A report from Ampere Analysis has found that announced game-to-anime commissions jumped 137 per cent year-on-year in 2024, overtaking comics to become the third-largest source of adaptations. With anime’s strong and growing appeal among gamers, video content producers are maximising game universes to reach established anime viewers and convert gaming audiences into new fans. As […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) UK & Ireland has announced plans to launch a new-look TLC in the UK & Ireland. From January 2026, TLC will become a free-to-air (FTA) entertainment channel in the UK and will bring viewers a bumper line-up of scripted content including The Big Bang Theory and spin-offs Young Sheldon and Georgie & […]
Eighteen months after the decline in orders from TV platforms became apparent, the market is still at 75 per cent of its Peak TV, according to Guy Bisson, Executive Director at Ampere Analysis. “The continuing downturn is impacting all regions with, for instance, a 10 per cent decline in first-run scripted TV orders in Europe […]
Down detector sites were overwhelmed this morning (20.10.25) as a problem with AWS meant many heavily used apps including Snapchat, Zoom, Duolingo and Peleton did not work. In addition hundreds of companies had problems with sites, including banks and the UK tax collector HMRC. By mid-morning Amazon Web Services said “We are seeing significant signs […]
Imagine Communications and Rohde & Schwarz have announced a definitive agreement under which Imagine will acquire Pixel Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz. The transaction represents a strategic alignment for both companies, enabling Imagine to offer broadcast customers the most extensive portfolio of live production and playout solutions on the market […]
Laurent Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications at the European Space Agency (ESA), has spoken encouragingly about the UK participating in the EU’s IRIS2 super-constellation being assembled by the SpaceRISE consortium. Jaffart was questioned on the possibility of the UK participating directly in IRIS2 during the Westminster Forum’s ‘Next steps for UK space policy, […]
Following on from a four-day air-journey on a giant Antonov aircraft ended in being unloaded on October 16th at Chennai airport. The aircraft carried the first of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird second-generation satellites (FM1). The satellite was then transferred by a simple truck to the Indian ISRO launch site where it will undergo final tests in […]
Kyndryl, a provider of mission-critical enterprise services, has released its second annual Kyndryl Readiness Report, drawing on responses from 3,700 senior leaders across 21 countries. The data reveals an instance of momentum and reflection – as businesses report growing returns from AI investments while facing mounting pressure to modernise infrastructure, scale innovation efforts, reskill workforces […]
Paramount+ UK is partnering with HelloFresh in a cross industry collaboration that will bring entertainment and fresh recipes together. Launching this autumn, the six-week campaign titled One Menu. A Mountain of Entertainment will feature more than 50 HelloFresh UK recipes, inspired by Paramount+ UK content. From fan favourites such as Yellowstone and Star Trek, to hit […]
Two Black Boys in Paradise, an animated short film based on a poem by award-winning writer Dean Atta and narrated by musician, actor and writer Jordan Stephens, is now available to stream on Channel 4. The film makes its TV debut alongside all other ‘Best of British’ shortlisted films at this week’s Iris Prize LGBTQ+ […]
Formula 1 has announced a five-year deal with Apple to become the sport’s exclusive US broadcast partner from 2026. The news follows on from F1 The Movie, the Apple Original Film, which was released internationally in cinemas and IMAX venues in June and will make its global streaming debut date on Apple TV on December […]
It probably doesn’t surprise many but the much promised – although much delayed – debut launch flight of Arianespace’s powerful Ariane 64 has again been delayed to 2026. The delay was hinted at during the Paris World Space Business Week in September. Arianespace confirmed the delay last week and declined to give a launch date […]
There’s no moral in this story because, of course, it is about television. For as long as it has been around there have been moral panics about TV, as in ‘does what it puts on screen erode the moral fibre of a nation?’ As the word panic implies, the answer is, generally, no. Nowadays even […]