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Report: Global retail media ad market nears $200bn

The global retail media market retains significant momentum, with ad investment projected to surpass $200 billion (€173.8bn) by 2027, reports WARC Media. However, underlying this growth is an evolving industry. As brands consolidate their ad spend across fewer retail media networks and sponsored search growth slows, retailers must reinvent themselves as ‘full-funnel’ platforms offering granular display and off-site solutions, whilst preparing for the impacts of agentic […]

November 4, 2025

Data: Streaming subscriptions reach 91% of US internet homes

According to Parks Associates data, 91 per cent of US internet households subscribe to at least one streaming video service, while traditional pay-TV has declined to 41 per cent of households. With consumers averaging nearly six video subscriptions and spending approximately $109 per month, the video services market now represents a $147 billion (€127.9bn) annual […]

November 5, 2025

MPs express concern over BBC editorial standards

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to BBC Chair Samir Shah to ask what action is being taken over concerns raised by a former adviser to the corporation’s editorial standards body. The letter asks for the Committee to be provided with the full report previously provided to […]

November 5, 2025By Colin Mann

Canal+ Brand & Communication Department reorganises

Following Canal+’s combination with MultiChoice, Canal+’s Brand and Communication Department is reorganising its international activities around two geographical divisions. Firstly, Hala Saab has been appointed Director of Communication for Africa. Already responsible for the group’s communication across the African continent, her scope now expands to include the English- and Portuguese-speaking MultiChoice markets. She will now […]

November 5, 2025

Italy: FiberCop, FMC GlobalSat develop terrestrial-satellite solutions

FiberCop, the company running Italy’s most widespread digital network infrastructure, has signed a strategic partnership with FMC GlobalSat and its 100 per cent owned subsidiary MTNSat (MTN), a satellite network operator, to develop hybrid terrestrial-satellite solutions to deliver stable connectivity in remote areas across Italy. This agreement represents one of the first architectures of its […]

November 5, 2025

TiVo report: UK app viewing of broadcaster TV surpasses over-the-air

TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has released its 2025 TiVo UK Video Trends Report, calling for established broadcasters to keep innovating to meet UK audience’s evolving digital habits. For the first time, the report reveals more than half (52.7 per cent) of broadcaster television content is being watched via apps […]

November 4, 2025

Orange TV suffers major outage across Spain

Orange TV suffered a widespread blackout on November 3rd, leaving all of its customers in Spain without access to live television. For several hours, linear channels failed to load properly on set-top boxes, and viewers were also been unable to stream broadcasts via the operator’s website or mobile app. The latest technical failure follows several […]

November 4, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Google ends Movies Anywhere partnership

Google has terminated its long-standing partnership with Movies Anywhere, the industry-backed service that enabled consumers access to purchased films across ecosystems. Google Play and YouTube users can no longer sync new purchases to their Movies Anywhere libraries, nor can they redeem digital codes through Google’s platforms into the shared locker. Previously owned titles remain accessible […]

November 4, 2025

Looper Insights launches Sports Visibility Tracker

Looper Insights, the leading CTV merchandising analytics platform, has announced the launch of its new Sports Visibility Tracker, a first-of-its-kind solution enabling sports streamers, broadcasters, and rights holders to verify campaign compliance, measure performance, and optimise live event promotions across connected TV devices in real time. According to Deloitte’s 2025 Sports Media Outlook, over 74 […]

November 4, 2025

CODA writes to OpenAI on Sora 2 rights protection

At the request of its member companies, Japanese antipiracy body CODA (Content Overseas Distribution Association) has submitted a written request to OpenAI, 2025 regarding the operation of Sora 2 (sora.chatgpt.com), which the company launched on September 30th, 2025. CODA has confirmed that a large portion of content produced by Sora 2 closely resembles Japanese content […]

November 4, 2025By Colin Mann

Australia: Local production quota for streamers

New Australian rules require global streaming platforms with more than 1 million Australian subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure – or 7.5 per cent of their revenues – on local originals. Australia’s Labor government has long planned to being in the quotas as part of its Revive cultural policy. Global […]

November 4, 2025
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