Sky has announced that its iconic TV channel, Sky One. will return later this month on its original EPG slot of channel 106. The channel brand was initially retired in 2021. Sky One will become the home of Sky’s comedy and entertainment programmes, including new shows The Dyers’ Caravan Park and Gemma Collins: Four Weddings […]
The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) has published its first annual Flash Report on the European audiovisual market. The report reveals that audiovisual authors’ royalties collected by SAA members amount to just 0.53 per cent of a sector worth €141 billion, while non-European players capture 89 per cent of streaming and video sharing platforms (VSPs) […]
Virgin Media O2 has launched three new FAST channels from Rakuten TV. Available to Virgin TV customers directly via their set-top box, the channels offer viewers 24/7 access to TV favourites, including: Rakuten TV Drama (Ch462): Customers can enjoy popular movies including The Big Short, Gosford Park and JFK. Rakuten TV Comedy (Ch463): From Big Momma’s House […]
Nielsen is piloting a new methodology enhancement to more accurately account for co-viewing. The TV audience measurement specialist says this will better reflect the total viewership for programming – in particular live events. The pilot programme will launch in the US with Super Bowl LX on NBC on February 8th and continue for high-profile sports […]
Ookla has released the RootMetrics State of the Mobile Union report for the UK, covering mobile performance across all four nations and 16 major cities in H1 2025. Key takeaways include: EE has been named the UK’s best overall network for the 25th consecutive test period. EE secured the ‘Best 5G Experience’ award. EE remained the […]
LBG Media, the digital publisher and owner of LADBible, whose marketing mantra “is to entertain and delight young adults making them laugh, think and act”, has released its full–year 2025 results. Overall revenue grew 13 per cent to £92.2 million (€106.9m), while growth in their Direct US division expanded 29 per cent. LBG stated: “Unparalleled engagement […]
LG has joined the likes of Sony and TCL in exiting the 8K TV market. Sony, to its credit, pushed 8K programming and television technology as hard as it could. From sponsoring and backing 4K and then 8K technologies at the MIP and MIPCOM programming markets, the Japanese technology giant echoed the NHK public broadcaster […]
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors has announced that, in a unanimous vote held on February 2nd, it elected Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro to become Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, effective at the upcoming Annual Meeting on March 18th, when he will succeed longtime Disney CEO Bob Iger. The Board […]
Movistar Plus has secured a significant legal victory in its battle against audiovisual piracy after a Spanish court convicted a Telegram user for illegally distributing streams of the platform, including live football matches. The Court found the defendant – who operated on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging app, under the aliases ‘El ingeniero verde’ and […]
SpaceX and xAI have formally announced that they are merging. A statement from SpaceX Elon Musk said: “SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform. This marks not just […]
ITV has announced a partnership with Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, and its UK production group, Banijay UK, creating an expansion of ITV’s YouTube sales offering. ITV YouTube Sales team will now represent titles from Banijay Rights, giving brands the opportunity to buy advertising around even more broadcast-quality content on YouTube. […]
Telesat launched its LEO–3 demo satellite back in July 2023. But it is now suffering problems with its on–board thruster. The Ottawa-based operator informed the FCC on February 2nd that it would not now be able to de–orbit the satellite at the end of its mission. Telesat is building a fleet of satellites for 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 […]