ITVX, ITV’s streaming platform has achieved its most successful July on record, delivering over 436 million streams with two days of the month remaining. Total streams for the month rose by 30 per cent year-on-year – representing an increase of 101 million streams compared to July 2025. July also marks the second consecutive month that […]
Virgin Media O2 is weighing options to cut its £22 billion (€25.6bn) debt as investor nerves have seen a spike sell-off in its bonds. Options for owners Telefónica and Liberty Global include cutting VMO2’s expected £200 million dividend this year, shedding jobs and reducing capital expenditure, according to FT reporting. The price of VMO2’s roughly […]
SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh told analysts that its Q2 revenues were “softer” than expected because there was slippage on some contracts. Nevertheless, Network division revenues grew 89 per cent YoY and Mobility saw impressive results up 169.9 per cent YoY and helped by a positive impact from a contract restructuring in Aviation in Q1 and […]
As connected TV (CTV) adoption continues accelerating across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), data from DoubleVerify (DV), the software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, found that CTV impression volume in the UK increased 39 per cent year-on-year in 2025. The findings are part of DV’s 2026 […]
More than half (56 per cent) of children aged 8 to 16 say their parents’ unintentional phone use causes them to miss important family moments according to research by Virgin Media O2. It comes as 43 per cent of parents of under-18s struggle to only use their phone intentionally. Half (50 per cent) say they […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has renewed its DACH region distribution agreement with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), keeping the Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD channels available to subscribers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The renewed deal means DAZN subscribers in the region will continue to have access to Eurosport’s portfolio of sports rights, […]
Barb, the UK audience measurement specialist, has appointed Jen McLevey to the new role of Head of Strategic Developments. McLevey will be tasked with ensuring all of Barb’s major strategic and operational projects are delivered against industry expectations and contractual commitments. She will be a key link between Barb’s stakeholders and its research contractors in […]
SiriusXM, the US pay-radio operator, added 22,000 paid subscribers in Q2 2026 to reach 33 million total, with monthly churn improving to 1.4 per cent, marking the lowest level in the company’s history. But shares fell 13 per cent in pre-market trading as the company posted revenue of $2.16 billion, up 1 per cent year […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centere industries, the Broadband Access Equipment market is predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 0.5 per cent from 2026 to 2030, with total revenue peaking in 2028, driven by ongoing DOCSIS 4.0 and […]
California-based Viasat has obligations to pay out $291 million (€253.8m) in satellite manufacturing payments over the next five years. It also has obligations costing $509.8 million in other – non-owned – satellites. However, the main news from Viasat is that its proposed joint-venture with Space42 of the UAE to build a constellation of 2800 low […]
The SPFL returns to league action on July 31st night as Sky Sports broadcasts live coverage of every William Hill Premiership fixture across the opening weekend. The 2026/27 William Hill Premiership will kick off with Dundee United v Rangers on July 31st at 8.00pm, followed on August 1st by Falkirk hosting St Mirren at 3.00pm […]
By year end 2026, AST SpaceMobile should have more than 20 of its giant BlueBird satellites in orbit. The current plan is that AST will launch its next three BlueBird satellites (#11, #12, #13) on August 5th, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. There is also speculation that another batch (#14, #15, #16) of satellites […]
Comcast has decided to unpack itself while at the same time trying to bag ITV broadcasting through Sky. In the meantime, Fox has bagged Roku, at which Netflix looked but decided to keep its checkout basket empty. Just as well, since the rumours have already started that the streamer will now bid for the newly […]