DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), have announced a legal victory in their fight against content theft, following a court decision granting a blocking injunction against livetv.sx, the largest illegal sports piracy website in Germany. Active for more than 13 years, livetv.sx is estimated to have accounted for a significant […]
Netflix has announced that its upcoming movie Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew from director Greta Gerwig, will premiere in cinemas globally on February 12th 2027 ahead of its debut on the Netflix streaming platform seven weeks later on April 2nd. “A rare phenomenon that spans generations and geographies, Narnia’s release will match the scale and fandom […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported that its Q2 2026 revenues increased 7 per cent YoY to $25.2 billion (€21.4bn) in its first published results under new CEO Josh D’Amaro. Income before income taxes increased 9 per cent to $3.4 billion, and total segment operating income increased 4 per cent to $4.6 billion. Disney’s Entertainment […]
ITV has announced its streaming figures for April 2026, revealing ITVX’s strongest ever performance for the month. Total streams reached 311 million, a 24 per cent increase compared to April 2025. ITVX has now surpassed 300 million streams for the sixth consecutive month. Notably, this achievement marks the first time April’s streams have exceeded the […]
Intellectual property protection and enforcement company IP House and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalise their partnership in the fight against intellectual property (IP) crime. This MOU represents a meaningful development in collaboration between the UKIPO and the private sector, marking a strategic step forward that […]
South Africa-based MultiChoice (now controlled by Canal+) is facing prosecution from the country’s Competition authorities for alleged collusion with Durban-based set-top box manufacturer Altech UEC. The allegations state the two companies entered into a market-division agreement in February 2014 under which Altech would not compete with MultiChoice in the pay-TV market. This accusation, if proved, […]
Data from Digital i reveals that US streaming subscribers are increasingly committed to finishing new series. View-through rates (ie the average percentage of a season viewed by the audience) for the most-watched content reached a three-year high in 2025, driven by significant gains in viewer retention on Disney+. Digital i analysed the view-through rates (VTR) […]
UKTV has secured the exclusive rights to the early back catalogue of iconic Australian soap-opera Neighbours, following a content deal with Fremantle. The agreement comprises 420 x 30-minute episodes, taking viewers back to the beginning of the series in 1985 and revisiting the origins of Ramsay Street, where some of its most iconic characters and […]
Amagi, the agentic industry cloud platform for unified broadcast, streaming, and monetisation, has announced the availability of its In-Content Ads offering via Amagi’s ADS PLUS marketplace. This strategic expansion is focused on unlocking incremental impact for advertisers beyond the traditional ad pod, at programmatic scale. The new marketplace offering launches with immediate availability across hundreds […]
RoseBerry Media, a new media and entertainment company, has officially launched with specific focus on producing and distributing mass appeal premium content for the Vertical Television era. RoseBerry Media is founded by Guy Hameiri – an internationally recognised TV creator and producer; Lior Friedman, former executive at Amagi, who built strategic partnerships with media and […]
Canadian satellite operator Telesat has reported its Q1 numbers, revealing earned revenues of $87 million (€54.4m) – a 25 per cent drop compared with the previous year. Telesat is betting big on its planned low Earth orbiting constellation. The company noted that it has invested a total of approximately C$2.7 billion in the Telesat Lightspeed […]
Failed Scottish aerospace business Orbital Express Launch (Orbex) owed more than £73 million when it entered UK bankruptcy administration. The would-be rocket builder had received more than £130 million of grant and equity funding. It focused on sustainable, eco-friendly rocket launches using bio-LPG, establishing a rocket factory in Forres, Scotland. Orbex ceased operations and entered […]
The worst kept secret in broadcasting is out; Matt Brittin becomes BBC DG to wrestle with the myriad challenges facing the corporation. News focuses on his background as a senior European Google executive. He’s also a white, male, British, Oxbridge graduate in his late fifties. Don’t hold your breath for radical moves. He’s also a […]