Disney+ has announced the addition of March Madness – the celebrated NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments – to its live sports slate across Europe and South Africa, marking an expansion of ESPN’s global NCAA rights agreement onto the Disney+ platform. From March 17th through April 7th, Disney+ subscribers can watch all 134 […]
Broadband customers in Glasgow pay the most for broadband outages, research from UK broadband comparison site Broadband Genie has found. Some 3,200 bill payer connections were ranked on how many outages lasting over 48 hours they encounter for every £100 they spend on their broadband deal. Nearly half (45 per cent) of UK broadband customers have […]
AT&T, the US multi-national telco, has announced an investment and spend of more than $250 billion (€215.4bn) in the future of US advanced connectivity, building the high-speed networks and resilience required for the next era of growth. “Today, we’re committing more than $250 billion to increase US connectivity competitiveness and expand access to AT&T’s leading […]
EchoStar’s latest satellite, its XXV mission, was successfully launched on a SpaceX rocket on March 10th, just after midnight local time, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. EchoStar XXV is a high-power direct broadcast satellite serving Dish Network. Designed to deliver high-quality video and content across North America, the satellite uses steerable beams to target capacity where […]
Mediapro, the European audiovisual companies, is strengthening its offering to brands and advertisers with the launch of a dedicated market research department. The new division will be headed by Kike Lozano (pictured), previously Managing Director of audiovisual consultancy GECA, and sits within the Brands&Xperiences area, led by David Xirau. Brands&Xperiences’ mission is to “develop distinctive, […]
Fox Entertainment has named Billy Parks head of Fox Creator Studios (FCS), a move aimed at accelerating the company’s expansion into creator-led content and digital storytelling. Parks will report to Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment. In the newly created role, Parks will lead the strategy and operations of FCS and focus on identifying high-growth […]
Roku and X Games are expanding their US streaming partnership in a new multi-year rights deal that brings MonoPay X Games League (XGL) exclusively to Roku Sports Channel. Beginning in 2026 with the inaugural summer season, followed by the first winter season in 2027, the league will stream free to fans nationwide on Roku Sports […]
5 has announced Sam & Ade Go Birding (w/t), a new three-part factual series produced by Frank Films, following actors Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson as they head off some weekend adventures around the country to spot and celebrate Britain’s beautiful birds. The series was commissioned by Kit Morey for 5. Sam & Ade Go […]
TVB, the trade association of America’s local broadcast television industry, has released findings from its 2026 Purchase Funnel Study which found that TV continues to play a key role in creating brand awareness and influencing consumer purchase decisions. TVB commissioned GfK/NIQ to conduct this study, which looked at over 20 media platforms, both traditional and […]
Sky has announced the appointment of Damian Saunders as Managing Director of Sky Business, as the company continues to scale its B2B operations and strengthen its position in the UK business market. Saunders joined Sky in 2012 as Strategy and Emerging Markets Director, working within the business segment at a time when the offer was […]
Nearly fifteen months after its closure, Disney Channel is set to return to Spanish television. The Walt Disney Company has confirmed that the channel will relaunch in Spain on April 1st, marking a revival of one of the country’s most recognisable children’s brands. The revived pay-TV channel will replace Disney Junior which currently broadcasts programming […]
A March 9th filing by SpaceX to the FCC – in effect – acknowledges the strength of AST SpaceMobile, especially in regard to AST’s European developments and its ‘Satellite Connect Europe’ partnership with Vodafone. SpaceX complains that AST is continuing to “wrap itself in the American flag” but as far as Europe is concerned it […]
Congratulations(!!???) to Paramount shareholders – you have won the battle for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Your board has done it by throwing the kitchen sink at its target – that’s a sink with a super clever three way tap and a massive waste disposal unit. You have to read the terms they have offered more […]