London-based AI creative Wonder Studios has raised $12 million (€10.3m) seed funding to scale production for the entertainment industry. The round was led by Atomico, alongside existing investors LocalGlobe and Blackbird, and builds on angel investors including execs from Google DeepMind, and OpenAI. Wonder will use the funds to double the engineering team and accelerate […]
The Writers Guild of America has come out strongly against a merger between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and any other studio, declaring any such consolidation would be a “disaster” for writers. The body’s statement comes two days after WBD admitted it was considering putting the entire company up for sale. WBD said it had initiated […]
Home appliances and consumer electronics specialist Hisense has confirmed that all Hisense 2024/2025 Laser products will be updated to include streaming platform Freely to offer seamless, subscription-free TV from October 2025. The update reflects the deepening partnership between Hisense and Everyone TV, the organisation leading the evolution of free TV. Freely, backed by the BBC, […]
Liberty Global has sold 193.4 million shares in UK commercial PSB ITV to institutional investors for £135 million (€155m), cutting its holding to 5 per cent. Liberty Global said the move was part of a broader portfolio realignment: “As stated in our Q1 2025 earnings, we’re actively managing our Liberty Growth portfolio, disposing of certain […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the final results of its mmWave spectrum auction, following completion of the remaining stages. On October 16th, Ofcom announced the results of the Principal stage, which determined how much spectrum each of the three bidders – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree – had won, and how much they had committed […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) News Assembly has elected the next News Committee at its annual meeting in Naples, Italy. Drawn from a field of 18 candidates, the new leadership team will set the direction for the EBU’s news operations for the next two years. Incoming chair Pierre-Olivier Volet, Editor-in-Chief, TV News, SRG SSR, commented: […]
A new wave of online crime is putting consumers, businesses, and the wider economy at risk – from fake medicines and forged wine to illegal streaming platforms, according to a conference, ‘From CLICK to CRIME: Investigating Intellectual Property Crime in the Digital Age’ held on October 22nd and 23rd 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The increase […]
After a considerable delay and much-promised delivery dates, India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that AST SpaceMobile’s (AST) FM1 (aka BlueBird 6) will definitely launch during the first week of December. It is quite possible that BlueBird 7 (aka FM2) could also launch in December, although there is considerable uncertainty as to who will […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has reached a content agreement with Disney that will allow its children’s channel Clan to broadcast a selection of popular Disney Junior series from October 31st. The line-up will include well-known titles such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (La casa de Mickey Mouse), Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Spidey y su superequipo), […]
Prime Video has announced NBA League Pass, the NBA’s subscription service for streaming live and on-demand games, as an add-on subscription, offering basketball fans the most comprehensive way to follow and enjoy the NBA. This marks the first time NBA League Pass is being made available in India as an add-on subscription on Prime Video. […]
Bell Media and Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, have announced a long-term strategic partnership across ad sales and content distribution, including Canadian titles from Bell Media’s on-demand catalogue and FAST channel lineup. The partnership also includes plans to co-develop original content for distribution on Tubi globally, across Bell Media platforms in Canada, and through Sphere […]
LBG Media, the youth-focused on-line publisher and video broadcaster, has reported a 10 per cent annual revenue increase to £92.2 million, and said it had enjoyed “strong” US growth. Investment analysts at Berenberg Bank said the company’s numbers were in line with market expectations. “The Direct business continues to deliver – it outperformed our expectations […]
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 […]