France’s Ligue1+ football streaming service, owned by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), has reached an agreement with FIFA to broadcast all matches from the 2026 World Cup this summer in a deal valued at €20 million. LFP has already signed a contract with the international federation. If the contract is approved by the FIFA […]
Analysis from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI), in association with several insight providers in UK and international entertainment, reveals the scale of the success of the global screen entertainment industry in 2025. The UK entertainment industry delivered a record-breaking year in 2025 with total market value reaching £34 billion […]
tvScientific, the advertising platform for Performance TV, has released its 2026 State of Performance TV Report, revealing that it has become the number one channel for advertising investment as marketers face growing pressure to capture attention, control costs, and prove outcomes in a rapidly changing industry. According to the report, Performance TV (i.e. insights-driven streaming […]
Precisify, the cross-platform media intelligence specialist, has released its Precisify Insights: Kids Germany report. Following the success of its kids insights reports in the US, UK and Australia, Precisify is now expanding the Insights: Kids series into Germany as part of its broader European growth strategy. “These data findings give us the clearest picture yet […]
In November 2025, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau of China searched the residence of a man living in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on suspicion of copyright infringement. The suspect is alleged to have operated what the China Overseas Development Association (CODA) called “the world’s largest” manga piracy site, BATO.TO (plus approximately 60 related sites), […]
X has announced a partnership with WBD ahead of the Winter Games. The collaboration fuses X’s real-time sports conversations with Eurosport (Europe) and TNT Sports’ (UK and Ireland) broadcast coverage of Milano Cortina 2026, delivering X users a front row seat to all the action from the Games. Together, X and WBD say they are […]
South Korean technology company LG Display has shifted at long last to a surplus in annual operating profit for the first time in four years. The Korean display industry, which was pushed to the brink by China’s low-cost product offensive, has reportedly begun to rebound through structural improvements. LG Display has announced that it recorded […]
Jean-François Fallacher, speaking at the European Space Conference, said that the IRIS2 highly-secure satellite constellation was the result of years of work and came at a “critical moment for Europe”. He told delegates that the project had a clear objective: “To provide Europe with its own next-generation satellite capabilities – autonomous, resilient, and delivering its […]
TikTok and BAFTA have announced an expanded year round partnership for 2026, building on the success of recent Awards seasons and recognising the growing role creators play in how audiences discover and celebrate film and television. Over the past 12 months, #Movie has generated more than 40 million posts globally, up 81 per cent year on […]
The global Pro AV market is projected to reach $258 billion (€215.6bn) by 2030, according to analysis conducted by Caretta Research, as the industry prepares for ISE 2026. For many years, the pro AV industry focused primarily on hardware such as projectors, screens, microphones and speakers. The market is now rapidly evolving beyond hardware into […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, the Broadband Access Equipment market is forecasted to grow at an average annual rate of 0.3 per cent from 2025 to 2030, with total revenue peaking at $18.8 billion (€15.7bn) in 2028, driven by […]
The overwhelming comments from just about anyone in the space industry is that a SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) cannot happen soon enough. “Everyone would benefit” is the general consensus. However, there are opposing views. One negative comes from Mark Boggett, CEO of Seraphim Space, which is a leading global space-tech investor and with its […]
Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic have come out against the Netflix takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). What did Netflix ever do to them? Well, in the case of the US, it’s more a question of what Netflix hasn’t done for them. Because it’s never been a network, it’s never had the wherewithal […]