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Warner Bros Discovery mulls sale

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – the parent company of the likes of HBO, CNN, DC Studios, Eurosport, TNT Sports, Cartoon Network and the Harry Potter franchise – is considering putting the entire company up for sale. The company could also potentially split up Warner Bros and Discovery, and sell off Discovery while merging Warner Bros […]

October 22, 2025

WBD: Surprise, surprise… not

To no one’s surprise it has come to this: Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) isn’t working out and something must be done. To no one’s further surprise, no one knows what to do for the best. We have enjoyed reminiscing here before about the worst deal in history that was the takeover of Time Warner by […]

October 22, 2025

Netflix slumps on missed numbers

Netflix was off seven per cent in premarket on October 22nd as the streamer’s outlook for the coming quarter left investors underwhelmed. A victim of its own success, investors have become accustomed to routine outperformance of predictions, and the stock has bumped over 360 per cent in the past three years. But since peaking this […]

October 22, 2025

Eutelsat Q1: Video down, OneWeb up

Eutelsat’s Q1 numbers (it has a trading year that ends on June 30th) shows overall revenues down by 2.2 per cent YoY at €293 million. The division with the largest fall in revenue is Video, and which still accounts for 47 per cent of revenues, and where its DTH revenues amounted to €134 million, down […]

October 22, 2025By Chris Forrester

BBFC awarded £1m grant to accelerate development of AI tool

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has received a grant of £988,856 from the UK Government to develop its AI compliance tool, Mira. The UK Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) funds regulators and local authorities to trial new and innovative regulatory approaches enabling businesses to bring innovative products to the market quicker. In October […]

October 22, 2025

UEFA, ACE team for antipiracy initiative

European football’s governing body UEFA has officially joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the content protection coalition dedicated to combating digital piracy. UEFA becomes the first exclusive sports rights-holder to join ACE, while contributing to a broader industry-wide effort to safeguard the value of creative and sporting content worldwide. UEFA will play an […]

October 22, 2025By Colin Mann

Viaplay “slightly improves” in Q3

Viaplay Group reports that its continues to execute on its transformation with what is describes as “slightly improved underlying performance” and progress towards closing the Allente acquisition. Total Q3 reported Group net sales of SEK 4,018 million (€367m), down from SEK 4,412 million and total operating income before associated company income (ACI) and items affecting […]

October 22, 2025

DAZN appoints McCloy as Group CCO

DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has appointed Rebecca McCloy as Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). From November, McCloy will oversee global rights and acquisitions at the company, working with local teams, to fuel business growth through commercial initiatives that drive fan engagement. McCloy joins from DAZN’s Foxtel Group in Australia, where she has led commercial […]

October 22, 2025

AST SpaceMobile raises $1bn of fresh debt

AST SpaceMobile is adding to its borrowings, raising $1 billion (€0.86bn) of convertible debt, but using some of its cash to pay off $50 million of existing borrowings. The $1 billion sum is made up of $850 million in new debt, but is giving the lenders the option to increase by $150 million in their […]

October 22, 2025By Chris Forrester

Recurly appoints Schurk as Chief Revenue Officer

Recurly, the subscription management platform for brands, has announced the appointment of Matt Schurk as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Schurk joins the executive leadership team to lead Recurly’s global sales organisation. Schurk most recently serving as CRO at Auctane. “Matt’s proven leadership and focus on scalable, sustainable growth make him an exceptional addition […]

October 22, 2025