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Channel 4: Streaming viewing up 14% in 2025

Channel 4 has revealed a snapshot of the nation’s viewing habits for 2025, in a roundup of facts that reveal how audiences spent their time in front of the screen – plus a look back on content highlights from the year. This year to date has seen the broadcaster achieve what it describes as “significant […]

December 22, 2025

Sky extends PGA Tour rights

Sky and the PGA Tour have agreed a four-year extension to their partnership in the UK and Ireland, through to the end of 2029. This follows recent extensions to rights agreements with The Masters, the Ladies European Tour, DP World Tour, USGA and Augusta National, resulting in Sky Sports remaining the exclusive home of all […]

December 22, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Survey: International news matters more than ever

CNN International Commercial has revealed the results of a new global study on international news, conducted by independent research company Differentology. The study surveyed 2,400 international news consumers in 20 markets, spanning Europe, the US, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific to understand how audiences navigate an increasingly complex news environment, the role international news plays […]

December 22, 2025

WBD, Youku launch Script To Series initiative

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Asia Pacific and Youku have announced the launch of the Warner Bros Discovery Access x Youku Script To Series initiative, aimed at developing new Chinese-language scripted stories. Open to storytellers from across the globe, Script To Series is part of WBD Access, the development programme connecting new and emerging talent to […]

December 22, 2025

Radial Entertainment signs international FAST, AVoD deals

Radial Entertainment, the entertainment company operating FilmRise and Shout! Studios, has announced a global expansion with a new slate of partnerships. The company will distribute its FAST channels and AVoD content through strategic collaborations with VIDAA, Titan OS, and pocket.watch, while also licensing select Radial content to Creator Television for its FAST channels. Melissa Wohl, […]

December 22, 2025

Kimmel to give Channel 4’s 2025 Alternative Christmas Message

US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to share a message with the UK in The Alternative Christmas Message airing on Channel 4 this Christmas Day. Kimmel has had an eventful year; the US chat show host was taken off the air in September following comments made in the wake of the murder of Charlie […]

December 22, 2025

Germany: MagentaTV launching 2 new golf channels

Deutsche Telekom has acquired a package of international golf content. Starting in January 2026, MagentaTV will present an extensive live golf offering with 131 tournaments. The year-round programme is available to MagentaTV customers at no extra charge and is included in all subscription plans. MagentaSport customers can also access the offering on the MagentaSport platforms […]

December 22, 2025

WBD sees record audiences for UCI Mountain Bike World Series

In its third season as broadcaster, promoter and organiser, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports reports that it drove the 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series to new records across broadcast, digital and social platforms, and on-site fan attendance. 2025 reached a turning point with significant updates to UCI Regulations, including major changes to the UCI Mountain Bike World […]

December 22, 2025

Eurovision Classical Concerts picked up by 22 PSBs

Eurovision Classical Concerts, a new pan-European music series developed under the Eurovision brand, is set to be broadcast by 22 public service media organisations across Europe. The four-concert series is a co-production led by BBC Arts, in partnership with WDR (Germany), RTP (Portugal) and Yle (Finland), and represents the first new Eurovision music co-production with […]

December 22, 2025

Research: AVoD platforms see biggest catalogue growth in 2025

Research from Ampere Analysis shows that AVoD platforms recorded the fastest catalogue growth globally in 2025, outpacing SVoD services globally. Tubi has led the expansion, enjoying robust growth in the UK. Six of the 10 platforms with the fastest catalogue growth were free, ad-supported services, including Tubi UK (+99 per cent), Rakuten TV Ireland (+43 […]

December 19, 2025