Channel 4 has announced a partnership with V to sell home screen ad formats on its VIDAA Smart TV platform, which is used by Hisense, Toshiba, Loewe. Offering high attention as the gateway to the CTV viewing experience, home screen ad formats are a relatively new way for brands to reach audiences from the moment […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has finalised a series of recommendations designed to drive action by online platforms, broadcasters and streaming services to give people the skills and information they need to critically and safely engage with the content they see. Ofcom has a statutory duty to promote media literacy and its three-year strategy outlines the regulator’plans […]
UK consumers are becoming more informed, more deliberate and less forgiving when it comes to how companies collect and use their personal data, according to research from Usercentrics. The State of Digital Trust 2026 report found that four in five (80 per cent) UK consumers would stop using a service if they discovered their data […]
Brussels is set to approve Paramount’s $111 billion (€97.9bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) on condition of certain remedies. The deal, agreed after a bidding war with Netflix, will combine some of the industry’s most valuable assets. The exact remedies are still being worked out between the companies and the European Commission after they […]
Following the creation of two new Director roles for Entertainment and Factual at the BBC earlier this year, the corporation is continuing to evolve how it commissions content by introducing a new entertainment structure. Kate Phillips, BBC’s Chief Content Officer, commented: “Commissioning needs to evolve so we can serve our audiences, and the creative community, right […]
With an overall score of 126,638 nPoints, the UK ranks just behind Romania (128,587 nPoints) in the ranking of the most efficient fixed internet connections between January and May 2026. This analysis, conducted by nPerf, covers 20 countries with land areas ranging from 119,000 to 477,000 km² – a scope that includes diverse territories such […]
The FCC AWS-3 spectrum auction, its first for four years, ended on June 23rd, having raised more than $3.5 billion (€3.08bn) from US cellular operators. The total came from 72 rounds of the auction and the licensing of transmission frequencies in 200 markets. Up to $3.3 billion of the proceeds will be used to reimburse […]
Walmart and Vibe.co have entered into an agreement under which Walmart will acquire Vibe.co, a self-serve, connected TV (CTV) advertising platform designed to simplify advertising for small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and mid-market brands. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period under the […]
STV has announced a content partnership with Narrative Entertainment that will bring the Great! portfolio of FAST channels and on-demand programming to streaming service STV Player this July. The agreement sees the Great!’ FAST channels and VoD content become available through STV Player, expanding access to Great!’s library of movies, drama and entertainment programming. The […]
June 17th delivered the biggest day on the BBC Sport app since the blockbuster July 2024, when Alcaraz battled Djokovic in the Wimbledon final and England faced Spain in the Euro 2024 final. More than 3 million users came to the BBC for live pages, video and analysis on the biggest sporting stories across football, […]
Orange has announced the appointment of Usman Javaid as the Group’s Chief AI Officer, effective from September 1st Reporting directly to Bruno Zerbib, the Group’s Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Javaid will be responsible for accelerating and scaling up Orange’s AI initiatives, building on the strong technological foundations already in place. His objective will be […]
June 22nd saw SpaceX’s share price tumble 16.4 per cent, and an overall fall of 31 per cent since the IPO’s all-time high. This fall represented a $927 billion (€816.5bn) fall over just three days of trading. SpaceX issued a Bond offering on June 22nd which didn’t help market confidence. The Bond is looking to […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we take the temperature of the FAST business. Guess what? It is running very hot. There are hundreds more channels streaming out thousands more hours and carrying tens of thousands of ads. And viewers? Of course there are viewers, but enough to go around? The major platforms, Prime Video, […]