The Spin Off, a new app-based quiz game, has launched – produced by ITV Studio’s who are behind popular game shows such as The Chase, Walk The Line, Sitting on a Fortune and Catch Point. Players can enter the app daily and play for free, with 60 winners drawn every day. A player will need to […]
Mega Movie Weekend has returned, running from November 21st to 23rd featuring a range of titles at promotional prices to help audiences build their digital libraries and have warm nights in as the weather grows colder. The campaign runs across key retailers, including Prime Video, Sky Store, the Apple TV app, Rakuten TV, Virgin Media […]
The BBC has acquired an adaptation of Treasure & Dirt, the crime novel by Scrublands writer Chris Hammer, for BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Sphere Abacus. Set in a dying opal town in the middle of the desert, when a miner is found beheaded and left to decompose in the depths of his own […]
At the YouTube Festival 2025 in Paris, Google-owned video platform YouTube unveiled figures from its economic impact report on the creators’ economy in France. Content creators and their activities have accordingly contributed more than €1 billion to France’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time in 2024. The figure includes direct revenue generated from […]
Sports marketing agency IMG has launched its Digital Trends Report 2026, exploring the technologies and developments that will shape the sport and media landscape for rightsholders over the next 12 months. Featuring insights and analysis from IMG’s global team of digital experts, this year’s predictions explore the disruption of content distribution, Amazon’s unique position in […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the antipiracy coalition, and DAZN, the sports streaming platform, have announced that the operator of Photocall – a website with pirated content hosted from Spain that retransmitted live channels – has agreed to shutter the illicit operation. Following an investigation conducted by ACE and DAZN, the operator of […]
Amazon has announced it is using generative AI to provide a Video Recap service for shows on its streaming platform. Video Recaps use AI to identify a show’s most important plot points, combining them with synchronised voice narration, dialogue snippets and music to create a visual summary that refresh viewers for a new season. “Video […]
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!‘s return has seen a surge in audience streaming, with the new series achieving 12.3 million streams in its first three episodes. The figures mark a 28 per cent year on year increase for the show, which achieved its most streamed launch in series history. Additionally, I’m A Celebrity […]
beIN Media Group has announced the renewal of its broadcast partnership with the NBA to air games across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The renewal builds on beIN and the NBA’s 17-year collaboration. beIN has held the rights to the NBA in MENA since 2008. The renewed agreement includes regular-season games, NBA Playoffs, […]
ITV has affirmed a new four-year deal that will maintain the broadcaster as the host of free-to-air UK horse racing between 2027 and 2030. The announcement provides the sport with a clear runway in the coming few seasons and clears any confusion about who is going to host the biggest fixtures when the current contract […]