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DAZN demands €500 from pirate users in Italy

DAZN is intensifying its fight against digital piracy in Italy by sending letters to around 2,200 individuals identified by the Italian Finance Police (Guardia di Finanza) as having watched football matches using illegal subscriptions. These users, who have already received administrative fines, are now being asked to pay a €500 “lump-sum compensation” to DAZN within […]

October 13, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Data: Spanish streaming titles have biggest hit-rate

ICEX Spain Trade & Investment and Parrot Analytics have presented data at MIPCOM showing Spain has achieved a 26.1 per cent ‘hit-rate’ – the highest in Europe and Hispanic markets – underscoring Spain’s efficiency as a producer of exportable streaming hits. Spain’s slate now accounts for 6.47 per cent of global non-English streaming revenue (from […]

October 14, 2025

Titan OS signs ad deal with Tubi UK

Titan OS, the Barcelona-based technology, entertainment and advertising company, has announced a partnership with Tubi, the ad-supported streaming service, granting Titan OS exclusive access to Tubi’s advertising inventory in the UK. The deal covers pre-roll and mid-roll advertising on Tubi, which launched in the UK in 2024, and unlocks new opportunities for audience engagement and […]

October 14, 2025

SF Studios launches classic movies YouTube channel

SF Studios has announced the launch of SF Studios Classics, a new YouTube channel dedicated to making the company’s film archive accessible to a wide audience. The channel features film classics, offering film lovers a unique opportunity to rediscover some of the most iconic works in cinema history, as well as to discover hidden gems […]

October 14, 2025

RTL Deutschland establishes AI infrastructure for Sidekicks

Sidekicks and RTL Deutschland, part of RTL Group, have announced the launch of a dedicated AI infrastructure. Hosted by RTL Technology, a subsidiary of RTL Deutschland, the infrastructure is designed to support Sidekicks – the agentic AI platform developed by smartclip for the media industry. Sidekicks combines media intelligence with process automation, embedding AI agents […]

October 14, 2025

Rainbow celebrates success of Winx Club return

Italian production studio Rainbow has cast a spell on audiences worldwide with the return of its celebrated animated franchise, Winx Club, in the revival series, Winx Club: The Magic is Back. The new CGI version of the series, which follows the magical adventures of Bloom and her fairy friends, launched the first 13 of 26 […]

October 14, 2025

Aprecomm launches AIVRA AI agent

Aprecomm, a provider of intuitive, self-healing network and customer experience solutions, has announced the launch of AIVRA (Aprecomm Intelligent Virtual Response Assistant), a continuously learning AI agent designed to transform how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) interact with their data. With AIVRA, Aprecomm says ISPs gain “real-time access to their entire operational ecosystem through a unified, […]

October 14, 2025

Survey: Gen Alpha spends more time gaming than watching TV

Gen Alpha teens, dubbed by consumer insights platform Attest as the ‘Autonomous Generation’ for their independence, creativity and digital fluency, are spending more time gaming than they are watching TV or listening to music. As this consumer group nears adulthood – turning 16 in 2026 – data Attest reveals they’re rewriting the rules of media, […]

October 13, 2025

a-tv posts record content from IBC

The a-tv streaming service has posted a record number of interviews emphasising innovation at IBC 2025. Watch representatives from a diverse range of companies discuss AI powered cloud workflow, hybrid distribution, FAST channels, AI translation and audio description, content management and security, super powered data analytics and storage and much more. Contributor companies include: AI […]

October 13, 2025

Paramount axing MTV channels

Paramount will close five MTV channels at the end of the year, according to the BBC. MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all cease broadcasting in the UK after December 31st. However, the flagship channel, MTV HD, will remain on air, focusing more on reality programming rather than music […]

October 13, 2025

Openreach ramps up copper switch out

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 94 new exchange locations, covering 959,904 premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection. The business is giving Communication Providers […]

October 13, 2025By Colin Mann
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