Love at First Sight, Netflix’s new romantic comedy starring Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy, topped the English Films List in its debut week with 14.1 million views in the week commencing September 11th. Adam Sandler’s family comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah kept its four-week long run on the list […]
Intelsat reports that its In-Flight Communications (IFC) service, already available via Airbus Airspace Link, will shortly be available to all Airbus aircraft and airlines. Intelsat will be the largest IFC service provider to Airbus. Starting with aircraft deliveries targeting the first half of 2026, airlines may select Airbus’ Ku-band ESA terminal, which is designed for […]
First Tech Web Company – a joint venture between OneWeb, the UK-based global communications agency and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service provider, and TONOMUS, a tech company powering an ecosystem of cognitive technologies at NEOM – has selected Albabtain LeBlanc, a Saudi Arabian construction company, to construct a satellite station in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. […]
Outbrain, a technology platform for the open web, has announced a strategic partnership with Cedara, the end-to-end carbon intelligence platform, to support Outbrain and its customers’ sustainability and decarbonisation efforts. The partnership will allow Outbrain to share in-depth emissions measurements with its advertiser partners, including those running on the company’s newly launched branding platform, Onyx […]
MCM Comic Con London has announced that three cast members from the celebrated Our Flag Means Death series will be coming to the show this October – Rhys Darby, Vice Ortiz and Samson Kayo. Attending on October 28th and 29th at the ultimate pop-culture event, Darby (also known for Flight of the Conchords and What […]
Netflix, Disney+, HBO and Paramount+ will together create hybrid AVoD-SVoD revenues of $20 billion (€18.7bn) by 2029, up from $6 billion in 2023, according to the Hybrid AVOD-SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. These hybrid revenues will be nearly equally split between AVoD and SVoD. “These platforms are expected to roll out […]
Following a period of consultation, Ofcom has announced that it will not remove the stricter TV advertising rules that apply only to commercially-funded public service broadcasters at this time. All UK broadcasters are subject to restrictions on the quantity and scheduling of advertising on their channels. But the commercial public service broadcasting (PSB) channels – […]
FreeWheel, a technology platform for the TV advertising industry, has announced findings from its The Delicate Art of Balancing Ad Load report. Now in its second year, this edition explores premium video ad load for the first half of 2022 in Europe. Key findings include: Media companies are redefining ad loads: Since 2016, the number of […]
IBC has announced that its 2023 show attracted 43,065 attendees from 170 countries at the RAI Amsterdam on September 15th-18th. With over 1,250 exhibitors and a 16 per cent increase in total attendees, media leaders and technology pioneers from around the world gathered across bustling exhibition halls, networking events and packed theatres to define and […]
The latest allegations to hinder the long-awaited merger between Zee Entertainment and Sony’s India assets are that an ‘approval’ for the merger was illegal. Axis Finance has filed a petition to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that the l National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) which approved the Zee-Sony merger made its decision in […]