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 […]
A new report from Ampere Analysis has found that announced game-to-anime commissions jumped 137 per cent year-on-year last year, 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. […]
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 […]
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+ […]
An Ofcom investigation has found that the BBC documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone broke broadcasting rules which state that factual programmes must not materially mislead the audience. Ofcom received 20 complaints which had completed the ‘BBC First’ process. Ofcom’s investigation also considered the findings from the BBC’s own internal review, which concluded that […]
A Parrot Analytics analysis of thousands of titles across Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix and HBO Max in the US finds that movies deliver disproportionately high engagement relative to the volume of content hours they represent. The recent narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline – casualties of a once-in-a-century […]
OpenAI has paused the ability for users to generate deep fakes resembling the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr on its Sora app. It says it’s doing so at the request of Dr King’s estate after “disrespectful depictions” of his image appeared. “While there are strong free speech interests in depicting historical figures, […]
Research released by Verve shows that consumers are increasingly receptive to ad-supported content but also are more worried about how their data is used, particularly in relation to AI. Now in its second year, the 2025 In-App User Privacy Report, shares insights from a survey of 4,000 consumers across the UK and US, exploring the […]
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 […]