half of 2023, Vivendi’s revenues were €4.698 billion, an increase of 3.7 per cent (+3.2 per cent at constant currency and perimeter), mainly as a result of revenue growth at Canal+ Group (+€86 million) and Havas (+€61 million), as well as the performance of Gameloft (+€19 million). Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Chief Executive […]