Sky has announced that new customers will be able to get Sky, HBO Max, Disney+, Hayu and Netflix together as part of Sky Ultimate TV from £24 a month – rolling out this March. Existing customers will get access as part of their Sky TV subscription, with over £20 worth of streaming apps included each […]
The net is closing in on viewers of illegal pay-TV streams in Spain after a court judge ordered leading internet service providers to disclose the identities of customers suspected of watching pirate football. In a ruling sought by Spain’s top-flight football body, LaLiga, the Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba has instructed seven telcos to […]
Paramount Skydance has amended its $30 (€25.17) per share, all-cash tender offer to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) with enhancements that it says “surpass the standard needed for the WBD Board to engage on Paramount’s superior proposal”. Paramount added that its enhanced offer “provides definitively superior value and certainty”. To underscore confidence in the speed […]
Channel 4 reports it is outgrowing the biggest streaming platforms in the UK and increasing its linear commercial share ahead of the pack, driven by a slate of original British programming and live coverage of the African Cup of Nations tournament. Across January, Channel 4 streaming viewer minutes (individuals) increased by 25 per cent year […]
Eutelsat has signed almost €1 billion in Export Credit Agency financing for the procurement of LEO satellites for its OneWeb constellation. The news comes just ahead of its latest quarterly (and half-yearly) results announcement due on February 13th. The financing will be provided by a pool of commercial banks, which will benefit from a French […]
Southeast Asia’s premium VoD market delivered a strong acceleration in 2025, with subscriber growth rebounding sharply, connected TV (CTV) emerging as a material driver of engagement, and local content reaching a new inflection point across the region, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA) and its proprietary measurement platform AMPD. Premium VoD subscriptions across Southeast Asia […]
Despite the rise of streaming, YouTube and social media, traditional TV viewership in Italy dropped only slightly in 2025 compared to the previous year. Data from the 2025 Italian Television Yearbook reveals that the average daily audience reached 8.73 million viewers (down 1.2 per cent), while the prime-time audience stood at 19.6 million (a 1.4 […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), the home of the Olympics in Europe, has reported “significant growth in viewership and engagement” across key channels and services in Europe through the opening days of Olympic Winter Games Milan-Cortina 2026. Highlights across the first four days of full competition (February 6th-9th), as well as two days prior to the […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a new interactive mobile app feature that will offer football fans real-time access to players. DAZN users around the world will have the exclusive opportunity to chat live with some of football’s biggest names, including Alejandro Balde (Barcelona), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), and Fermín López […]
The European Programmatic TV Initiative (EPTVI) has announced the launch of Stage Two of its industry-led collaboration, moving from industry discussion and alignment into action as the industry works to make programmatic TV easier to use at scale across Europe. Europe’s TV advertising market is at a critical moment. As broadcasters and streamers expand programmatic […]
BuyDRM, a provider of content security services for premium video, has announced that OneFootball, a specialist in digital football media, is using the KeyOS MultiKey Service from BuyDRM to secure live and on-demand football content across all devices on OneFootball TV, the company’s live and on-demand video distribution platform. More than 30 leading football broadcasters […]
India has yet to issue a full national operational licence to SpaceX but the regional state of Gujarat has signed a letter of intent with SpaceX for Starlink to expand its coverage in the region (which is in the extreme north-West of India). Gujarat authorities said the agreement aims to improve digital connectivity in rural […]
Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic have come out against the Netflix takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). What did Netflix ever do to them? Well, in the case of the US, it’s more a question of what Netflix hasn’t done for them. Because it’s never been a network, it’s never had the wherewithal […]