Christophe Pinard-Legry has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Canal+ Europe, in addition to his current role as CEO of Canal+ France, in charge of Business activities. He additionally becomes a member of the Canal+ Management Board, chaired by Maxime Saada, alongside Amandine Ferré, Anna Marsh, David Mignot and Gérald Brice Viret. In his new […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered a new global broadcast partnership with NASCAR Euro Series, expanding free access to the championship for motorsport fans. Under the agreement, DAZN will make every race from the NASCAR Euro Series available globally (excluding the Netherlands and Romania). The NASCAR Euro Series is Europe’s leading stock car racing […]
In the next few days European officials will decide – and approve – how the IRIS2 project’s structure is constructed and its various constituent parts and responsibilities allocated. The key elements of the project are under the umbrella of the SpaceRise consortium which comprises SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat, each of which has a designated responsibility. […]
Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), a European media technology and services partner, today announces a technology partnership with BCNEXXT, a Netherlands-based company specialising in cloud-native systems for linear, VoD and OTT publishing. Through this collaboration, BCE has integrated BCNEXXT’s Vipe playout solution into its Media-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, enabling customers to rapidly launch and manage TV channels […]
ESPN has gone live on Disney+ in Europe and select Asia-Pacific markets, making the offering available in 53 countries and territories across the regions. With this expansion, ESPN now reaches viewers via Disney+ in approximately 100 markets around the world. In Europe, the expansion builds upon a growing portfolio of sports content on Disney+. In […]
Richard Colebourn has been appointed the Regional Director for Europe for BBC News and the BBC World Service. As Regional Director, Colebourn will be BBC News’ most senior representative in Europe and Central Asia, responsible for both editorial and operational matters across the region. He will also oversee BBC News Russian, BBC News Ukrainian and […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has released its latest Key Trends 2026 report, offering a data-driven snapshot of how the European audiovisual sector is evolving — from the creative workforce and production trends to changing viewing habits, market dynamics and global competition. The European audiovisual sector generated around €142 billion in revenues in 2024. Consumer spending […]
The FTTH Council Europe released the latest edition of the European FTTH/B Market Panorama, produced by iDate, providing a update on fibre‑to‑the‑home deployment and adoption across Europe. The report, based on data collected up to September 2025, highlights continued growth in fibre rollout and adoption across the region while signalling a gradual transition toward a […]
Citizens in Switzerland have voted against an initiative to reduce the annual licence fee to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) – the country’s national public broadcaster. The fee, which has already been cut in recent years, currently costs 335 Swiss francs (€372) per household per year. The initiative, backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and technology platform for the video advertising industry, has released findings from its Voice of the Viewer study. The research reveals that viewers across Europe have bought into streaming TV, with many now using it as their primary TV format. More than eight in 10 (83 per cent) say they are satisfied […]