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Ofcom: EE TV continues to top pay-TV complaints

Ofocm has published the latest figures for complaints received about the UK’s major broadband, mobile and pay-TV providers. These figures cover the final quarter of 2025, from October to December, and show an increase on the previous quarter for the first time since 2023. Complaints about broadband services decreased, while pay-TV complaints stayed the same. […]

May 11, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Orange Spain launches Vuela TV

Orange Spain has unveiled Vuela TV, a new low-cost TV platform aimed at expanding access to premium entertainment across Spanish households. The launch comes on the heels of Movistar Plus introducing a reduced-content version of its own TV service in an attempt to attract a broader customer base, signalling growing competition in Spain’s streaming and […]

May 7, 2026From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Italy has 283 TV channels

As of December 2025, Italy has 283 TV channels nationwide, operated by just under 100 broadcasters – two‑thirds of them domestic. Excluding duplicates and time‑shifted versions, there are 211 parent channels, according to the 2025 report of the Italian broadcasting association Confindustria Radio TV. High definition has become the standard, with 130 HD channels; for […]

May 1, 2026From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Italy: Sky, WBD renew deal

Sky and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) are renewing their partnership in Italy. The new deal brings an array of channels, on-demand content, movies, and digital services back to Sky. Effective immediately, WBD channels are back among the Sky lineup including: Food Network, HGTV, Nove, Discovery, Real Time, Dmax, Giallo, Discovery Turbo, K2 and Frisbee.  They […]

May 1, 2026

National League final day and play-offs on DAZN

The National League title race comes down to the final day of the regular season on April 25th as Rochdale and York City battle for the title and automatic promotion. One of twelve final day National League fixtures, teams will be vying to finish in the coveted play-off places, with the final day and following […]

April 24, 2026

EC approves RTL’s Sky Deutschland acquisition

The RTL Group has welcomed confirmation by the European Commission (EC) that it has unconditionally approved the planned acquisition of Sky Deutschland (DACH). RTL Group and Sky Group/Comcast will now finalise the transaction, which is expected to close on June 1st. Thomas Rabe, CEO of RTL Group, commented: “We welcome the European Commission’s approval of […]

April 23, 2026By Colin Mann

Guilty plea in Milford Haven piracy case

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 […]

April 22, 2026By Colin Mann

Major anti-piracy success for LaLiga

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 […]

April 21, 2026By Colin Mann

DFB, Deltatre unveil German football streaming service

Deltatre, the streaming, digital, data and broadcast graphics partner, and the German Football Association (DFB) have announced DFB.TV+, a DFB-owned streaming service developed and operated by Deltatre, set to go live on May 22nd ahead of the DFB Cup Final (on May 23rd). As a key component of DFB.TV – the DFB’s first 24/7 pay-TV […]

April 16, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Research: Aggregation keeps 33% of pay-TV subs engaged

Parks Associates has released its latest white paper, Unified Streaming: Unlocking Next-Gen Advertising, developed in partnership with Philo. The research highlights the challenges in monetising consumer attention and the advantages of unified video platforms that can aggregate across streaming formats, which creates new opportunities for advertisers, platforms, and content providers. The firm’s latest data shows […]

April 14, 2026