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Antitrust fines Sky Italia for unfair commercial practices

The Italian Antitrust Authority has levied a €4.2 million fine against Sky Italia for engaging in three distinct unfair commercial practices. The ruling, detailed in the Authority’s weekly bulletin, comes after a period of scrutiny into Sky’s consumer interactions. The largest portion of the fine, €2 million, was imposed for “misleading communications regarding price increases […]

December 10, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

TiVo streaming devices earn Freely certification

TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has announced that TiVo OS, the company’s independent media platform, has achieved Freely certification from the platform’s owner and operator Everyone TV, for streaming media devices. The certification, in a newly defined category of streaming media devices that do not require an integrated screen or […]

December 11, 2025

Forecast: YouTube TV largest pay-TV operator in US by 2027

At the NEM Zagreb conference, María Rúa Aguete, Head of Media and Entertainment at Omdia, unveiled insights that signal a historic transformation in the US pay-TV market. According to Omdia’s latest forecasts, YouTube TV is on track to surpass Charter and Comcast to become the largest pay-TV operator in the US by 2027. Presenting on […]

December 11, 2025

Data: GenAI app ad spend hits $824m in 2025

AppsFlyer has released its annual analysis of mobile app trends, revealing how AI shaped both consumer behaviour and marketing strategy in 2025. GenAI adoption accelerated across the app ecosystem, with installs up 16 per cent and category spend reaching $824 million (€707.9m) across iOS and Android. GenAI apps ranked among the fastest-growing categories of the […]

December 11, 2025

CTS selected by Charter, Cox for sports distribution

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has been selected by both Charter Communications and Cox, in separate deals, to help create, manage and distribute linear channels for out of market games from top US sports leagues, including MLB, NHL and NBA. Specifically, Cox and Charter now rely upon Comcast MediaOrigination, part of the Comcast Media360 product portfolio, […]

December 11, 2025

Report: Plunge in China’s WLAN revenue

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, a sharp contraction in China spending kept worldwide Wireless LAN (WLAN) growth from hitting double-digits in Q3 2025. “Cisco was late to the Wi-Fi 7 party,” commented Siân Morgan, Research Director at Dell’Oro Group. […]

December 11, 2025

Target Darts debuts TV campaign with Sky Media

Target Darts, a specialist in darts innovation, is launching its campaign ‘From Target to Trophy’ in collaboration with Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky. The campaign coincides with the start of the PDC World Darts Championship, live on Sky Sports, where Luke Littler commences his title defence. Darts sensation Littler has been using Target […]

December 11, 2025

Zixi appoints Sasson as VP Engineering

Zixi, a specialist in live broadcast-quality video over IP, has announced that Roi Sasson has joined the company as Vice President, Engineering. In this role, Sasson will lead Zixi’s engineering organisation with a focus on hyper-scaling the technology teams, structuring processes and accelerating innovation to meet the increasing market demand for IP video delivery. Marc […]

December 11, 2025

Dogra named Channel 4 CEO

The Board of UK commercial PSB Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Priya Dogra as the next Chief Executive of Channel 4. Dogra, who is currently Chief Advertising, Group Data & New Revenue Officer at Sky, has more than 20 years’ experience in the media industry in the US, EMEA and the UK, spanning […]

December 10, 2025

SpaceX IPO in 2026?

Bloomberg and Reuters are reporting that SpaceX will mount an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2026, and in the process raise more than $25 billion (€21.5bn). The end result will be a business with an overall valuation of more than $1 trillion. There is no confirmation or denial from Elon Musk, but he has said […]

December 10, 2025By Chris Forrester

Ofcom: Half of UK online time spent on Alphabet, Meta services

Ofcom’s latest Online Nation report explores how adults and children in the UK experience life online; from the sites and apps used every day, to how people feel about what they do and what they encounter online. Adults now spend an average of four and a half hours online a day – up by 10 […]

December 10, 2025
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