Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has published a first-time report entitled What People Watched in 2025. The report explores how people in the UK watched their favourite television show last year. It covers live and on-demand, linear and streaming viewing for broadcasters, streamers and video-sharing platforms. The findings include: Live viewing remains a substantial part […]
Adria News Network (ANN) has formally launched under Adria News., bringing together 14 television, print and digital news brands in a dedicated governance framework designed to further protect editorial freedom. ANN has been established within a new governance framework for United Group’s media portfolio, introducing independent Board oversight, defined editorial leadership and strengthened safeguards for […]
Viaplay Group has strengthened its English football offering in the Nordics by securing the broadcast rights to the English Football League (EFL) Championship in a new multi-year deal. The agreement ensures fans can watch every Championship match live, alongside Viaplay Group’s portfolio of Premier League, Carabao Cup, FA Cup, and selected League One and League […]
As Apple TV prepares for its inaugural season as the exclusive US broadcaster of Formula 1 racing, DirecTV has announced it will make the 24-race circuit available nationwide to customers at home, on the go, or at any of the 300,000-plus sports bars, restaurants, hotels, and other commercial venues served by DirecTV For Business. With […]
Independent distributor All3Media International has announced a new milestone for IDTV’s global format phenomenon The Traitors, meaning 40 territories have now commissioned local versions of the format. The 40th territory for local production will be Indonesia, where The Traitors is set to be adapted by Falcon for production in 2026. The series will be transmitted on Falcon’s OTT platform and will be a 10-episode celebrity version […]
Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has found that the total catalogue growth of Prime Video, Apple TV, Disney+, Netflix and Paramount+ increased by 20 per cent year-on-year (YoY). Of significance is sports programme offerings in 2025 across the top five SVoD services increased by 52 per cent. This sharp increase, identified in […]
Ofcom has published the Q3 2025 figures for complaints the media regulator has received about the UK’s major providers of mobile, broadband and pay-TV services. Covering quarter from July to September 2025, the figures show that complaints remained similar to the previous quarter – with complaints about broadband, landline, mobile and pay-TV all staying at […]
Liberty Global has entered into a definitive agreement with Vodafone Group to acquire Vodafone’s 50 per cent shareholding in their Dutch telecommunications joint venture, VodafoneZiggo. Under the terms of the agreement, Vodafone will receive €1.0 billion in cash and a 10 per cent stake in a new Benelux company to be named Ziggo Group which […]
Precisify, the cross-platform media intelligence specialist, has released Precisify Insights: Kids US, its latest proprietary report on how Gen Alpha children aged 2-12 and their parents consume media and influence household purchases. Powered by Precisify’s dual-audience, kidSAFE+ COPPA-certified panel, the report confirms that YouTube is still the beating heart of family attention in the US, […]
Analysis from Digital i looking at ‘light-viewer’ behaviour across Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max in the US and Europe shows that ‘low-friction’ content, including known franchises, family and animated titles, and major movie releases, serve as vital ” for infrequent viewers at high risk of churn. Light viewers – those who use streaming […]
MasOrange has reported record revenues of €7.6 billion for 2025, marking a 2.9 per cent increase compared with 2024. The telco group, result of the merger of Orange and MásMóvil, delivered what it described as a year of “sustained and profitable growth”, underpinned by continued investment and operational expansion. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation […]
The European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) and other stakeholders such as Europe’s investing nations might be confused as to how the massive IRIS2 multi-tiered satellite constellation is to be funded. The complex private/public partnership is being managed – and part-financed – by the SpaceRISE consortium of satellite operators SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat. […]
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 […]