Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – the parent company of the likes of HBO, CNN, DC Studios, Eurosport, TNT Sports, Cartoon Network and the Harry Potter franchise – is considering putting the entire company up for sale. The company could also potentially split up Warner Bros and Discovery, and sell off Discovery while merging Warner Bros […]
Broadcast viewership came roaring back in September as American football drove an unprecedented monthly spike in watch-time for the category, according to Nielsen’s monthly The Gauge report – a snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption. Time spent watching broadcast programming shot up 20 per cent month-over-month (compared to +3 per cent across all TV) […]
Amazon and the NFL have announced that Prime Video will broadcast the November 28th Black Friday Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears to a worldwide audience, kicking off at 8pm GMT. The game will be the first NFL event to be presented globally on Prime Video, which is available in over 240 […]
Netflix was off seven per cent in premarket on October 22nd as the streamer’s outlook for the coming quarter left investors underwhelmed. A victim of its own success, investors have become accustomed to routine outperformance of predictions, and the stock has bumped over 360 per cent in the past three years. But since peaking this […]
Eutelsat’s Q1 numbers (it has a trading year that ends on June 30th) shows overall revenues down by 2.2 per cent YoY at €293 million. The division with the largest fall in revenue is Video, and which still accounts for 47 per cent of revenues, and where its DTH revenues amounted to €134 million, down […]
Research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content, no matter which language, territory or AI platform is tested. The international study was launched at the EBU News Assembly, in Naples. Involving […]
French telco Free has announced the launch of Free TV (formerly OQEE), a subscription and commitment-free streaming offering accessible to all users. The dedicated app allows to watch TV from a smartphone, a tablet or a smart TV. Free TV offers more than 170 channels, including 16 DTT networks (but notably not TF1 or M6 […]
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has received a grant of £988,856 from the UK Government to develop its AI compliance tool, Mira. The UK Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) funds regulators and local authorities to trial new and innovative regulatory approaches enabling businesses to bring innovative products to the market quicker. In October […]
European football’s governing body UEFA has officially joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the content protection coalition dedicated to combating digital piracy. UEFA becomes the first exclusive sports rights-holder to join ACE, while contributing to a broader industry-wide effort to safeguard the value of creative and sporting content worldwide. UEFA will play an […]
Viaplay Group reports that its continues to execute on its transformation with what is describes as “slightly improved underlying performance” and progress towards closing the Allente acquisition. Total Q3 reported Group net sales of SEK 4,018 million (€367m), down from SEK 4,412 million and total operating income before associated company income (ACI) and items affecting […]
According to the annual autumn forecast issued by VAUNET, the German Media Association, revenues from audio and audiovisual media in Germany are expected to exceed €16 billion for the first time in 2025. The figure includes advertising, subscription and usage fees, and transaction revenues. VAUNET predicts total revenues of €16.2 billion for 2025, an increase […]
NASA’s Acting Administrator Sean Duffy sys that SpaceX’s Moon Lander programme is running late. He praised the Elon Musk business but admitted that SpaceX is behind on the schedule. Duffy said that NASA would reopen the contract to other bidders. “The President wants to make sure we beat the Chinese — he wants to get […]
To no one’s surprise it has come to this: Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) isn’t working out and something must be done. To no one’s further surprise, no one knows what to do for the best. We have enjoyed reminiscing here before about the worst deal in history that was the takeover of Time Warner by […]