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Roku: Active accounts at 75.8m

Roku, the streaming specialist, has reported Q3 net revenue of $912 million (€856.4m), up 20 per cent year over year. Platform revenue was up $787 million (up 18 per cent YoY) and gross profit was $369 million (up 3 per cent YoY). Active accounts were at 75.8 million, a net increase of 2.3 million from […]

November 2, 2023

Zegona favours Vodafone-MásMóvil merger

New Vodafone owner Zegona has suggested that MásMóvil resume the proposed integration between the pair – they were set to merge in 2021 and 2022 – if the merger with Orange ultimately fails, according to Expansión. Zegona considers that a possible Vodafone-MásMóvil merger would be much easier since it would not need authorisation from the […]

November 2, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sky Sports scores 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour

The British & Irish Lions have re-appointed Sky Sports as its broadcast partner for the upcoming 2025 Tour of Australia. The event will be shown exclusively live on Sky Sports and NOW in the UK and Ireland as The British & Irish Lions travel to Australia to face the Wallabies. The Lions tasted Series success […]

November 2, 2023

Fox profits dip

Fox Corporation has reported financial results for the three months ended September 30th. The company reported total quarterly revenues of $3.21 billion as compared to the $3.19 billion reported in the prior year quarter. Affiliate fee revenues increased 2 per cent, driven by 8 per cent growth at the Television segment. Advertising revenues decreased 2 per […]

November 2, 2023

WBD announces APAC leadership appointments

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced several leadership roles across its Asia Pacific business, following the appointment of James Gibbons as President, Asia Pacific last month. As the company looks to accelerate growth across all lines of business, WBD says it will move forward with a combined market and functional leadership that caters to unique […]

November 2, 2023

ACE shuts down Georgian pirate sites

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has worked closely with the country of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance to shut down two of the nation’s largest illegal streaming sites, adjaranet.com and imovies.cc. Over the past two years, adjaranet.com has amassed 140 million visits. During the same period, imovies.cc has attracted nearly 64 million […]

November 2, 2023By Colin Mann

Call for creative industries AI protection

Coinciding with the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, Dame Caroline Dinenage, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons, has called on the Government to ensure the UK’s creative industries are properly protected from the risks posed by artificial intelligence while supporting the sector to make the most […]

November 2, 2023By Colin Mann

MediaRadar acquires Kantar’s Vivvix  

MediaRadar, the advertising intelligence and sales enablement platform, is to acquire Kantar Group’s North American advertising intelligence unit, Vivvix. Vivvix offers advertising intelligence across both digital and traditional media channels, such as mobile apps, streaming services, and social media. MediaRadar said thus transformative deal positions it as the definitive source of advertising data and insights, […]

November 2, 2023

Report: Multiscreen TV delivers consumer trust

The world is in an age of misinformation, particularly in online media. Why should brands care? Might brands be inadvertently responsible? How can brands mitigate their risk? The Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) examined those questions in its report, The Credibility Crisis: How people find trusted news amidst a wave of misinformation. “Due to a lack of […]

November 2, 2023

SiriusXM Q3 flat; enhancements coming

US pay-radio operator SiriusXM declared Q3 revenues were flat at $2.27 billion (€2bn), just short of the $2.29 billion expected.Nevertheless, the company confirmed the increased quarterly dividend of $0.1064 per share which converts to a yield of 2.5 per cent. In summary, SiriusXM earnings growth was -3.98 per cent, a slight improvement on the same […]

November 2, 2023By Chris Forrester