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Virgin Media TV offers 14 free South Asian channels

From now until August 17th, Virgin Media is giving its TV customers access to 14 South Asian TV channels at no extra cost in celebration of South Asian Heritage Month. The TV channels included are part of Virgin Media’s Asian Mela bundle, which normally costs £12 per month and offers customers access to thousands of […]

July 18, 2025

PubMatic launches AI-powered Live Sports Marketplace

PubMatic, the independent technology company delivering digital advertising’s supply chain of the future, has launched an AI-powered Live Sports Marketplace that enables advertisers to target specific game moments across streaming platforms in real-time. This proprietary technology analyses live game data, offering granular event-level curation and real-time access to live sports ad inventory. The Live Sports […]

July 18, 2025

Lilo & Stitch hits $1bn at Box Office

The Walt Disney Studios’ Lilo & Stitch movie has officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office ($416.2 million domestic, $584.8 million international), becoming the first Motion Picture Association (MPA) title of 2025 to reach the milestone. With this achievement, Disney has released four billion-dollar films in the past 13 months alone […]

July 18, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 announces unscripted formats for comedy channel

Channel 4 has announced four unscripted formats for its new digital channel dedicated to comedy, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4. The new formats have been developed by Strong Watch Studios, who will manage the channel and have been commissioned to produce the first wave of episodes for the channel and additional social content. Each […]

July 18, 2025

Mega Movie Weekend brings Wicked to July offering

From now through to July 20th, film fans in the UK can dive into a mix of hit titles all at promotional prices to help audiences build their digital libraries . The campaign runs across major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV app, Sky Store, Rakuten TV, Virgin Media and EE TV Store with […]

July 18, 2025

Premier Sports to air Rangers’ Champions League qualifier

Premier Sports will screen live coverage across the UK and Ireland of Rangers vs Panathinaikos on July 22nd. Russell Martin’s new look squad will welcome the Greek club to Ibrox for the first leg of the crucial UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round. Match coverage of the tie will start at 7.15pm, with match kick-off at […]

July 18, 2025

Tencent Video, Aniplex expand collaboration

Chinese video streaming platform Tencent Video has announced that the Chinese dubbed version of animated adventure Dragon Raja Season 2 (24 x 25′) will be launching on leading global anime-focused VoD service Crunchyroll and other platforms on July 18th as a simulcast with Tencent Video, brokered by the title’s global partner Aniplex.   Tencent Video and Aniplex, a specialist in planning, […]

July 18, 2025

India Today launches on Freeview

Global Distribution Services has announced the UK launch of India Today TV, India’s leading English-language news channel, now available on Freeview Channel 258. This launch brings 24/7 news coverage directly to millions of UK households. Rooted in India Today’s grounded journalism, the channel delivers a 360-degree view of national and international affairs, reflecting every voice […]

July 17, 2025

POP Channels on Pluto TV in UK

Narrative Entertainment is expanding the reach of its children’s channels with the launch of POP, Tiny Pop and POP Up on FAST platform Pluto TV. The launch of POP will mean popular franchises such as Unicorn Academy, Miraculous, Totally Spies, Barbie and Dragon Ball Super are available for Pluto TV viewers in the UK for […]

July 17, 2025

US Senator exposes Big Tech’s piracy complicity

US Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has chaired a Judiciary subcommittee hearing revealing Big Tech’s role behind the unchecked piracy of copyrighted content to fuel companies’ artificial intelligence (AI) models. The hearing featured witness testimony from bestselling author David Baldacci as well as AI experts and law professors who lent credence to Senator Hawley’s claim: AI […]

July 17, 2025By Colin Mann