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Roku launching Roku Sports Channel

Roku has unveiled Roku Sports Channel – a new FAST channel, launching in the US on August 12th – that brings all of Roku’s sports content into a dedicated experience for sports fans. Roku Sports Channel will feature a range of popular sports programming that Roku owns and licenses. Featured content will include live Major […]

August 7, 2024

Disney+ adding continuous playlists in US; price hikes

Disney+ is adding continuous playlists to its core subscription on-demand offering in the US. Beginning September 4th, ABC News Live and a playlist focused on preschool content will be available to all subscribers, with four additional curated playlists to follow in the autumn. This new feature bolsters the Disney+ offering ahead of updated pricing for […]

August 7, 2024

CNN launches CNN Originals FAST channel

CNN has launched CNN Originals, a new FAST channel that offers a way for audiences to watch acclaimed long-form content from the CNN Originals Series library. Titles available at launch include Amanpour: Sex and Love Around the World, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Diana, Lincoln: Divided We Stand, Soundtracks: Songs […]

August 7, 2024

Saving Bikini Bottom at Netflix #1

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, the animated film set in the iconic world of SpongeBob SquarePants, shored up 12.8 million views in the week commencing July 29th to land atop Netflix’s English Films List and was the most-watched title of the week. Find Me Falling, the romantic comedy starring Harry Connick Jr, claimed […]

August 7, 2024

HMPG expands content deal with Samsung TV Plus

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a producer and distributor of unscripted programming, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s FAST and AVoD service. Samsung TV Plus, which currently distributes the HMPG FAST channels Xplore, Rovr Pets and The Jack Hanna Channel, will license more than 500 hours of HMPG original […]

August 7, 2024

Autentic FAST channels on Titan OS TVs

Titan OS, the European technology, entertainment and advertising company, has announced a partnership with Autentic, a German media company and joint venture between Patrick Hörl and Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, to launch six new FAST channels across various European countries. The launch of Autentic History, Autentic Travel, Terra Mater WILD, Adventure Earth, SPIEGEL TV Konflikte, […]

August 6, 2024

Rangers’ Champions League qualifier on BBC

BBC Scotland will have full live television coverage of the second leg of Rangers’ tie against Dynamo Kyiv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The broadcaster will show the match on August 13th on the BBC Scotland channel and on iPlayer as Rangers set their sights on progressing to the play-off stage. […]

August 6, 2024

Little Dot Studios Germany partners with Studio71

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced that its German office has signed a partnership with Studio71, the digital media and entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1, to launch two channel brands on the free streaming service Joyn. Effective immediately, selected content from Little Dot Studios’ Real Stories Germany and Real Crime Germany channels, will […]

August 6, 2024

Goalhanger sees record audiences

Goalhanger, the independent UK podcast company, has announced a record level of downloads and views over a busy May to July period, led by a worldwide boost in interest across shows such as The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is Football.  From May 22nd to July 5th, The Rest Is Politics and its companion […]

August 6, 2024

Sky Sports+ goes live on August 8th

From August 8th, Sky Sports subscribers can watch the new Sky Sports+ dedicated channel and numerous live streams at no extra cost. Hundreds of hours of live sport will be available to stream, with four times as many matches from the EFL and all 72 teams featured over 20 times a season. Sky Sports+ will […]

August 5, 2024