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ITVX sees May streams up 19% YoY

ITVX has reported its most successful May on record, outperforming 2025’s previous high-water mark with four days of the month remaining. Total streams for the month rose by +19 per cent year-on-year – representing an increase of over 45 million streams compared to May 2025. May also marks only the second month this year (following […]

June 5, 2026

Sony invests in Midnight Labs

Midnight Labs, a specialist in predictive IP protection for entertainment, gaming and content industries, has announced an investment from the Sony Innovation Fund. The investment will fuel the expansion of Midnight Labs’ agentic Enforcement Engine to protect entertainment IP from mass piracy, deepfakes and AI-generated infringement in the US and Japanese markets. To date, Midnight […]

June 5, 2026

FIFA World Cup video game on Netflix

The FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off on June 11th, and to celebrate the start of the tournament, Netflix will debut its FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition game on the same day (with a limited test version of the game available immediately exclusively in Brazil). FIFA’s previous video game publisher, EA, stopped using the name […]

June 5, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Mediawan eyes further expansion abroad

French movie, TV production and distribution group Mediawan feels its growth could hit a glass-ceiling in France, as its weight on the market and business relationships with PSB France Télévisions was largely questioned during the recent, controversial parliamentary commission on the public radio and TV service. Pierre-Antoine Capton, its founder and CEO, said he anticipates […]

June 5, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

LaLiga pulls record US audiences on ESPN

LaLiga recorded its best-ever season in the US across ESPN platforms platforms during the 2025-26 campaign, reaching 20.1 million viewers and 3.9 billion minutes watched, up 10 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, from the previous season. The record-breaking season, which covered all 380 matches, was highlighted by the latest playing of El Clásico […]

June 5, 2026

WBD signs World Series of Poker broadcast deal

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and World Series of Poker (WSOP) have announced a three-year partnership which will see the world’s leading poker event – held annually in Las Vegas since 1970 – broadcast across WBD channels and platforms in Europe, Latin America and Asia The deal will see six 45-minute highlights programmes broadcast across the […]

June 5, 2026

France: World Cup 2026 in UHD on M6 via Fransat

The M6 Group will broadcast FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament matches live and in Ultra High Definition (UHD) via Fransat, Eutelsat’s free-to-air DTH satellite platform for French DTT channels. Thanks to the the Eutelsat 5 West B satellite, viewers across mainland France will be able to watch the event in UHD without reception or bandwidth […]

June 5, 2026

Schitt’s Creek on BBC iPlayer

All episodes of the celebrated Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek – created by and starring father and son duo Eugene and Dan Levy – will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from June 6th. Schitt’s Creek ran for six seasons between 2015 and 2020, attracting a huge cult following and bagging a host of awards. […]

June 5, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Vertical video push on BBC apps

The BBC has announced updates to its BBC Sport and BBC News apps that it says will make it easier and faster to find and discover desirable content, with new features including swipeable vertical videos and a new Shorts tab. “Whether you’re checking breaking news, catching a key sporting moment, or just looking for something […]

June 4, 2026By Nik Roseveare

FIFA+ now exclusively on DAZN

FIFA+ is now exclusively available via DAZN, the sports streaming platform, following a deal first announced in June 2025. Building on the collaboration between DAZN and FIFA at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, this pair say that this latest milestone reflects their shared ambition “to transform how football is experienced globally, bringing together live […]

June 4, 2026By Nik Roseveare